[SOLVED] How can I use function keys without pressing the function key

[tomasdincau]

I have the Ajazz AK33 white keyboard and I am running the latest version of Windows on a custom built PC with an Asus ROG STRIX Z370-i motherboard, and I've gone through the BIOS multiple times and I still haven't found an option to use function keys without the key itself. They just perform whatever task the F1-F12 keys do in the specific program. Is there a setting in the Windows settings? If not, is there a software I could use? Please help.

 

[geofelt]

It is not clear to me what you are trying to do.

What do you mean use function keys without using the keys???

If you mean to remap the function of the keys, that would probably be done with a driver provided by Ajazz.

 

[Solandri]

He means swapping the function keys between generating F1-F12, and other functions typically assigned to the function keys when you press F1-F12 with the Fn key held down (volume up/down, microphone on/off, etc).

Normally, swapping the function key capability is available in the BIOS only on laptops, since they have dedicated keyboards. A generic desktop motherboard has no idea the keyboard you eventually plug into it will even have a Fn key, so cannot include a swap option in the BIOS.

On a keyboard you plug in via USB port, any such swapping functionality (if it's available at all) would be part of the keyboard drivers the manufacturer put out. Though I think I've seen one external keyboard with a physical switch to swap the two. Check with the keyboard manufacturer's support site to see if any such drivers exist.

 

[Alabalcho]

This is not a function of the BIOS, but on the keyboard. Many of these keyboards have Fn-Lock key, or a way to switch between modes.