On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 07:02:29AM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote:
To disable the touchpad on a Thinkpad, try {Fn}{ScrlLk} i.e. hold down the {Fn} key and tap the {ScrlLk} key once. This is a "toggle" setting. Doing it again re-enables the mousepad. There are more hardware key settings that are OS-independant. My Google-searching has found...
{Fn}{PgUp} Turn the ThinkLight® on or off. That's Fn + Space on mine.
{Fn}{Home} The computer display becomes brighter. That would be Fn + F9 on mine.
{Fn}{End} The computer display becomes dimmer. That would be Fn + F8 on mine.
{Fn}{Spacebar} Enable the FullScreen Magnifier function. That toggles the keyboard backlight and thinkpad light on my W530 (and my wife's T430).
{Fn}{PrtSc} Has the same function as the SysRq key. I thought PrtSc was the SysRq key. At least linux agrees with me. Fn appears to have nothing to do with it.
{Fn}{ScrLk} Enable or disable the numeric keypad. I don't have a scroll lock key anywhere.
{Fn}{Pause} Has the same function as the Break key. I don't have a pause key
They may not work on all Thinkpad models.
That's for sure. I also have Fn + F7 is toggle external display on/off, Fn + F6 is comminucation settings (sebcam and microphone and such all in a pop up window if running windows)m Fn + F10, F11 and F12 are multimedia keys (prev track, play/pause, next track respectively). Fn + F5 toggles radios on/off, Fn + F4 is sleep/suspend, and Fn + F3 is lock. Checking the manual I see I have these too: Fn + B = Break Fn + P = Pause Fn + S = SysRq Fn + K = Scroll Lock -- Len Sorensen