What is the function of Scroll Lock button use for?

[hk10Mbps]

 

[Nemesis77]

Ummmm... To lock the scroll ?

 

[crab]

To light that pretty little light at the top right of the keyboard.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

good question.....never really used it either.....

 

[joohang]

Originally posted by: Nemesis77
Ummmm... To lock the scroll ?

I believe that it more or less had that function. I think I used to know but now I just remember that it was for some old-school DOS apps, but the button is pretty much useless nowadays.

 

[AgentZap]

It is like the apendix of keyboard keys. Remnants of the DOS age when disks were square

 

[Czar]

I used dos from version 3 to version 6.something and I never ever had to use this button

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

on a linux/bsd/etc system IIRC it will lock up a console. so yeah, pretty useless (how the hell did this thing freeze...)

it also does something in excel.

 

[joohang]

From Gateway support :

Enables the Scroll lock function so that you can scroll through large volumes of text. (This is only available in some programs.)

The Scroll Lock status indicator appears while this function is enabled. Press this key combination again to disable the function.

 

[joohang]

Originally posted by: Czar
I used dos from version 3 to version 6.something and I never ever had to use this button

Me too. Oh well. Just map it as a function key.

 

[joohang]

Oooh! Finally found some use of it in a Windows app:

Indicates when the Scroll Lock function has been enabled. This causes certain programs to behave differently when cursor keys are used. For example, when Scroll Lock is enabled, pressing the down arrow in Microsoft Excel causes the entire worksheet to scroll down one row instead of moving the focus point down one cell as the down arrow normally would.

From here.

 

[Grey]

It locks up Linux/Unix front ends also. Pain in the ass getting called in for that. I never used in dos, just did the /p command for pause.

 

[SoylentGreen]

For when you're playing games like Morrowind.

 

[Kevin]

Its a Hot Key with my KVM. Hit it twice and change computers...

 

[bmacd]

wow...i just hit it twice and (1 or 2) and it switches computers on my KVM switch. That's so cool! Thanks

-=bmacd=-

 

[Superwormy]

Ummmm... WHERE ARE ALL THE BSD GEEKS WHO KNOWS WHAT THIS IS FOR?!?


When you hit Scroll Lock on a BSD system, ON THE COMMAND LINE, it sets it so you can scroll back through the last 200 or so lines of the terminal.


IT IS FAR FROM USELESS, ITS GREAT!!!

 

[spanky]

i use it to confirm when a pc has crashed. of course first i use cap lock... then num lock... then lastly scroll lock

 

[Yossarian]

Originally posted by: joohang
Oooh! Finally found some use of it in a Windows app:

Indicates when the Scroll Lock function has been enabled. This causes certain programs to behave differently when cursor keys are used. For example, when Scroll Lock is enabled, pressing the down arrow in Microsoft Excel causes the entire worksheet to scroll down one row instead of moving the focus point down one cell as the down arrow normally would.

From here.

hey that's not bad!

 

[DanFungus]

Originally posted by: spankyOO7
i use it to confirm when a pc has crashed. of course first i use cap lock... then num lock... then lastly scroll lock

haha, I use numlock to do the same thing

 

[Lithium381]

Originally posted by: Grey
It locks up Linux/Unix front ends also. Pain in the ass getting called in for that. I never used in dos, just did the /p command for pause.

or the |more command when using "type" :-D