My F3 button changes my volume instead of doing what it should [duplicate]

Every time I press F3 it changes my volume instead of opening the debug overlay. Is there a way I can fix this in settings?

I use the latest version of Minecraft.

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Best Answer

If you are playing on a laptop, see if you have a "Fn" key on the keyboard. Mostly likely what has happened is that your computer is configured to require the Fn (function) key to be pressed in order to send F1-F12 keystrokes, instead of the "media" keys like volume up, volume down, screen brightness, etc. This can usually be changed in the BIOS or in Windows itself, depending on the configuration. This is what the Fn key may look like:

If that doesn't fix your issue, then check Minecraft keymaps and keymappings in Windows and/or your computer's BIOS to see if they can be toggled or changed.

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How do I get my F3 key to work?

Open the program that uses the key and press F3 . If the F3 key also has an icon on the key, it indicates the key has a secondary function. To use the secondary function, press and hold down the Fn key, and while continuing to hold the key, press F3 .

How do you change F3 to Fn in F3?

Just check your laptop's keyboard for any F keys (on the top row) with a speaker icon next to them. For instance, you might have to simultaneously press the Fn + F8 keys to increase the laptop volume on the keyboard shown below. To turn down the volume, press the Fn + F7 keys at the same time.

How do I make my F keys control volume?

So yes, you can remap f3 to your mouse button, but you're not allowed to remap F3 + esc or things like that to one button.

Volume Button Not Working - Reverse Function Keys and Multimedia Keys (F1-F12)

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Answer 2

If this is a regular keyboard, not a laptop, look for an "F Lock" button:

When F lock is on, your function keys will work as function keys. Many newer keyboards have them default to multimedia or other hotkeys instead of their normal function.

Answer 3

I had the same issue on my HP laptop. I had to boot up the computer, pressing the appropriate key during boot (I had to look up the laptop model online to figure it out) to get me into the BIOS menu system, then I had to poke around to figure out how to change the default meaning of the function keys from being "media" keys to being "function" keys. This isn't particularly difficult, just time-consuming and frustrating. An F-lock key as described by @Grant would have made this much simpler. Are you listening, HP? (Probably not. The HP of today seems more interested in repeating their past mistakes (HP cell phone, anyone?) instead of doing what they do well - which since the days of Carly Fiorina, the Compaq takeover, and the departure from the test equipment business seems to be "nothing").

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