Function (Fn) key not detected by Event Viewer

[tha...@gmail.com]

I want to use a Trust branded backlit PC keyboard which has the Fn key where Mac keyboards usually have Option (Alt).  I've managed to use Karabiner to remap the Alt key so it works as Command and got some of the F keys to work as media controls for iTunes and Volume Controls, but the Fn key seems to be misbehaving and the only Option key which works as expected is on the right of the Spacebar instead of the left.  Should I resign myself to learning how to type with the Option key on the wrong side or is there a work-around for re-patching the Fn key?

Thanks.  Jim.

[Takayama Fumihiko]

There are two types of fn key in the world.

One is software fn key (eg. fn key in Apple keyboard) which Karabiner is able to change.
Another is hardware fn key. It's treated inside hardware and cannot change by software.

If your key is software fn key, the following events will be shown.
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eventType:keyMod code:0x3f name:Fn flags:Fn
eventType:keyMod code:0x3f name:Fn flags:
----------------------------------------

Therefore, your fn key seems a hardware fn key.
Anf unfortunately, it cannot change by software.

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[Jim Gardner]

I feared as much.  Thanks for replying anyway.

On Monday, 19 January 2015 05:32:41 UTC, Fumihiko Takayama wrote:

There are two types of fn key in the world.

One is software fn key (eg. fn key in Apple keyboard) which Karabiner is able to change.
Another is hardware fn key. It's treated inside hardware and cannot change by software.

If your key is software fn key, the following events will be shown.
----------------------------------------
eventType:keyMod          code:0x3f       name:Fn              flags:Fn
eventType:keyMod          code:0x3f       name:Fn              flags:
----------------------------------------

Therefore, your fn key seems a hardware fn key.
Anf unfortunately, it cannot change by software.

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Takayama Fumihiko <tek...@pqrs.org>

On 2015/01/17 23:41, tha...@gmail.com wrote:
> I want to use a Trust branded backlit PC keyboard which has the Fn key where Mac keyboards usually have Option (Alt).  I've managed to use Karabiner to remap the Alt key so it works as Command and got
> some of the F keys to work as media controls for iTunes and Volume Controls, but the Fn key seems to be misbehaving and the only Option key which works as expected is on the right of the Spacebar
> instead of the left.  Should I resign myself to learning how to type with the Option key on the wrong side or is there a work-around for re-patching the Fn key?
>
> Thanks.  Jim.
>
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