Public bug reported:
This is not necessarily a bug but a request for a minor enhancement.
On a laptop (eg Dell XPS 13), there are a number of functions programmed
into the funtion keys. These include keyboard brightness, screen
brightness, sound volume, playout start/pause etc. These currently need
the Fn key to be held down whilst selecting the function. (This often
requires two hands to do this.) The Apple MacBookPro has a keyboard
option to allow these functions to be selected by simply pressing the
keys (F1 - F12) without holding down the Fn key. If one of the F
functions is required (as a keyboard shortcut for an application) this
is optained by holding down the Fn key as well as pressing the F1 - F12
key. A checkbox on the Systems Settings > Keyboard window would be a
convenient way of selecting the option.
Associated with such keyboard functions is the Backlight Brightness. It
would be useful to have a checkbox that allows the actual backlight
brightness to be remembered between sessions. Currently, a new session
starts up with maximum backlight brightness. In contrast, the sound
volume settings seem to be remembered between sessions as a default.
Since the Dell is equipped with a webcam, it would be useful to be able
to use the webcab to measure the ambient light and adjust the backlight
brightness to match. (Whether this is done as a default or is selectable
via a checkbox on the Systems Settings > Brightness & Lock window would
be an added enhancement. The Apple MacBookPro provides this facility.)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: unity-control-center 14.10.0+14.10.20140922-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-30.40-generic 3.16.7-ckt3
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-30-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Jan 24 17:02:07 2015
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/unity-control-center
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-12-11 (43 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity-control-center
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-12-11 (43 days ago)
usr_lib_unity-control-center: deja-dup 32.0-0ubuntu1
** Affects: unity-control-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug utopic
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Title:
Selecting option to disable need for Fn key when using Functions
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