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My new Dell laptop uses Fn+F4 and Fn+F5 to adjust the brightness of the display. How can I remap this to the Fn+Up and Fn+Down key combinations that I'm used to?

MaQleod
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Ben V
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Unfortunately, keys cannot be remapped through software. Only hope would be if BIOS allows for remapping of keys but usually that is limited just to and switch.

I am not aware of BIOS that allows for other key combinations to be remapped.

Josip Medved
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This is impossible unless you change the hardware of your keyboard, the Fn key isn't seen my any software. When you press such a key together with another a special keycode is sent to your computer, pressing Fn alone does nothing.

But what you can do is to look for a AutoHotkey script which allows you to do this, ask on their forum. ;-)

Tamara Wijsman
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Assuming your using Windows here are a few suggestions.

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  • Do those work with the `Fn` key though? – Ben V Jul 21 '10 at 04:40
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    No, the `Fn` key is specially handled in the keyboard controller (i.e., hardware) rather than through the OS (software), so on *almost* all laptops, it is not possible to modify its use. – Synetech Jan 27 '15 at 16:30