Is it true the only function of the Scroll Lock key on your keyboard is to turn on/off the Scroll Lock light?

Question

God, how stupid.

Someone should be shot for that.

Answer 1

In antiquated (back when DOS still mattered) applications it served the purpose of providing a scroll-lock function: when you depressed the down or up key the entire document would scroll up or down, instead of just the cursor moving up or down the screen (of course, when the cursor got to the bottom or top of the screen it would 'push' the entire document down or up the screen, as it does today).



P.S. The Print Screen (SYS RQ) button still works today - experiment with Print Screen with and without CTRL and also ALT, pasting the results into Word, or other graphic editor that accepts images from the clipboard. This can be a very useful feature in capturing faults and odd application behaviors, especially when they are of the 'have to be seen to be believed' variety,

Answer 2

no....its to lock the scroll button, so you won't accidently scroll with the scroll buttons

Answer 3

huh,, what does it mean by scroll. Like the little rolly wheel ( haha i guessed) on your mouse.. Can you lock that.. ?