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Without looking it up, do you know what Scroll Lock does?

Psst! look down here! You can vote yes because technically you didn't look it up it was already here!



















Scroll lock is a key (with an associated status light) on most modern computer keyboards. The behavior of the key depends on the particular software in use.

The Scroll Lock key is a remnant from the original IBM PC keyboard. In the original design, Scroll Lock was intended to modify the behavior of the arrow keys. When the scroll lock mode was on, the arrow keys would scroll the contents of a text window instead of moving the cursor. In this usage, Scroll Lock is a modifier key like Alt and Shift (which modify the function of other keys) and, more specifically, a toggling lock key like Num Lock or Caps Lock, which have a state that persists after the key is released. Today, this particular use of Scroll Lock is rare. Only a few modern programs still honor this behavior, such as Microsoft Excel (in the behavior of arrows ? when Scroll Lock is on, the selection does not move), Lotus Notes and Forté Agent. In modern GUI environments, scrolling is usually accomplished using newer means such as scrollbars or scroll wheels. Therefore Scroll Lock can be regarded as a defunct feature in almost all modern programs and operating systems.
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Yep, I do. It messes me up in Excel when I hit it and didn't realize it. (Makes you able to move the screen around without actually switching the cell you're in.)

Edit: been using a computer for probably 10 years, since I was 13.
 
It is a fake key that is actually a secret camera. I immediately remove the Scroll Lock key from any keyboard I purchase/get and cover the hole with black electrcial tape.

For those of you who dont want to be spied on, I suggest you do the same..

/queue XFiles music
 
Scroll lock + x brings up a chat window in Xfire.

Other then that, I have no idea what it does. Been using a computer for 11 years.
 
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