Is there any way to lock function keys using OS?

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Just got a gorgeous new keyboard (used), it’s a Lenovo super slim and I love it, wanted for ages. Trouble is, the function keys along the top require me to press Fn key to do all the wonderful functions! My old keyboard had a ‘function lock’ key which could force the F1-F12 list, or the secondary ‘functions’.
Is there any way to use OS settings to force that behaviour on this keyboard which lacks the lock button?
Thanks

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It might depend on keyboard models. You could try Fn+Esc or Fn+LeftShift to toggle Fn Lock.

3

Thank you Mike, sadly neither of those work. If there’s no other way to do it, I wonder if I could maybe manually program the functions into the F1-12 keys in the OS, messy but maybe effective workaround, any thoughts?

4

On my laptop, Fn+Esc does work to switch between secondary functions and function keys, but the setting does not stick between reboots. I can change the default state of the function keys in the computer BIOS, however.

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Thanks, for a minute I wondered if I could do the same in bios, but i using an external keyboard with my laptop, so not sure. Would you say it’s worth looking in BIOS or is that only for built in KB?
thanks