While having ability to use a number pad on the 16 inch laptop wonderful as I prefer to use a full size keyboard, I think it would be really be helpful if the num lock key was updated to give an led indicator similar to the caps lock led light, to show if the number pad is on or off
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Can I upvote this? Given that it has dual purpose, that would be most helpful!
Windows or Linux user?
I agree an LED would be a godsend!! But for Gnome, there is an extension that adds you current numlock status to the taskbar.
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See also Num lock indicator
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I might try. I know there’s been plenty of people who’ve complained about that. Although I’ve had issues with my backlight on my numpad being randomly off when I boot so I’m not quite sure how well that’ll work for me.
Although there are software options to show the num lock status, there are other situations before logging in that a little blue light like the caps lock would be very nice. OTP when logging in is one.
I’m a windows user (Windows 11)
Absolutely agree, and I’d go even further: a ScrollLock LED would also be useful. We don’t use scroll lock any more (it was a feature with 80x25 text monitors, many decades ago), but I use the scroll lock key to switch between keyboard layouts, and the LED shows which state the keyboard is.
While you can put all sorts of indicators on the screen, I don’t like to waste precious display real-estate for things that could be solved with a simple LED.