Map Function Keys on a Windows Keyboard

Is there a way I can map/edit the function keys on my Windows keyboard? I want to create a quick shortcut to assign one of my function keys to be able to move a file to the trash can.

Nevermind. The keyboard shortcut menu in preferences works. The problem was that I typed "Move to trash" instead of "Move to Trash"

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HT1168 Mapping function keys from a PC keyboard?

Does anyone know what the equivalent on an Apple Pro keyboard is for F11, F12 and F1+insert on a PC keyboard? Many many thanks for any suggestions!

There are 2 options.
Hold the 'fn' key when hitting the various F1, F2, etc... keys
Change System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard -> Use all F1, F2, etc keys as standard function keys

Mapping function keys in final cut

how do you map the function keys of the keyboard to the functions in final cut pro? when i hit a function key, a dialog displays prompting me to assign the keys, but no instruction is offered

Open the Keyboard control panel and check the Function Key settings; you can assign keys here, or you can change the setting so that the function keys act as regular function keys.
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Function Keys in Third Party Keyboards

My alluminum extended Mac keyboard went on the fritz after three years, though I admit I may have been cleaning it incorrectly. Anyway, I bought a third party generic keyboard that is more Mac like than Windows like, and it's working pretty well except that most of the funcion keys do not work. I can't get Play, Previous, or Forward for instance. Volume works and a couple of the Mission Control buttons work as well. Other functions such as Show Desktop were reassigned to shortcuts like ^↓. I tried adding function keys for menu items in iTunes and restarting, but the keys just beep at me when I press them. I tried adding a modifier key but no effect. I've been restarting through the troubleshooting but have not otherwise reset anything (pretty much just working through Keyboard Preferences).
Not too bad really, but it would be nice to get some functionality back into the function keys. But maybe this is as good as it gets? Thanks.

You cannot get it be exactly like an Apple keyboard, but you can adjust it as much as possible:
- reversing the order of keys in sys prefs/keyboard/modifier keys (you may modify 4 such keys)
- add 3rd party utilitites for monitor brightness (Shades: http://www.charcoaldesign.co.uk/shades ) and sound (I understand you have sound, others do not, if using a non-Apple keyboard: PTHVolume)
- DoubleCommand to make other changes, e.g. right Enter key to work as Option key (useful for some notebooks, mainly)

Function keys on new wired keyboard for old iMac don't workdon't work

Apple replaced my original wired keyboard when keys had stopped working, but with the new wired keyboard the function keys don't work as the symbols on them indicate. My concern is F10-F12 which are supposed to control volume. F10 shows all open windows; F11 romoves open windowns from screen; F12 shows ttime, date, temperature, etc, like the top button on the mouse. I have tried suggested ways to fix this through System Preferences, Keyboard/Mouse but none works.
Can anyone solve this problem for me?

I have the exact same problem. My old keyboard unfortunately died after spilling fluid onto it.
I purchased the same keyboard today.
Everything works with it except I have the same problem as described here: "
My concern is F10-F12 which are supposed to control volume. F10 shows all open windows; F11 romoves open windowns from screen; F12 shows ttime, date, temperature, etc, like the top button on the mouse. I have tried suggested ways to fix this through System Preferences, Keyboard/Mouse but none works.
Can anyone solve this problem for me?"
Please help. This is frustrating.

Lenovo Z500 Intel Graphics and Function Keys problem on Windows 10

Hi.i have a problem with Windows 10 upgrade.My Model Is Lenovo Z500. 6Gb Ram. Intel 3230m. Nvidia GT740m.Since the upgrade to Windows 10 the brightness is at full and i cant dim it,it's always the same.and there are two more problems.second one is my shortcut function keys(Fn + F buttons) don't work :bluetooth,touchpad,turn off screen,refresh etc... .Only buttons that work are for volume and for brightness that dont do anything when i try to lower it down but it shows in upper left corner that the keys are responding.And the third problem is i cant duplicate my display but only can extend .As far for the other stuff everything is smooth and fast.even my games got bigger FPS, for example "Counter Strike Global Offensive". I would like to know if there is fix for brightness and for duplicate screen problem regarding graphics driver, and for my function keys regarding keyboard. Thanks and i hope for quick response. I know Windows 10 just came out and i know you are at full capacitity for solving everyone's problem but i hope you'll look into this because i'm not the only one with this problems.

Hi phitbull,
Are all the hotkeys on your SL500 not working, or they are simply not displaying the controls on-screen? (ie. increase, decrease or mute will display on screen). It may be possible that you are missing out on some drivers for your system. If you look around the forums, there are many posts on users experiencing hotkey issues, mainly due to missing pre-requisite drivers. You can find a handful of drivers in the Lenovo Support website's Windows 7 BETA page at the following URL:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=WIN7-BETA
Perhaps you can give this a try:
1. Install the Lenovo System Interface Driver (v1.01):
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=WIN7-BETA#sid
2. Install the Hotkey drivers (which installs OnScreen Display v5.32.00 and ThinkPad FulLScreen Magnifier v2.07)
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=WIN7-BETA#atkh
Hope the above helps with your issues.
Lenovo ThinkPad Lover using R60, T60, T61, X61s, T410

Mapping Function keys

I am trying to run a Mac port of Bioshock 2, a game that depends heavily on F-keys. These do not work as they should. The distributors' FAQ says:
By default, Mac OS X uses the F keys to control items such as volume and brightness. To use an F key for a game command hold down the fn key, then press the F key you wish to use.
To automatically enable the F keys, follow these steps:
Open System Preferences ( Menu → System Preferences).
Click on Keyboard or Keyboard and Mouse (depending on the version of Mac OS X you are running).
Select the Keyboard tab.
Check the Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys checkbox.
The F keys will now work without using the fn key.
This fails for me because my full-sized keyboards have no Fn key to toggle between F-key states, nor does the above route through Prefs appear on my (April 2008) 24" iMac.
Is there a known way to implement this toggling and map it to a game-unused key?

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It is not really a requirement, but it can be helpful if more than one person is helping the OP with a question, or if the post covers a number of pages.
The keyboards I own are not Mac keyboards, but Logitech and Macally ones. I need to script patch the OS/keyboard to fake a Fn key but don't know how to. Has anyone a idea how I might take this further, please?
I have found a link to Logitech Instruction Manuals that might be easier for you to find what you need.
Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
The link is: http://www.logitech.com/en-us/support-downloads.
Hope this will help you.

Programming Function Key Macros Under Windows 8.1

I would like to program a function key (e.g. F7) to a sequence of keys (e.g. "mykeystrokes").
I could do this under Windows 7. Is there a way to do this under Windows 8.1?

then you should have an instruction of this software, you can follow the instructions
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Is there a way to Change the Function keys on a bluetooth keyboard for ipad

I just got kensington wireless keyboard for my ipad 2 but the program that i am using dosent allow me to use the function keys instead for volume, brightness ect.

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Question Regarding Function Keys on Japanese Wireless Keyboard

When looking at pictures of Apple's Japanese Wireless Keyboard on the offical store* I noticed something interesting: The 4th function key still has dashboard icon on it. I know that at least on the English keyboard they replaced this with a key for Lion's Launchpad feature. So I'm wondering is this product image still accurate or not?
* http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC184J/B

Which exactly keyboard you are using, can you provide PN pls?
For latest Ultraslim Plus keyboard you have to install SW and driver and that will put into Systray icon where you can switch it. Like on attached image.
Jan Solar
Product Marketing
(not a technical support)
http://blog.lenovo.com/author/jsolar/
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CS 4 custom shortcuts and function keys with apple extended keyboard

Hi all,
the F-Keys from F1 to F12 work fine, but F13 to F16 get entered as F3 (F17 to F19 do not get recognized at all).
Has to be an Illustrator CS4 problem since they are recognized in InDesign or Photoshop CS4 (except the F17 and up).
Anyone can help?
And yes, I tried using all as standard function keys ;-)
MacPro 2x 2.8 Quad Core Intel Xeon, 10.5.5

I just got the new keyboard today I have the same issue... have you had any luck in finding a work around? I just got off the phone with tech support and they told me that it is a known issue and to wait for an update be either Adobe or Apple. It is not an Apple problem, it is an Adobe problem.
For the time being, I have just made it so that I have to hit the "fn" (function) key in order to control the media options on the F-Keys. This seems to work for now since I use shortcuts on those keys more than the media options.

Is there a function key on Apple Wireless Keyboard to mimic the roundel key (home)?

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Good luck on the switch. I know I initially struggled with the layout change of many things. If I could give one recommendation/word of advice it would be:
"Learn shortcut keys."
As a Windows user of 15 years, I had become reliant on my mouse (and the occasional alt/tab keys) that I never really explored the world of keyboard shortcuts.
After taking several weeks to finally get the hang of all the various keyboard shortcuts I zip through things now, almost rarely use my mouse except when an ease to use (or remember) keyboard shortcut is available.
Good links already posted above, just more of my 2 cents.

No function key with apple wireless keyboard

I recently purchased an Apple Wireless Keyboard. I have it working just fine with my macbook pro, and want to use keyboard special characters as a mouse because I'll be using my old laptop as a TV entertainment computer. The only problem is that the function key seems to not exist, which is crucial in order to use special keys as mouse movement keys. If I bring up the keyboard viewer and type with the wireless keyboard, the keyboard viewer shows the keyboard layout without a funciton key. I would expect something like this with a non-apple peripheral, but not a standard apple keyboard. What must be done to enable or have all of the keyboard's keys, function key in particular, recognized?
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Hi mate,
This worked for me:
http://code.google.com/p/uawks/
Cheers,
Anthony

F1 and F2 keys won't change to standard function keys even after changing keyboard preferences.

I want to use the function keys on my MacBook Pro as standard function keys. I checked the box in keyboard settings that's supposed to change this, and I changed the Mission Control shortcuts that corresponded with function keys. F3-F12 all seem to have gotten the message, but F1 and F2 still change the screen brightness and won't work as standard function keys no matter what I do. How can I fix this?

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How to change function keys not listed in keyboard preferences?

Hi,
I am trying to delete the f14 and f15 function keys which now set brightness. I want to use these for photoshop actions, but can't now. Also, shift/f12 opens the dock and I'd like to remove that as well. The keyboard pref. doesn't not list these are being set and I can't turn them off.
Thanks -
Stu

I don't think Apple provides a simple way to change or override keyboard shortcuts that affect hardware functions like screen brightness, except in a limited way for laptops that have an FN key.
The shifted versions of Dashboard & Expose shortcuts are among the weird little "eye candy" features of Tiger. Adding "shift" to the shortcut does the same thing as the unshifted version, but v..e..r..y s..l..o..w..l..y, at least on Macs that support advanced Quartz display features.
As noted, you can change the shortcuts for Dashboard & Expose, but I'm not sure if the slow motion, 'shifted' forms are inherited by any other key combination besides the F9 through F12 ones.
[Edit]:
For a really weird effect, try holding down shift & tapping a random sequence of F9 through F12 strokes: because everything is slowed down, you can have several Expose effects occurring at once on the screen.

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