What is scroll lock button do?

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Macemore

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What the hell does ^^^^^ Do?
 

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Scroll lock is a keyboard button (often with an associated status light) on most modern . The key is not frequently used and therefore some keyboards lack Scroll Lock altogether.

The Scroll Lock key was meant to lock all scrolling techniques, and is a remnant from the original , though it is not used by most modern-day software. In the original design, Scroll Lock was intended to modify the behavior of the . When the Scroll Lock mode was on, the arrow keys would the contents of a text window instead of moving the . In this usage, Scroll Lock is a toggling like or , which have a state that persists after the key is released.

Today, this particular use of Scroll Lock is rare. Only a few modern programs still honor this behavior, such as , , , and . Most environments neglect scroll lock, which means scrolling must be accomplished with a , using means such as or . Therefore, the Scroll Lock key is little used in almost all current programs and operating systems.

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