The function keys, or F keys, on a computer keyboard serve as a line of shortcut keys that invoke various actions and ...

Every keyboard has a set of Function Keys F1-F12 on the top row; however, the old computer sets used to have these keys gathered on the left side of the keyboard.

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Pressing the fn button with the F keys will typically enable them to work. These 11 other keyboard shortcuts will make your life easier, too. Here’s the answer to the mystery of those function keys.

Logitech’s $99.99 Pop Keys is a wireless mechanical keyboard with typewriter-style keycaps and five keys dedicated toward typing emoji. It’s releasing in the US this month.

Function Keys. Some more advanced keyboard users may be familiar with at least some of buttons running across the top of a keyboard which can conceal some very useful shortcuts.