So… I just need to let my cat know, that it’s her fault for pressing this button…
Seriously, it’s not about the existence of this button, it’s about making it configurable in a way, that it can be turned off. Like a lot of other manufacturers are doing it.
Besides that, this button is working, even if the laptop is locked. I wouldn’t have any issues, if this wouldn’t be the case, as I’m locking my laptop everytime I’m leaving it, because of my cats.
In that case, the proper place would be in EC firmware: add a BIOS option to disable airplane key entirely OR add a key-combo to prevent its accidental pressing, such as Ctrl-Airplane or Ctrl-Alt-Airplane (assuming F row is toggled so that key is not F10 at the time).
Somehow, though, I bet your cats would still manage to press Ctrl AND Airplane at the same time, so a complete disable option is probably better.
No. This is the appropriate thread to add yet another request for QMK on the FW13 because it shows yet another good reason to do it.
If I go add my voice to those other threads, it will be drowned out.
This Airplane key issue is a very legitimate reason to allow customization of the FW13 keyboard. It doesn’t even have to be QMK. It could be some other configurator.
The Airplane key issue is one reason I am not buying FW13s or recommending them as fleet laptops, even though they would make great fleet laptops due to parts interchangeability. The last thing I need is to increase the number of end user calls desperately wondering why they have no network access.
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