Oct 29, 2003 - There seems to be a lot of reliance on the numpad in Blender for hotkeys, and this is proving a problem for me on a laptop with no numpad. Make my mac faster for free. My laptop shares the num pad with the keyboard, ie: 7 -> 7 8 -> 8 9 -> 9 0 -> / U -> 4 I -> 5 O -> 6 p -> * J -> 1 K -> 2 L -> 3; -> - M -> 0. / -> + F11 -> Num Lock. They are marked in blue on the keyboard. After turning num lock on (Fn+F11) I can use Fn+7 for top view, Fn+J for front view, Fn+L for side view etc. I can also use the advanced features of the touch pad: The right edge of the touchpad works as a scroll wheel. The bottom edge of the touchpad works as scroll wheel 2. (unused) Two fingered tap for middle button. Three fingered tap for right button. Its not quite as good as a mouse, but it's good enough that I usually leave my external mouse in the bag. Some programs use numpad keys for commands: for example to select all files in a folder in the you can just press the numpad *. Also in Windows, for example, type § by Alt+(Numpad0-Numpad1-Numpad6-Numpad7). Therefore I'm asking, how to 'press numpad keys' using my HP 2000-210us laptop's keyboard: suggests, that it may be simple at least for some laptops. Here is the list of solutions I've tried: • I tried typing different keystrokes on my keyboard. • Fn+key and Fn+Shift+key combinations (where key is a digit or letter key). They give the same result, as just key and Shift+key respectively. • Fn+F8 and similar in a search for some numlock-like combination (without any luck). Dragon age 2 on pc. • I tried to use AutoHotKey, being inspired. • Following this question, I was able to remap combinations RAlt+number to RAlt+numpad number, which allows to type special characters: I can now type § by RAlt+(0-1-6-7). Here RAlt = Right Alt key. • Trying to come to some ergonomic remapping I thought about remapping Fn+key to Numpadkey, s.t. Fn+Enter gives NumpadEnter, Fn+Shift+8 gives NumpadMult, Fn+Alt+(0-1-6-7) gives Alt+(Numpad0-Numpad1-Numpad6-Numpad7), i.e. However following I've found, that 'Key history' page doesn't track Fn keypresses (i.e. Pressing 8 and Fn+8 give the same virtual keys (38) and scan codes (009) in this list). Suggests, that in this case I should, probably, 'reconfigure the software that came with' my keyboard. I'm not sure, where to look for those configurations. Fn+F8 and similar in a search for some numlock-like combination (without any luck). Trying to come to some ergonomic remapping I thought about remapping Fn+key to Numpadkey. No, AHK (and all software for that matter) will usually be unable to intercept or affect the Fn key unless your laptop happens to implement it in software as opposed to the keyboard controller like most laptops (I have only ever heard of a few IBM ThinkPads doing that). I gave a of how it works and why you can’t do what you want. Instead, you could try using a different combination of Alt, Shift, Win instead of Fn (also try the modifier keys on the other side of the keyboard than you are used to since that may actually end up being more ergonomic). In fact, you could try training yourself to use two hands (for example, holding Ctrl with the left and Alt with the right.) You could even try making your numpad hotkeys using a (e.g., Q+ U = Numpad-7, Q+ J = Numpad-4, etc.), however I wouldn’t recommend it because it complicates things (though it can be done and worked out).
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