If you have "Help" instead of "Ins", replace it with Overgod-tier. Keep pressing it, it will come.
OC, feel free to share.
EDIT; Home is now G-od tier. I didn't know it would go to the beginning of a line, I always used macros "lol".
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I use all of these keys except scroll lock. Mainly because there aren't any software vendors that support the function anymore, and nobody has had the innovation to use it for anything new.
I use insert regularly, delete all the time. Home and end, pretty much daily.... Print screen sometimes (though I usually use a screen snippet tool instead), and pause is used in some keyboard shortcuts in Windows that are very helpful.
Idk why we're picking on insert and pause when F12 is right there. Seriously, does anyone use any F keys beyond F5? If you do, is your scope then limited to F1/F2/F5? Maybe add alt+F4?
All the F keys do stuff. But in my experience, 90+ % of the time nobody knows what those things are. One of my personal favorites is F2 which is generally used as a shortcut to "rename". It's very helpful. Honorable mention to F5 for all the reasons you would expect.
Meanwhile, there's people like OP throwing shade at our good friend "home".... What are you saying OP? Are you to good for your home?
F9-F12 are useful when you're debugging code in Visual Studio.
I sometimes use F6 to jump to my browser's address bar.
Can't imagine any uses for F7 or F8 though. And all the times I've opened a help screen with F1 have been on accident.
My main gripe with function keys on laptops is they're tiny and easy to mix up, especially since they have large brightness, volume, etc. icons on them while the function key number is a tiny label that's barely visible.
FYI, you can also use CTRL+L instead of F6 in Most Browsers, easier to reach than F6
Yes, but removing the focus from the address bar is only doable through F6 in Firefox. Whyyyy can't I do it through ESC??
No idea, but I have never felt the need to do that. Maybe CTRL TAB, and CTRL SHIFT TAB?
Nope, it returns to the original tab with the focus still in the URL bar. 😓
ESC works for me
Which platform? The focus is kept on MacOS for me.
Linux
Not working for me on my Manjaro install either.
Wayland?