Hate you 'Next' and 'Last' keys!

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Lockheed · #1 Post by **Lockheed** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:28 am

Every time I lose +5 minutes worth of text as a result of hitting one of those two keys, strategically placed around arrow keys, I want to inflict very slow and painful death on the person responsible for placing them there. They are fantastic in Linux where you can set them to switch screens but in Windows.... AAAAAARRRHHHHHHHH!!!

How do I disable these @*^&...?

t20user · #2 Post by **t20user** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:06 pm

I hate to say it, but I love those buttons. I wish I had them on my desktop keyboard. I mostly use them for Web browsing, but I find them very @#&^ing helpful;-)

poshgeordie · #3 Post by **poshgeordie** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:13 pm

[quote="t20user" @#&^i[/quote]
didn't know you Chicago guys also spoke Cockney Rhyming Slang

yak · #4 Post by **yak** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:43 pm

There is a tool called "Keyboard Customizer" that allows you to disable these keys. Here's a screenshot:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/163/4041 ... f61b05.jpg

XP/2000 version:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... 44185.html

Vista version:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-67288

I don't know if the Vista version works on Windows 7.

By the way, I think these keys are awesome. I use them all the time. Both on my ThinkPads as well as on my external USB ThinkPad keyboard.

#5 Post by **Tasurinchi** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:17 pm

I also love those keys... I terribly miss them when I used my Dell at work...

Temetka · #6 Post by **Temetka** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:04 pm

I love these keys.

I also run linux.

So how can I configure them to switch workspaces in Ubuntu 10?

yak · #7 Post by **yak** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:53 am

Temetka wrote:So how can I configure them to switch workspaces in Ubuntu 10?

Your starting point should probably be:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_ge ... w_Managers

There is no solution for Gnome there but you might be able to combine the information to get your results.

Lockheed · #8 Post by **Lockheed** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:20 am

yak wrote:There is a tool called "Keyboard Customizer" that allows you to disable these keys. Here's a screenshot:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/163/4041 ... f61b05.jpg

This program is awesome (I finally can type ££££ on American keyboard) but from what I can see it has nothing to do with the keys I am looking to disable.

craigmontHunter · #9 Post by **craigmontHunter** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:37 am

On my T61 (in vista), on the third tab ("key sensitivity") there is a checkbox "enable browser keys" - that should do it.

Lockheed · #10 Post by **Lockheed** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:39 am

craigmontHunter wrote:On my T61 (in vista), on the third tab ("key sensitivity") there is a checkbox "enable browser keys" - that should do it.

I missed that. Thanks!
Is there equivalent of this software for linux, i.e.: for getting custom key combination for various asci signs, like £ on American keyboard?

yak · #11 Post by **yak** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:03 am

craigmontHunter wrote:On my T61 (in vista), on the third tab ("key sensitivity") there is a checkbox "enable browser keys" - that should do it.

Lockheed wrote:I missed that. Thanks!

Come on, it was right there on the screenshot marked in red...

Lockheed · #12 Post by **Lockheed** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:20 am

yak wrote:Come on, it was right there on the screenshot marked in red...

Didn't look at the sshot

hiram · #13 Post by **hiram** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 1:22 pm

yak wrote:There is a tool called "Keyboard Customizer" that allows you to disable these keys. Here's a screenshot:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/163/4041 ... f61b05.jpg

There is also a Keyboard Customizer tool called a screwdriver.

an ebay seller wrote:The keyboard is missing two very irritating keys - Home and Back. I removed them forcibly after I accidentally hit them and my browser reacted to it. You really won't miss these keys. They were too close to the arrow keys, you see.

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