Since 10.7 (I think) Dashboard has been considered a "space", unless you turn 
it off in sys prefs. Inconvenient there's not a key for it anymore, but you can 
still assign it to a hot corner. Wouldn't be too surprised if the whole 
Dashboard concept weren't "carried over" at some point... 

On Jun 3, 2013, at 8:03 AM, objectwerks inc <c...@objectwerks.com> wrote:

> 
> On Jun 2, 2013, at 11:41 PM, LuKreme <krem...@kreme.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 02 Jun 2013, at 18:30 , objectwerks inc <c...@objectwerks.com> wrote:
>>> Show Dashboard                      F12   (which really means fn-F12)
>> 
>> That's different.
>> 
>> If I turn that on, I can use F12 (Fn-F12) to show dashboard, but F4 does 
>> nothing. On other machines, F4 shows the Launchpad (not dashboard)
>> 
>>> F4 seems to be "hardwired" to that functionality (which is what the icon on 
>>> it suggests)
>> 
>> Huh. Not here.
>> 
>> Using Apple Aluminum keyboard (wired with 10-pad). The F4 shows two rows of 
>> 3 squares.
> 
> 
> Interesting.   All the Apple Aluminum keyboards (wired with 10 key pad) that 
> I have (a few) show a round "gauge" icon on the key.  And they all show 
> dashboard.
> 
> I've had mine since the first year they were release (my "A" key is totally 
> worn off and has a divot in it)
> 
> Apple must have changed which codes get sent for that key when 10.7 came out.
> 
> 
> 
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