Windows 10 my f-keys are doing wrong things

  • Thread starter Thread starter RichardPitonak
  • Start date Start date
R

RichardPitonak

Normally I have the function keys f6,f7,f7 to control volume but for some reason now they simply don't work, I never used to need to hold down the fn key and when I do it still doesn't work. The keys themselves are still functional. It just seems as though they do different things now.

For example when I press down f6 which would usually mute the speakers it instead does the equivalent of having pressed tab.


But as I'm writing this I have just noticed all my function keys do different things. Another example is when I press f3 which normally increases the screen's brightness it does the equivalent of ctrl+f


I'm not sure what would have reassigned the functions of my function keys but I want to know how I can fix it please.


Edit: I just tried all the function keys and quite a lot of them had no noticeable affect:

f1 still opens help

f2 ?

f3 ctrl+f

f4 ?

f5 still reloads the page

f6 tab

f7 ?

f8 ?

f9 ?

f10 seems to highlight my tab's options bar

f11 still goes full screen

f12 opens page source code

Continue reading...
 

Similar threads

Back
Top