Posted by: tanstaafl.
Scroll Lock - 18/07/2011 15:14
After years of idle curiosity, I finally found out what the "Scroll Lock" key on my keyboard does.
For the most part, it does nothing. However, in a few select programs it actually changes the behavior of the up/down arrow keys and the page-up/page-down keys, the most common (these days possibly the only?) program being Excel.
In Excel, with Scroll Lock disabled (the default), the up/down keys change which cell on the screen is highlighted. If you enable Scroll Lock, then the up/down keys don't change which cell is highlighted, but instead scroll the entire screen up and down.
Just thought you might like to know...
tanstaafl.
For the most part, it does nothing. However, in a few select programs it actually changes the behavior of the up/down arrow keys and the page-up/page-down keys, the most common (these days possibly the only?) program being Excel.
In Excel, with Scroll Lock disabled (the default), the up/down keys change which cell on the screen is highlighted. If you enable Scroll Lock, then the up/down keys don't change which cell is highlighted, but instead scroll the entire screen up and down.
Just thought you might like to know...
tanstaafl.