Framework 16 Stock Keyboard Back Light

Should the stock keyboard that comes with the latest Framework 16 be back lit?
I just received the laptop, with a numpad, as well. the numpad lights up but the regular keyboard does not.

Does pressing. Fn and Space help?
The is another key combination that might also help, but I don’t remember that one.

I have a standard keyboard and it has backlights.

Fn + Space should allow you to toggle between the three brightness levels.

The icon on the space button means keyboard backlight.
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The “other” key combination is Fn+W, which toggles the backlight on and off, at least for the RGB keyboard. (I discovered that by accident, when I managed to toggle it off without realizing it and couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t get my keyboard backlight to work anymore.)

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It should be with fn and space. Even my blank fw13 keyboard has backlighting.

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On the other side, adjust the numpad back lights using Fn+[Return] while numlock disabled.

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I believe you don’t need Fn to change the brightness. Just pressing the enter key on the bottom right while num lock is off to cycle through the 3 brightness levels.

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Yes that works thanks!