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Need help with F-buttons

ROPROPE 4/29/13 1:04 pm
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4/30/2013 10:39 am
Hiya I'm a Windows 8 user and I can't use the F-buttons in my Minecraft D: !
I have tried the FN-solution and it didn't work...
I need help!
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ROPROPE
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ROPROPE
04/30/2013 10:39 am
Level 5 : Apprentice Pig
Thanks for everyone that sacrificed a bit of their time to help me
I got my F-buttons working again after my internet was off for 3 hrs.
Especially thanks to BaranCODE!
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ROPROPE
04/29/2013 3:20 pm
Level 5 : Apprentice Pig
Allrightey, thanks for all the tips!
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hrtwg535
04/29/2013 3:19 pm
Level 16 : Journeyman Princess
Hey I have windows 8 and i did have that problem shift + f1/f2 ect

Hope i helped

~Goofy
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MrPieGuy_314
04/29/2013 3:02 pm
Level 16 : Journeyman Pony
I'm also a Windows 8 user, and I have the same problem. On my laptop (HP Pavilion G7) you can simply hold shift and press the F key. For example, pressing F11 normally will turn off the sound. Holding shift and pressing it causes it to put MInecraft into fullscreen. Hope I helped.
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BaranCODE
04/29/2013 3:12 pm
Level 24 : Expert System
That's what I had meant here (find the correct key that works for you):
BaranCODEI also have Win8.
The reason that made your laptop loud is probably because it changed the power of the cooling fan. What I'm assuming is that your F-buttons are currently set to be FN-buttons or similar as default. You need to find the key (FN, Alt, etc.) that uses those F-buttons as F-buttons.
I have experienced the same situation, so I know firsthand.
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doom_w0lf
04/29/2013 2:56 pm
Level 15 : Journeyman Cake
I use win8 and f- buttons work for me
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BaranCODE
04/29/2013 2:53 pm
Level 24 : Expert System
Press the F11 thing again, once or twice, it should bring it back to the normal mode. (If it doesn't work, restart computer, that should certainly work.)

See the blue signs on the buttons? Those are supposed to work only when you are pressing FN (because it is blue). But apparently, they work without pressing FN. I know of computers that can do this, and FN has the opposite effect (it triggers the non-blue signs). But you said the F-buttons don't work when pressing the FN either, so I don't have any idea.
Is it possible the FN button is stuck or something? Cause sometimes the answer to our problems is much simpler than we think.
I don't have any other ideas, sorry.
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ROPROPE
04/29/2013 2:46 pm
Level 5 : Apprentice Pig
Also, once I tried the F11 thing my computer has started lagging ALOT!
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ROPROPE
04/29/2013 2:44 pm
Level 5 : Apprentice Pig
Allright here's the link
http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/ROPRO ... sort=3&o=0
Hope it helps
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BaranCODE
04/29/2013 2:05 pm
Level 24 : Expert System
Could you attach a photo of your keyboard? That would help.

Try the F11 in Internet Explorer thing again, but do it while pressing FN, Alt, CTRL, etc. (one by one, not at the same time)
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ROPROPE
04/29/2013 1:57 pm
Level 5 : Apprentice Pig
Umm... Any information of how I can set them back?
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BaranCODE
04/29/2013 1:40 pm
Level 24 : Expert System
I also have Win8.
The reason that made your laptop loud is probably because it changed the power of the cooling fan. What I'm assuming is that your F-buttons are currently set to be FN-buttons or similar as default. You need to find the key (FN, Alt, etc.) that uses those F-buttons as F-buttons.
I have experienced the same situation, so I know firsthand.
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SocialP2
04/29/2013 1:36 pm
Level 25 : Expert Spelunker
IVE GOT WINDOWS 8. SO YOU CAN TRUST ME..

Just press CTRL (Left Side) or ALT or FM also you could press ALT GR and
CTRL (Right side)

Thank you and i hoped this helped

~Social
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ROPROPE
04/29/2013 1:34 pm
Level 5 : Apprentice Pig
No, it just makes my laptop loud as hell
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BaranCODE
04/29/2013 1:29 pm
Level 24 : Expert System
As far as I know, making the screen dimmer and brighter aren't the functions of the F-Buttons, but the FN-buttons.
For example, try pressing F11 in Internet Explorer. Does it go fullscreen?
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DuchessFirefly
04/29/2013 1:12 pm
Level 1 : New Miner
I use the F button and shift at the same time it works for me and i use windows
I dont know if it will work for you, but i hope it does!
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twofriends
04/29/2013 1:10 pm
Level 30 : Artisan Blockhead
Dude this feature were removed in 1.7 or something like that.
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the_soup
04/29/2013 1:13 pm
Level 72 : Legendary Button Pusher
...? The F-buttons still perform functions in the current version of MC. F1 hides your hotbar, F2 takes a screenshot, etc.
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-Rusty
04/29/2013 4:09 pm
Level 48 : Master Answer
Soup, he's thinking of pressing 'F' to make the fog distance change I think. xD
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BaranCODE
04/29/2013 1:07 pm
Level 24 : Expert System
Do they work outside of minecraft?
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ROPROPE
04/29/2013 1:25 pm
Level 5 : Apprentice Pig
If you mean making the screen dimmer and brighter then sure...
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