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    Home key not working on my laptop in Blender!

    ashour saadi(Blendash)

    Hi everyone,

    I need your help to figure out how to make the Home key work in Blender. I am using an Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 laptop.

    When I'm in Blender's Graph Editor, the Home key doesn't work, but the number 7 does. What’s the solution for this?

    Thanks!









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    • Martin Bergwerf replied

      Hi Ashour,

      Does the Home key work in other windows/editors?

      You could always go to View > Frame All, right click and Change Shortcut:

      Frame All.png


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      ashour saadi(Blendash) replied

      Hi Martin,

      its doesnt work in other windows/editors.

      I know the manual way. But the home Key will help me speed up my workflow.

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    • Martin Bergwerf replied

      Just change the Shortcut then (to your Home Key, for instance).

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      ashour saadi(Blendash) replied
      I did and it not work, its just change the view to the top view
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    • Martin Bergwerf replied

      HI Ashour,

      I don't know how this works on a laptop; is the one under Numpad 7 your only Home key? Maybe you need to disable Numlock, and/or hold the Function key together with the Numpad 7 to get the Home Key? 

      I have a laptop with 3 Home keys and just installed Blender on it, to check. I can get 2 of the three to work as Home key, just haven't figured the one under Numpad 7 out yet. Fn Page Up and Fn Left Arrow keys both work as Home (when I change the Shortcut to one of them).

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    • Omar Domenech replied

      What are you trying to accomplish with the home key? I mean what's function you're after? Maybe there's another way to do it.

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      ashour saadi(Blendash) replied

      Hi Omar,
      I want to frame all when I'm in the Graph Editor. I find it easier to hit the Home button to frame the curves and keyframes. I used to press A, then Period on the numpad, but that isn’t efficient for my workflow.

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