What the heck is the Scroll Lock button for?

[Gamplayerx]

I've always wondered - not enough to Google it, but since I just hit it and it doesn't seem to actually DO anything, I thought I'd ask.

[swolt]

scroll like was used way back in the day before mice were used with PCs. If scroll lock was on the page you were viewing would scroll up and down with the arrow keys. If scroll lock was off the arrow keys would move the cursor instead.

KVM switches use scroll lock now to switch between computers. We use it a lot at work.

[Gamplayerx]

Why, thank you! 

[BigDun]

Scrolll lock is still pretty usefull in Excel. Turn it on and use the arrow keys to move around the spreadsheet without having to use the mouse/scroll bars.

[Alice]

Scrolll lock is still pretty usefull in Excel. Turn it on and use the arrow keys to move around the spreadsheet without having to use the mouse/scroll bars.

You can do that without the scroll lock on though.  Unless I'm misunderstanding what you mean.

[JJ]

Scrolll lock is still pretty usefull in Excel. Turn it on and use the arrow keys to move around the spreadsheet without having to use the mouse/scroll bars.

You can do that without the scroll lock on though.  Unless I'm misunderstanding what you mean.

Well, with scroll lock you don't have to move the active cell all the way to the edge of the screen for it to scroll.

[BigDun]

Scrolll lock is still pretty usefull in Excel. Turn it on and use the arrow keys to move around the spreadsheet without having to use the mouse/scroll bars.

You can do that without the scroll lock on though.  Unless I'm misunderstanding what you mean.

Well, with scroll lock you don't have to move the active cell all the way to the edge of the screen for it to scroll.

Right. Scroll lock allows you to move the view of the spreadsheet without changing which cell is active. The same as using the scroll bars.

[meredith]

hey some of us still use text consoles.

[swolt]

hey some of us still use text consoles.

vi or emacs?

[ReBurn]

hey some of us still use text consoles.

vi or emacs?

You're one of THOSE, aren't you?

[swolt]

hey some of us still use text consoles.

vi or emacs?

You're one of THOSE, aren't you?

no, I was trying to see if hatt was

I use emacs, but only because the "Learn Linux in 24 Hours" book said to use it.

[ReBurn]

I'm just messing with you.  Back when I did a lot of Unix development I loved vi.  I would ftp stuff to the Unix box just so I could edit it with vi.  Then I would ftp it back to my desktop.

[meredith]

vi. emacs is too bulky.  it can be pared down quite a but but that's extra work, because all the distribution packages you get are bulkified.

i know how to use both well, though.

[BigDun]

Homesite or Notepad.

[meredith]

¿Qué es Homesite?

[meredith]

windows text editor:  SciTE

[Alice]

*cough*  dorks

[dazie]

*cough*  dorks

*cough*  2nd

[meredith]

it's 67% of my sexy.