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F1 still launches Help in some apps. I don't think I've ever done it on purpose...
by dcminter 7d ago
F1 still launches Help in some apps. I don't think I've ever done it on purpose...
- PlunderBunny 7d agoHaha - the number of times I’ve accidentally hit F1 and ended up looking at some variation of ‘page not found’ in Edge…
- dcminter 7d agoI think it's usually my IDE. I haven't seen it recently; not sure if I disabled it in a fit of pique, or if it just doesn't do that any more? (/me goes and tentatively pokes F1 on purpose for the first time in decades... yeah, it's the latter).
- kgwgk 7d ago"Have you ever seen a keyboard where the F1 key is missing? Chances are that isn’t an accident. It’s a deliberate move to avoid accidentally launching the Excel Help menu [...]" https://excelevate.co/wp/2025/06/11/save-the-f1-key/ https://excelevate.co/wp/2025/06/11/save-the-f1-key/