What does the "Key" key do?

[Pyramancer]

On the Pyra keyboard, what does Fn-[Brightness Down] (labelled "Key") do? (This is the on the key to the right of the power button.)

 

[TrashyMG]

Whatever you want it to.

 

[Wrath Of Khan]

The key thing to remember is that the key is key.

 

[levi]

It's for when software asks you to hit any key. There's only one, so it stops you having to choose which one to press

 

[Neelix]

Seriously though, I believe that's intended as the keyboard backlight brightness control

If I recall correctly the functions on that key are intended to be stacked something like this:

unmodified: LCD brightness up
shift: LCD brightness down
Fn: kb backlight brightness up
Fn+Shift: kb backlight brightness down.

-Neelix

 

[levi]

Ah, so the word 'key' in fn-colour suggests that with Fn pressed, it'll affect the keyboard backlight rather than the screen. That makes more sense.

 

[Grench]

Seriously though, I believe that's intended as the keyboard backlight brightness control

If I recall correctly the functions on that key are intended to be stacked something like this:

unmodified: LCD brightness up
shift: LCD brightness down
Fn: kb backlight brightness up
Fn+Shift: kb backlight brightness down.

-Neelix

That is the intent. Where Fn+Shift can be easily chorded on the shoulders or the keyboard, it should work well.

 

[Wally]

It's only used for emulating Windows, ala the 'any' key

 

[Kippykip]

The "key" key is the anykey.

 

[Pyramancer]

Well, reading the answers here has really enlivened my afternoon.

Whatever you want it to.

I'm hoping that the keys labelled "Usr1" and "Usr2" will be whatever I want them to be. Preferably by some sort of telepathic interface. Does the base Pyra have a telepathic interface or is that one of the functions of the chip on the mobile unit?

@levi @Wally @Kippykip : Stop everything, we need a new revision of the keymat! If it's the infamous any key, then clearly it should be labelled "Any"!

Seriously though, I believe that's intended as the keyboard backlight brightness control

If I recall correctly the functions on that key are intended to be stacked something like this:

unmodified: LCD brightness up
shift: LCD brightness down
Fn: kb backlight brightness up
Fn+Shift: kb backlight brightness down.

Aha, that makes sense. Although my reading of the marking on the key strongly suggests that, unmodified, the key does brightness down; and the the shifted key is brightness up. (Because typically, on a keycap, the shifted mapping is shown above the unshifted mapping, and here the up arrow is above the down arrow.)

Maybe it would have been better if the Fn-shifted key were labelled something like "Kbd *" (keyboard brightness), rather than "Key", and a pair of down/up orange arrows were also shown on the keycap -- although, I guess there's only so much space!

 

[WizardStan]

Does the base Pyra have a telepathic interface

It's opt in, for privacy reasons. Just mash your face against the keyboard to synchronize.