My brain might just be too fried to figure out what’s wrong but I just picked up a laptop (desktop is currently dismantled since I’m redoing the kitchen but still want to play after work). My previous Dell G5 was fine, no issues with the F or Shift F keys on my action bars. This new laptop however has me scratching my head. 1 through = are fine, they respond perfectly to the spells assigned to them on the action bar. I then have two more action bars above it, F1 through F 12 and Shift F1 through Shift F12. Shift really only has two buttons I use often on them but F1 through 12 are pretty much all important.
And none of them work. It’s like the laptop is only allowing me to use the keybinds they have set for things like brightness, bluetooth and a few other things I haven’t figure out yet.
Interestingly enough the F keys should work but act like I’m pressing FN at the same time.
Hope this makes sense to someone. It’s been a long day…lol
That’s exactly what they are doing. There may be a setting in the manufacturer’s software to change how those are handled. Otherwise, you’ll need to hold down the fn key and hit the other key to activate it.
I was so hoping you wouldn’t say that…lol. FN, shift and F keys… need more fingers. It’s odd though because none of the game actions work either. Even something as simple as compare new gear to something I have equipped it simply will not show both. Definitely sounds like something is going on with the laptops keys and how they’re interracting (or not) with WoW.
The cheap and cheerful alternative (if you have room) is to buy a cheap USB full-sized keyboard and plug it into the laptop. No FN-shift shenanigans.
I do but that would defeat the purpose of having bought the laptop. I just want to be able to throw myself onto the couch after work, plop the laptop into my…well, lap, and play.
Otherwise I’d just set up my desktop somewhere in a corner and play on the floor or whatever…lol
Zungar, you’re my hero. I went digging in the BIOS and wouldn’t you know it, my function key was set as multimedia, not function… and fixed!! You my friend deserve all the cookies!
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