Apple fn key behavior isn't consistent with what's expected
Bug #201711 reported by
Mario Limonciello
This bug affects 19 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Mactel Support |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
linux (Suse) |
Fix Released
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Low
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Hi, this is a follow up to bug 162083. With my newly functional FN key on my Aluminum BT keyboard, I realized that the default behavior on it doesn't make much sense with what users have come to expect on Linux systems. The default behavior is that the "special keys", like f1-f2-f10-f11-etc all act "special" without pressing fn. They then act normally when you hold FN. This is the default behavior on Mac OSX, but on Linux the FN keys are more commonly used. Eg, it's rather awkward to have to press ctrl-alt-fn-f1 to switch to a VT, or FN-F11 to set a terminal full screen.
Changed in linux: | |
status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
Changed in linux: | |
assignee: | nobody → ubuntu-kernel-team |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | New → Triaged |
tags: | added: ct-rev |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
Changed in linux (Suse): | |
importance: | Unknown → Low |
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