Hello Jason,
On Mar 1, 2008, at 5:10 AM, Jason Castonguay wrote:
I am referring to the "FN Key" located on laptop and the newer
bluetooth keyboards.
Normally, while VO is running, the keys act as standard function
keys when pressed and I can use control+key to bring up the dock,
status menus, ETC. If I want to access the special functions on
each key, I hold down the "FN Key" and press a function key. This
is all well and good. However, I noticed that when I switch VO off,
the keys act in reverse. I no longer need to press the "FN Key" to
activate the special functions of each key, but I do need to hold
down the "FN Key" to have the function keys act as standard function
keys. In the "Keyboard and Mouse" system preferences, under the
keyboard and/or keyboard shortcuts tab, you can manually choose
whether or not the keys will act standard by default. However, no
matter what I do, it seems that without VO running, the keys will
activate their special functions when pressed alone and with VO
running will act as standard function keys when pressed alone.
I hope this is clear.
A.R. For me, use of the FN key remains consistent with or without VO
running. It might be worth throwing away the following plists:
~com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist
~com.apple.systempreferences.plist
~com.apple.universalaccess.plist
After doing that, you might also want to shut down and zap the PRAM
(hold down Command-Option-p-r and press the Power key. Keep holding
all four down until you have heard the chimes 3 times, then release
them).
Cheers,
Anne
