Don't Forget The Scroll Lock
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- Опубліковано 31 гру 2016
- In an interview from the early 1980s, PC magazine asked an executive of keyboard manufacturer Key Tronic what was the key's purpose, to which the executive replied: "I don't know, but we put it on ours, too".
The scroll lock key dates back from the original IBM keyboard and is a feature that other keyboard manufacturers simply adopted in the years after. It was initially intended to modify the behavior of the arrow keys. More specifically, it would toggle between two different modes of scrolling. When the scroll lock was on, the arrow keys would scroll the content of the entire window. When it was off, the arrows would only move the cursor.
But this is not the only thing the scroll lock is known to be used for. Depending on the operating system or application that is utilizing it, it can have other functions as well.
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Sources and References:
- PC Magazine: ''The PC's Keys'' (November 1982, page 175) - books.google.ba/books?id=vy3c...
- PC Magazine: ''Key Tronic's Soft Touch'' (January 1983, page 347) - books.google.ba/books?id=vy3c...
- Wikipedia: ''Scroll lock'' - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scroll_...
- Tech Central: ''Evolutionary Leftovers'' - www.techcentral.co.za/evoluti...
- Stack Exchange: ''Why do modern keyboards have Scroll Lock?'' - ux.stackexchange.com/questions...
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This is all false. The scroll lock has been used by the illuminati for decades to activate a secret code and access the superinternet
jmiquelmb true
lol
wrong
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lwal
Did you just make me get fucking emotional about a button on a keyboard.
Twenty Øne Blazes
Honestly, I can't tell if this is sarcasm.
Twenty Øne Blazes |-/
Gear xD
Yes, yes he did.
lol i know how you feel
One day I'll make an application that uses only the scroll lock
J & L You do that!
J & L You should because now the fate of our planet is in your hands
+Gaming Authority I'm interested!
Gaming Authority keep me updated!
I'm also interested
The scroll lock is THE MOST CRUCIAL KEY ON MY KEYBOARD (because it turns on the fancy backlighting)
I change the color with it :D
True
I hate that stupid numlock light. I keep scroll lock off but I need numlock on so that the keypad actually functions. Why can't the keypad default to on? Every other part of the keyboard defaults to on. The numlock button is basically a button that says "I am going to assume you want to use only part of your keyboard. Lemme know if you want me to go out of my way and hold the rest of it open for you."
@@TheReaverOfDarkness It has other purposes that turning the keypad off, allow it to do. Mouse keys is one of them.
@@TheReaverOfDarkness I used to put a little piece of blu-tac or tape over the light (because it was in my eye-line when I was trying to sleep). But my keyboard is cheap so I don't mind marking it up. If yours is expensive you might not want to.
From this video it seems like Scroll Lock was made to inspire philosophical thought.
Indeed the ancient philosopher Scrollios thought so when he first encountered it in the ancient Roman Forum. His contemporary Numer and his student Caprice the Younger chided him vehemently for this but ultimately came to the stalemate that we stand at now.
Ceci n'est pas un Scroll Lock
Hey Vsauce! Michael here.
But what is scroll lock?
*music intensifies*
It was made back when mouses were more just an optional thing sk you could navigate with only the keyboard figure out all the hot keys and write them down then go go for awhile without using a mouse it can actually be much faster just not as intuitive as a mouse and keyboard
UA-cam should use this Scroll Lock feature... When scroll lock off, arrow keys will control the video player. When scroll lock on, arrow keys will scroll the page...
youtube does do that even on a laptop you just click into white space and you can use arrow keys
I don't want to touch the mouse, it's too far :v
Sudhanta Suryaputra Exactly, it's really inconsistent! Sometimes it controls the videoplayer, and sometimes not.. even when in Fullscreen Mode!?
Protip: Use J K L and F on UA-cam. Works as long as the tab is focused.
J - Rewind 10 seconds.
K - Pause/Play.
L - Skip 10 seconds.
F - Toggle fullscreen.
it's not inconsistent at all. when you click outside of the video, the arrow keys control outside of the video (scrolling up and down). when you click inside the video (such as when pausing it) the arrow keys control the video itself (left and right to scroll, up and down for volume, and space to pause)
Man I love scroll lock... because it gives me a completely safe key to rebind to do other things :)
I usually use the "E" key.
willisverynice who nds e to typ anyways
Toadmilk lol
willisverynice I man it's not lik E is th Most Usd lttr of th alphbt
floppy disk?
lol, there actually called save icons.
(sarcasm)
funny thing is floppy disks were still used or at least computers still had the option to use them in the early 2010s on 2000s computers.
Jeremy Boateng they're*
*They're
*Start shit with capital letters*
"letters."
You must end sentences with the properly punctuation mark, full stop.
Apple: Yeah we are getting rid of old technologies like headphone jacks, pffff who even uses those anymore.
Also Apple: *puts scroll lock key on new mac keyboards*
CommanderTurtle Actually macs do not have a scroll lock key.
but they dont
If any one was wondering he was making a joke. He was implying that because apple gets rid of useful technology, they will adapt the tactic of adding legacy technology.
Here is the joke in a re-worded format
-Apple executive " Gee golly Mr.Jobs lets get ride of that useless headphone jack that nobody uses so our product will be waterproof ."
-Steve Jobs:"Oh boy friend! Say while you do that I shall put this widely used scroll lock key on our new mac brand keyboards."
-Apple Employees: (Claps maniacally at their gods) "One of us, one of us."
Edit Notes:[Fixed my trash grammar.]
vincere terram but your comment is still trash
charlieme5150
So is your IQ.
He gets so deep about a button on a key board...
He sure makes you think about how far technology has come though :3
Justin A And resistance is futile.
They say.
It's not only a button on a keyboard, it's the scroll lock key, the key right there and nobody yet never use it!
There are many things you can get keen on if u have no wife....
ITS NOT ABOUT A KEY ITS ABOUT A LIFE
My scroll lock is used for turning the keyboard lights on or off. So I actually use it quite frequently, just not for its original purpose :D
yeh me too
i don't even have it on my keyboard
SAME
Same Cooler Master Storm,i have it Blue,you?
yea mine does the same thing.
Keyboard buttons that do nothing are actually pretty useful. You can use them as hotkeys and they typically don’t interfere with anything you do. I like to use caps lock in games that use wasd for a hotkey for actions that don’t use an easy-to-reach button. I think the scroll lock key could be used for recording software, and it’s really nice that things like this still exist despite being obsolete because they can be used for purposes like the examples I gave.
I use the scroll lock key almost every day for modding purposes.
Ok
Maximumus thanks
Makes for a great Compose Key
sup maximus, how is the costume going?
Maxim Drake dku use wursthzck client ... for kc i tried it before got banned never gonna use hax again
Bind it to mute sound and minimize everything to desktop for, ahem, reasons.
Because ALT-F4 is so overrated.
Alt+F4 versus one button that allows you to re-open the program? Overrated af
I use it for push-to-talk in mumble. Well, the key code, not the physical key; I mapped it to a macro key that I can reach with my left pinkie.
Because I can't bind a key to push-to-talk which doesn't have a real key code. The macro key has to send a real code to the OS which mumble can pick up. I tried to have it be F13 since I read somewhere that F13 - F20 are technically defined as key codes but I couldn't make mumble pick that up so I used the only other key that I can hold down while typing/gaming without it causing any unwanted actions.
Kiwii Try the META key. That's the button to the left of RghtCtrl. It has no use in games so will be fine to use. Or just disable push-to-talk like me
CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT 'CAPS LOCK' BUTTON DO? MINE SEEMS TO BE BROKEN
I HAVE NO IDE. I WAS WONDERING THE SAME.
MY KEYBOARD IS HIGH-TECH, AND REPLACED MY CAPS LOCK WITH A COFFEE BUTTON. I GET ALL THE COFFEE I WANT WHENEVER I WANT! IT'S AMAZING.
YouNoob1 if you press capslock everything you type will be in capital letters
That is so nice of you trist, but clearly he DOES know what it does! It is a joke since he wrote it all in capital letters!
KRYDOLPH, IF IT WAS A JOKE, WHAT DOES IT DO THEN?
FL Studio uses "Scroll Lock" to enable/disable scrolling playlist. Another use - KVM-switch for 2 PC's.
Takes 6min to say "its kinda useless" Good Job !
Watch a video answering a useless question, and get a long, useless answer
Money, Money & Money💰
@zhenwei liu Yet it takes a mere 3 seconds to fix the spelling of "kinda".
Poor button, im gonna go press it right now, cause everyone needs a friend :)
There are two types of people in this world.
lmao
Even a tree.
Here we see a slytherin (TheGhost) and a hufflepuff (Alijars Leitis)
scroll lock: ~kyaaa
yame-yamete kudasai! ahhn*
dame dame!!
The Scroll Lock Key has Easter Egg Potential. Think about a Game in which you can access a Easter Egg only if you have the scroll lock turned on.
I like that idea ... I might make it one day :D
Sounds like something possible in The Stanley Parable.
Smakovich there was something with the scroll lock, wasn't there?
Kinda like switched controllers in one of MGS's missions.
U gotta have that scroll lock off to unlock that Ability scroll :)
METAKU (Metal Otaku) | Anime + Metal! That would be awesome!!! Maybe there are some games like that, we just haven't found the Easter Egg yet! :D
#PrayForScrollLock
that one dude
People abuse that button for the lights in their keyboard
This video makes me kind of sad. Like thinking of a friend you once had.
You're not crying over a keyboard key are you?
"kids these days will never experience the robotic sound of dial up."
yes, they will. the modern version is known as "dubstep".
God, friggin' dubstep. It's LITERALLY just what happens when you pump a fuckload of electricity into a speaker. *waves cane *
The point I was making was that the dubstep isn't an encoded electrical impulse for a note; it's what the bass does when you just surge the power. Take a powerful speaker that's only receiving power, crank the volume to max and then turn the volume down and back up in rhythm. Grats, you're a dubstep composer!
,,but dopstep is ded"
Martin Macura maybe as a specific genre, but the grating, obnoxious sounds involved are as prevalent as ever.
I haven't heard any dubstep that sounds like amplitude modulation of interference on an audio system. Having said that, I do prefer other areas of electronic music.
Nobody can play my elder scrolls games when I press this key.
wartem lmao
I used to lock my scrolls like you..
... but then I took an arrow to the key.
Do you get to the cloud district very often?
lol nice
CONGRATS! you made a single key on the keyboard have such a deep meaning with that analogy!
I like how you stretched out a 30 second answer to 6 minutes. Next time I see a UA-cam video answering an interesting question, it might just be better to google it.
Lilith does stuff This video mostly says where and when it’s originated from. Even in the end it doesn’t give a clear answer lol.
Basically it has no use.
@@enumiosu It does not have a clear answer either, he explains that it has multiple uses and tells when and where they originated from and why they exist.
Then, you'll spend the whole day trying to find the answer to the question you made rather than to the questions google think you made.
And, once you find it, it'll be 37 pages of text for an answer that could be written in one sentence.
No Bruno.
You could just google "Scroll Key Wikipedia", have all the information you need and be done with it in 2 minites max.
Without the stupid metaphysical philosophy in the end.
But thats not why we are on UA-cam. UA-cam is just for entertainment.
It's very, very unlikely that any particular star you are looking at is gone. The visible stars are a few tens to a few hundreds of light years away, while lifetime of stars spans billions of years.
+Konstantin Khitrin Note that other galaxies are millions or even billions of light-years away, so the odds go up that many of the stars we see in them are already dead.
I didn't specifie what kind of a telescope you would need to use, but this really isn't a science video nor does it pretend to be.
I used the analogy because I felt that it fit well for a satisfying ending to the story.
"When *you* [meaning the viewer] look *through* a telescope [...] *shining star* from a galaxy far far away [...] there's a *great* possibility..."
No... no... no.. sorry you're not getting out of this one. That statement's just blatantly wrong regardless of technicalities. I've looked through some very nice telescopes in my astronomy class. The only galaxy that's really sort of visible (as a white smudge in the sky mind you, not a shining star) is Andromeda which is "only" 2.5M light years away, a small percentage of a star's lifespan. To my knowledge only Hubble, and maybe some new telescope that I'm not aware of, is capable of looking deep enough to see a galaxy comprised of a majority of dead stars. So please don't spread this misinformation in the future.
Hey John! Well, are you saying that among those viewers, you mentioned in the brackets, there can't be someone with access to technology that can look into a galaxy far far away? :) Like I said, this is not a sci video nor does it pretend to be. The end bit you are referring to is a story telling instrument for creating emotion, which doesn't even imply an impossible situation, if that's what you hold against me.
+CHM Tech I watched the video, and even though i knew the statement was wrong, it did not negatively impact the message you wanted to convey.
However, acknowledging the mistake is a good thing. And like technology, some stories widely believed to be true can become obsolete and be replaced by better ones if we understand they are actually a misconception.
It's really annoying reading these comments of bullshit excuses, sure the part where you say this is not a sci video is a legitemate argument, but that doesn't mean you aren't wrong
Forget Scroll Lock, what does 'Pause Break' do?
Launch System Properties, Pause Program loops etc. Do you even use your PC?
zawzero Because those are totally things that the average user does.
The Atomic Cherry
I did not say that, did I.
Pause actually pauses a lot of games and emulators.
Break is sometimes used to trigger standby.
Home + End are essential for quick navigation in text editors.
zawzero No, you didn't.
i cant forget the scroll lock cuz it enables/disables the backlight in my keyboard
ew
Same
Same
Mine is FN+a number. Black widow chroma ftw.
mine just has a backlight button lol
My laptop doesn't have a scroll lock button on the keyboard. Well, I guess it's a goodbye to our fellow scroll lock.
I thought the Pause/Break button is more mysterious than Scroll Lock...
It's used in coding, though now it's pretty outdated.
Same. Especially when they zoomed into that area.
When a command prompt (or similar) command is running the Pause/Break key just freezes the command prompt
Some old DOS games use it as an actual pause button.
Old PC games in general.
Half-Life 2 isn't obsolete yet, but it's only 13 years old...
xylophone Hl2 was also years ahead of its time.
xylophone Games usually don't become obsolete as long as they hold their own, in the same way that older movies, music, and art are still good today.
And it supports Pause/Break key! :D
holy shit i realised i was only 2 when it came out
a video game a book a movie or a song can never become obsolete.
The most evil keyboard key ever is...
INSERT !!!
I'll second that.
No, it is 1 key size backspaces and short enter keys
@@scunthorpe5513 Only on the special keyboards that have those keys. Insert is pretty much standard on most keyboard sizes.
What does it do?
@@KofolaDealer It toggles the text input from inserting text to replacing it.
If, when you move your input cursor into the middle of a word/sentence, you want to insert new text, you will toggle the text cursor to insert mode. You will see a line, and new letters will be inserted where the line is.
If, when you move your input cursor to the middle of a word/sentence, you want to replace the text, you will toggle the cursor to replace mode. The vertical line will change to a box or an underline character. This means that when you type new characters, the old character that is currently being underlined will be deleted and replaced with the character you just typed.
When you're typing new text at the end of a text document, and there is no text ahead of the cursor, there is no functional difference between them.
Better? Go test it out in notepad or something.
Man I'm happy that I got to experience all this old stuff
I use it for two things:
If I lose mouse when using Microsoft Excel
To make keyboard light disco cooler :D
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I use if for the 2nd reason
When I'm using virtualisation software like VirtualBox on a desktop PC with a full keyboard, I always configure Scroll Lock as the host key. So I can still use all the modifier keys normally in the virtual machine, and when I need to force-reboot, I have those shortcuts like ScrollLock+Delete or ScrollLock+R, which don't interfere with anything else.
Laptops usually don't have ScrollLock, so I tend to use the AppMenu key (the one between right Windows and Ctrl keys - although laptops usually don't have right Windows key, either) as the VM host key there, but I actually sometimes use it, so I sometimes get upset when I press it while working in a VM and it doesn't do what it normally does.
Cᴀᴢᴏᴏsʜ same.
how can someone make a video about a key on a keyboard so mystical and uplifting with music xD
I'd like to see someone make a video about the scroll lock using some spooky music. It would turn everything around...
I choose undrscore
Maybe some Tool music? Idk... I'd like to see someone do it
everytime you press the button someone somewhere stops scrolling
What is your profile picture? I need the source for my science homework.
They see me scrollin' They Hatin'....
my keyboard doesn't have scroll lock rip
F
Oryx TheMad God f
F
Shit they’re already starting to get rid of it
You're* was that the grade u got in ur exam
When the least known key has a video on youtube dedicated to it with more than a million views
And I can't even get 10 likes *cries in an emotional pterodactyl screech*
I7itI3ull T.O well do you want video of shift or number 5
Exactly
Lol what you doing here xd
*two million
I binded my Scroll Lock to do [SHIFT] + [CTRL] + [ESC] to open Task Manager in my keyboard software.
DjEatTheNoise that's the default key binds for task manager.
Scroll Lock has always just been... scroll lock lol
Ive never had scroll lock be defaulted to open Task Manager before, nor have I ever heard of it.
I just bound a macro to perform [CTRL] + [SHIFT] + [ESC] when I click Scroll Manager
Oh whoops i didn't see Scroll Lock My mistake haha
By the end of this video I found myself conforting my Scroll lock button telling it that everything is ok and I will never forget about it. First time I feel emotional about a key on my keyboard...
An interesting note is that Image-Line's FL Studio uses the Scroll Lock key. It is turned on automatically when you start the program and deactivated once you close it. You can switch it on and off by using a button inside FL's toolbar, affecting the timeline scrolling function. This acually used to screw up my old PC's mouse input regularly.
I am going to give that key a kiss.
I just gave that key a kiss.
*Gets sick because the keyboard is dirtier than a toilet seat*
actually i would say dirtier than a dollar bill because toilet seat are generally very clean compared to other stuff ( despite what people may think and of course there are some exception like chem toilet at concerts :P )
It's 3 A.M. I have a major test tomorrow, and I'm watching videos about the depressing nature of a computer key.
I never would have guessed that I hear something of such poetic nature on “Scroll Lock”
Scroll lock and pause/break have a great use for being extra keys I can rebind in my keyboard drivers. I use them for media controls as F13 and F14 since the volume buttons change the volume in Windows and not just my music player. I could also bind them to macros if I really wanted.
Forget Scroll Lock, what the heck does the Pause/Break key do???
Brandon G for many different things
im pretty sure theres a key combination with it you use to unfrezee your screen
Pause Break key can be used in programming when the screen is loading fast to stop it. you can try using it your self by turning your PC on when its booting up where you can see the all the specs as soon as you start it. press the pause button and it will stop from loading up to a OS hence you will be staying in the boot screen untill you press the pause button again.
Exit Gamer you forgot to fly away
Back in the day (1980s), if you created an infinite loop (accidental or otherwise), you could use the Break key to break the loop. Up until a few years ago I was still working on some of those old languages (yes, some businesses still use software from the 80s) and one of my younger co-workers did just that and was freaked out because he didn't know how to stop it. I walked up and hit Break on his keyboard and he looked at me like I had magic powers.
Newer keyboards from Dell and Logitech don't have Scroll Lock or Pause|Break. Thankfully most *nix shells and PowerShell respect Ctrl+C for Break, I'm not sure if there is a hotkey for Pause.
WHAT DOES THE CAPS LOCK KEY DO ?
911gp lol
Enables/disables call of duty kid mode
nice one :)
Are you for real?
yes of course
Unlock the scrolls to reveal the secret.
Thats a beautiful tribute to scroll lock.
Did you know Ctrl+W combination opens special features in UA-cam?
Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow
hehe
Works better if you hold the combination for a second or two IIRC.
another way is to click the shut down button
Oh god, I considered myself tech-savvy until I did this.
The least-used key is actually SysRq (System Request), not Scroll Lock. In fact, it's so rarely used that your keyboard doesn't even print it on the keycap -- it's accessed by pressing Alt-Print Screen. These days, the SysRq key is only used by the Linux kernel and Windows programming debuggers. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_request
It actually still is printed on my Keyboard, interesting!
its on my keyboard too under prt scr
Same here, on an Acer laptop.
*I click on the video*
CHM: WHAT IS THIS OBSOLETE BUTTON
*The video begins to end*
CHM: PHILOSOPHY
I've still used Scroll Lock for many years.
My computer is telling me to Press Any Key...
Anyone knows where to find the Any key?
U Wot M8 toenail
I'm so sorry man... I have no idea what came over me... I lost ctrl completely....
Back in the day I would get people asking me where the Any Key was.. I would tell them it is the long one at the bottom that is not marked.. Was easier than saying "really, just press any key"
press the key on your monitor, or better, the one on your PC case.
You see that button on your computer? The one you push to turn it on. Yeah, that's the Any Key. Hold it to make that thing go away.
I know exactly what my scroll lock key does. It makes my keyboard glow.
Irrelevant video.
I would give more upvotes, but buy a backlit keyboard.
44kizza44 I know that I don't care about your childish light-up keyboard.
Irrelevant comment; contribute something to technological development or kindly check out and stop draining resources.
R Stewart What have you contributed to technological development? I didn't realise UA-cam was for tech-geeks only?
Would love to but unfortunately there's better uses for the money i have...
44kizza44 I didn't realize it was for video critics only; shut up and realize that you and your opinion are only important to you. Unnecessary and unproductive criticism is a pet peeve of mine.
Some knowledge i needed very badly.
your videos are really unique! and great
Tilde is still used...Its like the primary key used in games for the console.
Aravind N. I meant pulling up the command console in most games. To input custom commands and look at the log of actions done by the game engine to trouble shot issues. or cheat.
Also on russian keyboard layoung, the ~ key gives a letter ё, which is constantly forgotten by people who don't care about grammar much and just use e instead... Eh whatever, these 2 letters are similar enough.
and it's also used often after online messages~~
And also if you habla español.
hold alt and press 164 or 165 on your numpad for those letters ---> ñ Ñ
What about the Pause/Break key? I never use that one
Nacho Garcia It's used in coding mate :)
Yeah I always use in Python
You can also use it during your computers boot phase in order to get enough time to see the shotcut to enter BIOS settings. Also, If you have ever had any Blue Screen Of Death error, you can use Pause/ break to keep it on the screen in order to take down the details.
AND some people use it to pause games, like StarCraft 2.
+Nitofex why not the escape key
Ay congrats on all that channel growth. Just came back to your channel and wow... It's grown a lot.
My laptop keyboard has no Scroll Lock, Pause/Break key. Nor does it have "right click show menu" key. The lack of the last annoys me a lot.
Sometimes you can setup the track pad so tapping in one corner shows the popup menu.
My chromebook dosent even have caps lock and the keyborad short cut dosent work you have to double tap shift
how the hell did a keyboard company put a scroll lock key on their keyboards if they didn' t know what it did?
Scott Stickler tradition and it was just what everyone was doing back then so they did it too
A keypress sends a particular piece of data to the computer which identifies what key was pressed. It's up to the computer (read, OS) to parse this piece of data and give it the semantics that we're used to, so a keyboard manufacturer need not know what individual keys are semantically supposed to /do/, just what codes they're supposed to send.
everyone does it why not??
I just wanted to add this, If your competitor has one, why don't YOU have one?
The key doesn’t directly tell the computer what to do. It sends an instruction to the computer that says “hey! I just got pressed!” And the computer says “Ok!” Then it whispers to the operating system “I have no clue what to do now, can you give me some help?” And the operating system says “uhhhh... I don’t think that it matters... maybe just ignore it.” And the computer says “Ok!” And then nothing happens because the scroll lock key is useless.
So, in summary, the keyboard company knows what the scroll lock button should tell the computer to say that it was the scroll lock key that got pressed, but not what the computer will do with it.
Very well done. And guess what, your voice is easy and enjoyable to listen to. Thanks, a great and informative video!!
+Peter Wanabe Thanks Peter. I really don't enjoy listening to my own voice, but I guess that's natural. I'm glad you liked the video. Thanks for the feedback!
It's actually very improbable to see a dead star with the naked eye. Less than 1% or something. Just thought you should know
I nearly cried, long live and god bless the scroll lock key
WHY IS THIS SO EMOTIONAL!!!
I'm kinda proud I knew what scroll lock does
yeah me too, I learned it by accident on Excel, dad brought me to fix the problem of his arrow keys acting weirdly, and after thinking about it for some time I realized there is an indicator in the status bar similar to that of Num Lock, this made me remember that third "lock" kind of key on the keyboard and it all clicked in my head :D
elenaki zou lol same
fesz mr loz, Q xearned it by accident on Excel, dad brought me to fix the problem of his arrow keys acting weirdly, and after thinking about it for some time I realized there is an indicator in the status bar similar to that of Num Lock, this made me remember that third "lock" kind of key on the keyboard and it all clicked in my head :D
A friend of mine is disabled and could not play his favorite video game anymore. We programmed the scroll lock key with AutoHotKey to hold and release the mouse buttons so he can now move his character and play the game again.
In my case, I use it to turn on and off screen video recording, it's very convenient because when the scroll lock LED is on, it means it's recording.
I'm using scroll lock for recording too, pause button to save previous 2mins
Name one other channel that can make you feel emotions for a button
in control panel settings for the mouse, the scroll lock key can actually be used in its legacy setting, able to move the mouse with the arrow keys on the numpad via certain settings. I use this on windows.
Z and Y switched?
What's it for?
German keyboard.
I guess it was done back in the days of typewriters with touch typing optimization and localization in mind.
In English language, Z is the least used letter in the alphabet by far, so they've pushed it to the edge because that place is least accessible, while the Y in the place where it's easily accessible since it's used much more often. On the other hand, in some languages like German, Z is used much more often while Y is less used, so they switched it.
DINO92AVFC Well the keyboard's layout is based on the typewriter. But it happened so that German typewriters had a QWERTZ layout.
Well "it didn't just happen", they took the QWERTY layout, saw that the Y is in the middle of the keyboard, concluded that they rarely use it and switched places with some letter that is much more used in their language, but pushed into the corner. I'm from Serbia and we also use QWERTZ layout because in our alphabet there isn't even letter Y.
+sexy Bismarck a few weeks ago i bought a new keyboard with apperantly a azerty, went back to the store, asked a refund and bought an qwerty haha
I'm only interested because in the thumbnail (unless you change it) I can't see the actual key.
...But if you take a closer look, the arrow is pointing right at it :)
Nafi Napkin I believe it's supposed to be very subtle clickbait but still identifiable
Nafi Napkin how is it clickbait lmao
Damn that ending was deep. I nearly cried at the metaphor of the scroll lock having 5 more minutes in the sun light, and then I remembered what the video was on and felt like an idiot.
i was NOT expecting a complete scientific video about scroll lock when i searched for it
Isn't it stupid to put the Scroll lock to new keyboards? I mean it cost materiel and money and has no use. Why would a company do it?!
Because "the others had it, so [they] put it in."
Jonathan Saunders
Thats what I can understand. But I can't understand why they put it in nowdays, in the past okay - but today it's all about profit, why waste the money?! Thats what I don't get
Felix Maus Well, I can't really answer this question as I do not manufacture keyboards, but they might be figuring that someone, somewhere, would want that key there, so they shouldn't make its exclusion as a reason for that person not to buy it. And, it's really not that expensive anyway.
Jonathan Saunders
Yeah.. Maybe there is a reason that we don't know or understand :P
+Jonathan Saaunders Why not replace it with another key though (I know you don't know how to answer this, I'd have to ask the actual company - still :P)
what if I'm a console peasant?
Symix ok, but before that I think I should gas all of my kinds. good idea or not?
Very good indeed ..
Leafer Jack Great. Do that humanity will thank you.
Leafer Jack Doesn't pretty much every modern non-handheld console allow you to attach a standard USB keyboard anyway? Hell, the first to allow it was the PS2. Confusingly.
pixel girl I do not own a console but I'm pretty sure that's not so simple. Otherwise there wouldn't be mouse and keyboard adapters for ps3/4
That star matter at end was an icing on the cake
This video got really philosophical
way to make me have emotions for a vestigial organ.
What are you using to edit your videos?
The scroll lock key
Wow, such a funny joke.
Actually not.
Too soon...?
What is too soon.
The video was edited in VideoPad
I reassigned my scroll-lock key to TeamSpeaks Mic mute/unmute. Great to have a spare key for this.
The scroll lock lives on
my new laptop doesn't have scroll lock key.
You're missing out, big time
Return it, quickly.
My new laptop has its own Scroll Lock key, but has the Home and End keys be the same as the Page Up and Page Down keys (but with pressing Fn), it's so ridiculous, so I used the SteelSeries software that came with it to remap my home and end keys onto the Scroll Lock and Pause Break keys (I know that the pause break is useful sometimes, but not as important as home/end for me)
You're not alone, many laptops don't even have the PAUSE/BREAK key.
Also, even fairly modern Sony laptops had all three NumLock/CapsLock/ScrollLock LED indicators on the bezel.
Neither does mine.
I always wondered what the scroll lock's purpose was. I guess I don't have to worry about it anymore! Thanks for the video.
I used the scroll lock like 5 years ago in elementary school to stop scrolling in cool math because in fireboy and watergirl the arrows would still scroll in old versions of htms and js
At work (Walgreens) we double press it to switch computer inputs as there are two computers connected to one touch controlled monitor and the same peripherals.
jokes on you i dont have a scroll lock key
same
Ditto
i dont have one either
I'd rather scroll lock removed than more recently the right-click menu key! I loved that key but my new keyboards don't have it, rather replaced with a Fn key.
(it was the key that looked like File menu between the right ctrl and alt)
That key isn't useful. I've never used it and all the keyboards I've owned have it.
Grand Io it's handy when you're doing keyboard nav, like using the arrow keys or pressing letters searching for a file, as you can then hit the key for right click options.
I just realised I don't have one anymore, how the fuck did this happen?
+Mr Hand, that depends on your keyboard layout, afaik. US layouts rarely if ever had a right windows button but many European layouts still have it. Probably different for laptops, though, as these often have modified keyboards.
Edit: Also, on my roccat (us layout) I don't have a right windows button but I have both FN and menu keys between right alt and right control.
>right alt
>not owning a keyboard with alt GR
Wow, an amazing amount of content for something that is essentially meaningless..great job inventor!!
In Linux, you can use SysRq (Ctrl + Print Scrn) and another key to send commands to the kernel (you can Google "Magic SysRq key" for more info)
who else pressed scroll lock as soon as he said it?
the reason is only that 2 keys above 3 key collums wouldnt look nice. so they kept it in place
You're using the same Keyboard as we in school do.
(and now I finally know how to turn on all status lights)
*_yay_*
I compose music using FL Studio.
If Scroll Lock is off, the screen will follow the cursor when playing the composition, while if it's on, the cursor can go off the screen.
That's pretty useful if you ask me.
the real question is: who the fuck thought caps-lock was a good idea? think about it, how often have you really used it vs how often you get hindered by it.
it is. you use it to turn on caps... if you want to USE CAPS WITHOUT HOLDING SHIFT FOR ANNOYING PEOPLE.
Ward Huyskes caps lock is useful, but not at that big size.
Ward Huyskes its very useful for programming
***** I can believe that. But still, they should have not given it such a prominent place on the keyboard.
It's useful for coding.
I use the scroll lock when my face gets slammed into the keyboard when i get in trouble
I remember on an old keyboard i used what happened was scroll lock would make any use of the mousewheel keep going until you did a down press on the wheel which was pretty cool i guess.
Um, nope, there is no scroll lock.
You instantly put your fingers in WASD, I can tell you're a gamer!
Euphorian Lol
Euphorian stfu
dont seem to have one of those.....first time ive looked lol
I would swap my num/lock key for one but I don't have one of those either...I feel cheated :-(
I'm using a pc I built but with a dell keyboard, kind of like it because of its key stroke..realy soft but positive.
I have a laptop with no scr lk too but that shortcut doesn't work... how do you do it?
You were cheated. Even if you never use the button for it's intended use, it should be there. Most OSes allow you to remap the buttons for other purposes. Having the scroll lock and pause/break keys present allows you to program them for other purposes.
0:35 Except the basis of Unix and it's piping of commands. There's videos from the 70's showcasing commands that will still work to this day. It's ab absolutely amazing feat of computer engineering what those guys did back then.