• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 00:09
CEST 06:09
KST 13:09
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL19] Finals Recap: Standing Tall10HomeStory Cup 27 - Info & Preview18Classic wins Code S Season 2 (2025)16Code S RO4 & Finals Preview: herO, Rogue, Classic, GuMiho0TL Team Map Contest #5: Presented by Monster Energy6
Community News
Firefly given lifetime ban by ESIC following match-fixing investigation5$25,000 Streamerzone StarCraft Pro Series announced4Weekly Cups (June 30 - July 6): Classic Doubles5[BSL20] Non-Korean Championship 4x BSL + 4x China9Flash Announces Hiatus From ASL66
StarCraft 2
General
The SCII GOAT: A statistical Evaluation The GOAT ranking of GOAT rankings Firefly given lifetime ban by ESIC following match-fixing investigation Weekly Cups (June 30 - July 6): Classic Doubles Jim claims he and Firefly were involved in match-fixing
Tourneys
$25,000 Streamerzone StarCraft Pro Series announced FEL Cracov 2025 (July 27) - $8000 live event Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament RSL: Revival, a new crowdfunded tournament series WardiTV Mondays
Strategy
How did i lose this ZvP, whats the proper response Simple Questions Simple Answers
Custom Maps
[UMS] Zillion Zerglings
External Content
Mutation # 481 Fear and Lava Mutation # 480 Moths to the Flame Mutation # 479 Worn Out Welcome Mutation # 478 Instant Karma
Brood War
General
i aint gon lie to u bruh... ASL20 Preliminary Maps BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ [ASL19] Finals Recap: Standing Tall SC uni coach streams logging into betting site
Tourneys
[BSL20] Non-Korean Championship 4x BSL + 4x China [BSL20] Grand Finals - Sunday 20:00 CET CSL Xiamen International Invitational The Casual Games of the Week Thread
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers I am doing this better than progamers do.
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Nintendo Switch Thread Path of Exile What do you want from future RTS games? Beyond All Reason
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine US Politics Mega-thread Summer Games Done Quick 2025! Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Stop Killing Games - European Citizens Initiative
Fan Clubs
SKT1 Classic Fan Club! Maru Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread [Manga] One Piece [\m/] Heavy Metal Thread
Sports
2024 - 2025 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion NBA General Discussion TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 NHL Playoffs 2024
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
momentary artworks from des…
tankgirl
Culture Clash in Video Games…
TrAiDoS
from making sc maps to makin…
Husyelt
StarCraft improvement
iopq
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 606 users

Scroll Lock?

Forum Index > BW General
Post a Reply
1 2 Next All
lastas
Profile Joined May 2003
Sweden1219 Posts
April 13 2004 05:23 GMT
#1
What does the damned button do?
gg
Programmer
Profile Joined February 2004
Canada250 Posts
April 13 2004 05:25 GMT
#2
"Scroll Lock" is a legacy from the early days of DOS (DOS 2.1 - 1982) when pressing that key stopped the rollover on the screen enabling to view lists longer than 25 lines in a way resembling the "More" command..
Today it survives because that key has special meaning for dedicated applications that use it as a special "function key" no more related to its original purpose.
Ceril
Profile Joined April 2003
Sweden1343 Posts
April 13 2004 05:25 GMT
#3
It is an ancient remain from the days when there was no windows?
Just because you can now store where everyone was and is, what they like, what they fear who they talk to and who they love. It does not mean we should so spy upon our fellow man in a dystopia far worse then 1984
Ceril
Profile Joined April 2003
Sweden1343 Posts
April 13 2004 05:26 GMT
#4
On April 13 2004 14:25 Programmer wrote:
"Scroll Lock" is a legacy from the early days of DOS (DOS 2.1 - 1982) when pressing that key stopped the rollover on the screen enabling to view lists longer than 25 lines in a way resembling the "More" command..
Today it survives because that key has special meaning for dedicated applications that use it as a special "function key" no more related to its original purpose.


Correct :-)
Just because you can now store where everyone was and is, what they like, what they fear who they talk to and who they love. It does not mean we should so spy upon our fellow man in a dystopia far worse then 1984
lastas
Profile Joined May 2003
Sweden1219 Posts
April 13 2004 05:27 GMT
#5
ok.. is there any use at all in windows, it even has its own light and all..
gg
Programmer
Profile Joined February 2004
Canada250 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-04-13 08:54:51
April 13 2004 05:35 GMT
#6
One relatively modern Windows application that does use the Scroll Lock key is Microsoft Excel. In this program, when Scroll Lock is on, the behavior of the arrow keys is modified in order to allow you to scroll the contents of the window. There are really more uses of this key with other OS's though... For example, in Linux command line sessions, the Scroll Lock key is used to pause screen output and in FreeBSD and other BSD descendants Scroll Lock still functions similarly to IBM's original design.
fbs
Profile Joined February 2003
United Kingdom2476 Posts
April 13 2004 05:40 GMT
#7
This old post is unavailable due to an encoding issue. Please contact an admin if you would like this post restored for historical reasons.
Programmer
Profile Joined February 2004
Canada250 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-04-13 06:00:20
April 13 2004 05:43 GMT
#8
This old post is unavailable due to an encoding issue. Please contact an admin if you would like this post restored for historical reasons.
Sirakor
Profile Joined April 2003
Great Britain455 Posts
April 13 2004 06:05 GMT
#9
On April 13 2004 14:27 lastas wrote:
ok.. is there any use at all in windows, it even has its own light and all..


no use in windows whatsoever, unless u or a program that u use manually binds something useful to that key.
lastas
Profile Joined May 2003
Sweden1219 Posts
April 13 2004 07:03 GMT
#10
Programmer, thanks for all the info. ^^
gg
Programmer
Profile Joined February 2004
Canada250 Posts
April 13 2004 07:04 GMT
#11
No problem, I'm here to help
Verbloten
Profile Joined October 2003
Australia750 Posts
April 13 2004 07:14 GMT
#12
Programmer - you are gosu IT dude! lol GW
Kacas
Profile Joined July 2003
Brazil3143 Posts
April 13 2004 08:33 GMT
#13
This old post is unavailable due to an encoding issue. Please contact an admin if you would like this post restored for historical reasons.
I Love Hyori Lee =* icq: 41760400 / msn: kayen_chn at hotm
OgerDaniel
Profile Joined March 2003
273 Posts
April 13 2004 08:42 GMT
#14
wow, that's like a "keyboard-appendix"
SoMuchBetter
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Australia10606 Posts
April 13 2004 09:28 GMT
#15
what does the turbo key do?
AUSSIESCUM
TeamLiquid eSTROgeneral #1 • RIP
Programmer
Profile Joined February 2004
Canada250 Posts
April 13 2004 10:10 GMT
#16
Pressing Turbo + F1-F7 adjusts your cursor speed for backspacing, deleting and using the arrow keys between 2.5 CPS to 40 CPS (Characters Per Second)
VdP]EpiphaNy
Profile Joined March 2004
United Kingdom992 Posts
April 13 2004 10:29 GMT
#17
Programmer, what is the meaning of life?
Reach - I love protoss because its tough and straight. Its a race for the men
FrEaK[S.sIR]
Profile Joined October 2002
2373 Posts
April 13 2004 11:16 GMT
#18
42
mrmin123 *
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
Korea (South)2971 Posts
April 13 2004 11:49 GMT
#19
Programmer, why does the Print Screen button also have SysRq under it???
Translator태양은 묘지위에 붉게 떠오르고 / 한낮에 찌는 더위는 나의 시련 일찌라!
LTT
Profile Blog Joined March 2003
Shakuras1095 Posts
April 13 2004 12:47 GMT
#20
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mscrolllock.html :x

Also answers the SysRq question.
1 2 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
PiGosaur Monday
00:00
#39
PiGStarcraft479
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
PiGStarcraft479
WinterStarcraft385
Nina 180
RuFF_SC2 135
StarCraft: Brood War
Leta 215
Sharp 69
Icarus 9
Dota 2
monkeys_forever679
League of Legends
JimRising 850
Super Smash Bros
hungrybox560
Other Games
summit1g6571
shahzam763
ViBE188
Maynarde166
Trikslyr44
CosmosSc2 22
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick43838
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 15 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Berry_CruncH294
• Hupsaiya 73
• practicex 19
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Jankos1973
• masondota2398
Upcoming Events
The PondCast
5h 52m
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
11h 52m
WardiTV European League
11h 52m
Jumy vs NightPhoenix
Percival vs Nicoract
ArT vs HiGhDrA
MaxPax vs Harstem
Scarlett vs Shameless
SKillous vs uThermal
Replay Cast
19h 52m
RSL Revival
1d 5h
ByuN vs SHIN
Clem vs Reynor
OSC
1d 8h
Replay Cast
1d 19h
RSL Revival
2 days
Classic vs Cure
FEL
2 days
OSC
2 days
[ Show More ]
RSL Revival
3 days
FEL
3 days
FEL
3 days
CSO Cup
3 days
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
3 days
Bonyth vs QiaoGege
Dewalt vs Fengzi
Hawk vs Zhanhun
Sziky vs Mihu
Mihu vs QiaoGege
Zhanhun vs Sziky
Fengzi vs Hawk
Sparkling Tuna Cup
4 days
RSL Revival
4 days
FEL
4 days
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
4 days
Bonyth vs Dewalt
QiaoGege vs Dewalt
Hawk vs Bonyth
Sziky vs Fengzi
Mihu vs Zhanhun
QiaoGege vs Zhanhun
Fengzi vs Mihu
Replay Cast
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2025-07-07
HSC XXVII
Heroes 10 EU

Ongoing

JPL Season 2
BSL 2v2 Season 3
Acropolis #3
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 2
CSL 17: 2025 SUMMER
Copa Latinoamericana 4
Jiahua Invitational
Championship of Russia 2025
RSL Revival: Season 1
Murky Cup #2
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 7
IEM Dallas 2025
PGL Astana 2025
Asian Champions League '25
BLAST Rivals Spring 2025
MESA Nomadic Masters
CCT Season 2 Global Finals
IEM Melbourne 2025

Upcoming

2025 ACS Season 2: Qualifier
CSLPRO Last Chance 2025
CSL Xiamen Invitational
2025 ACS Season 2
CSLPRO Chat StarLAN 3
K-Championship
uThermal 2v2 Main Event
SEL Season 2 Championship
FEL Cracov 2025
Esports World Cup 2025
Underdog Cup #2
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.