Skip to content
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • World
  • Users
  • Groups
Skins
  • Light
  • Cerulean
  • Cosmo
  • Flatly
  • Journal
  • Litera
  • Lumen
  • Lux
  • Materia
  • Minty
  • Morph
  • Pulse
  • Sandstone
  • Simplex
  • Sketchy
  • Spacelab
  • United
  • Yeti
  • Zephyr
  • Dark
  • Cyborg
  • Darkly
  • Quartz
  • Slate
  • Solar
  • Superhero
  • Vapor

  • Default (No Skin)
  • No Skin
Collapse
Code Project
  1. Home
  2. The Lounge
  3. what is the use of Scroll Lock key ?

what is the use of Scroll Lock key ?

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved The Lounge
question
30 Posts 21 Posters 0 Views 1 Watching
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • G Gavin Roberts

    http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mscrolllock.html[^]

    E Offline
    E Offline
    Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
    wrote on last edited by
    #14

    From the link ... C:\Una\Lesbian Porn>DIR . . . then the 22,000 files in that directory scroll past so fast I can't see their names. However, if I apply the pipe function at the command prompt like this: C:\Una\Lesbian Porn>DIR | more ...

    A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the Universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." -- Stephen Crane

    L 1 Reply Last reply
    0
    • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

      No doubt. ;)

      L Offline
      L Offline
      Lost User
      wrote on last edited by
      #15

      Tragic Kindgom! Let's see if anyone figures that out :-D

      The tigress is here :-D

      J 1 Reply Last reply
      0
      • L Lost User

        Tragic Kindgom! Let's see if anyone figures that out :-D

        The tigress is here :-D

        J Offline
        J Offline
        Jorgen Sigvardsson
        wrote on last edited by
        #16

        No doubt it's a No Doubt album. ;)

        -- Painstakingly Drawn Before a Live Audience

        1 Reply Last reply
        0
        • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

          No doubt. ;)

          P Offline
          P Offline
          Paul Watson
          wrote on last edited by
          #17

          I actually rather like No Doubt. I just don't like doubt and question being mixed up :)

          regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you

          Shog9 wrote:

          eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.

          J 1 Reply Last reply
          0
          • E El Corazon

            karthikoncodeproject wrote:

            A silly doubt.

            A shadow of a doubt? a reasonable doubt?

            karthikoncodeproject wrote:

            What is the use of Scroll Lock Key ? Is it really used frequently ?

            You mean you haven't? where have you been? ;P

            _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

            J Offline
            J Offline
            Jorgen Sigvardsson
            wrote on last edited by
            #18

            Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:

            You mean you haven't? where have you been?

            He's been scrolling. Until now. ;P

            -- Presented in BC [Brain Control] where available

            1 Reply Last reply
            0
            • P Paul Watson

              I actually rather like No Doubt. I just don't like doubt and question being mixed up :)

              regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you

              Shog9 wrote:

              eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.

              J Offline
              J Offline
              Jorgen Sigvardsson
              wrote on last edited by
              #19

              I've noticed that indians often use the word doubt instead of question. I suppose that's because some of the indian languages (might be a cultural thing) doesn't distinguish between the two.

              -- The Show That Watches Back

              P 1 Reply Last reply
              0
              • K karthik Tamizhmathi

                A silly doubt. What is the use of Scroll Lock Key ? Is it really used frequently ?

                Karthik M

                S Offline
                S Offline
                SlowFatRunner
                wrote on last edited by
                #20

                In WinXP, what is the purpose of Press Control-Alt-Delete to get the log on screen? Why can't that screen be displayed by default?

                L J 2 Replies Last reply
                0
                • S SlowFatRunner

                  In WinXP, what is the purpose of Press Control-Alt-Delete to get the log on screen? Why can't that screen be displayed by default?

                  L Offline
                  L Offline
                  leppie
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #21

                  magiera wrote:

                  Why can't that screen be displayed by default?

                  It can.

                  **

                  xacc.ide-0.2.0.50 - now with partial MSBuild support!

                  **

                  Z 1 Reply Last reply
                  0
                  • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                    I've noticed that indians often use the word doubt instead of question. I suppose that's because some of the indian languages (might be a cultural thing) doesn't distinguish between the two.

                    -- The Show That Watches Back

                    P Offline
                    P Offline
                    Paul Watson
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #22

                    Yup. I had a friendly arguement with Nish over it once.

                    regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you

                    Shog9 wrote:

                    eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.

                    1 Reply Last reply
                    0
                    • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

                      From the link ... C:\Una\Lesbian Porn>DIR . . . then the 22,000 files in that directory scroll past so fast I can't see their names. However, if I apply the pipe function at the command prompt like this: C:\Una\Lesbian Porn>DIR | more ...

                      A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the Universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." -- Stephen Crane

                      L Offline
                      L Offline
                      Lilith C
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #23

                      Notably Una seems to have the same sense or humor/irony/whatever that Cecil has.:) -- Lilith

                      E 1 Reply Last reply
                      0
                      • S SlowFatRunner

                        In WinXP, what is the purpose of Press Control-Alt-Delete to get the log on screen? Why can't that screen be displayed by default?

                        J Offline
                        J Offline
                        Jorgen Sigvardsson
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #24

                        The purpose is to ensure a "trusted path". The theory is that the operating system will not allow you to hook that specific key combination, thus you can be sure that whatever pops up when you hit those keys is legitimate, i.e., a system component, and not someone's application trying to trick you to give out your password. That's the theory anyway. :)

                        -- Simulcast on Crazy People's Fillings

                        1 Reply Last reply
                        0
                        • L Lilith C

                          Notably Una seems to have the same sense or humor/irony/whatever that Cecil has.:) -- Lilith

                          E Offline
                          E Offline
                          Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #25

                          Their employee manual used the sample user Jack Mehoff. I was the only one who had ever noticed this apearantly (it was a 400+ page tome). Had I been more cynical I should have sued :p

                          A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the Universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." -- Stephen Crane

                          1 Reply Last reply
                          0
                          • K karthik Tamizhmathi

                            A silly doubt. What is the use of Scroll Lock Key ? Is it really used frequently ?

                            Karthik M

                            S Offline
                            S Offline
                            Steven J Jowett
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #26

                            I don't think I have used the Scroll Lock key since the days of MS-DOS in the mid to late '80. If I remember correctly it stopped the text screen scrolling when you issued a DIR or TYPE command; or was that the PAUSE button? Steve Jowett

                            E 1 Reply Last reply
                            0
                            • L leppie

                              magiera wrote:

                              Why can't that screen be displayed by default?

                              It can.

                              **

                              xacc.ide-0.2.0.50 - now with partial MSBuild support!

                              **

                              Z Offline
                              Z Offline
                              zZzupaFly
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #27

                              it shouldn´t

                              --------------- The spring sea rising and falling, rising and falling all day. basho

                              1 Reply Last reply
                              0
                              • E Ed Poore

                                Excel uses it to allow the user to scroll around the sheet with the arrow keys etc but without moving the focus from the current cell.


                                Formula 1 - Short for "F1 Racing" - named after the standard "help" key in Windows, it's a sport where participants desperately search through software help files trying to find actual documentation. It's tedious and somewhat cruel, most matches ending in a draw as no participant is able to find anything helpful. - Shog9 Ed

                                R Offline
                                R Offline
                                Roger Truss
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #28

                                The <`> key is is also used in VB and VbScript as a comment tag. She is certainly not a programmer, but she does like porn though. C:\Una\Lesbian Porn>DIR . . . then the 22,000 files in that directory scroll past so fast I can't see their names. However, if I apply the pipe function at the command prompt like this: C:\Una\Lesbian Porn>DIR | more Maybe next time she will have her stuff proof read first. Too funny

                                1 Reply Last reply
                                0
                                • S Steven J Jowett

                                  I don't think I have used the Scroll Lock key since the days of MS-DOS in the mid to late '80. If I remember correctly it stopped the text screen scrolling when you issued a DIR or TYPE command; or was that the PAUSE button? Steve Jowett

                                  E Offline
                                  E Offline
                                  Ed Poore
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #29

                                  Pause


                                  Formula 1 - Short for "F1 Racing" - named after the standard "help" key in Windows, it's a sport where participants desperately search through software help files trying to find actual documentation. It's tedious and somewhat cruel, most matches ending in a draw as no participant is able to find anything helpful. - Shog9 Ed

                                  1 Reply Last reply
                                  0
                                  • K karthik Tamizhmathi

                                    A silly doubt. What is the use of Scroll Lock Key ? Is it really used frequently ?

                                    Karthik M

                                    N Offline
                                    N Offline
                                    Niclas Hartmann
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #30

                                    xfire, the new tiny and shiny clone of gamespy / All seeing Eye (ASE) and (enter ur favourite internet gamebrowser tool here) uses the sophisticated shortcut "Scroll Lock+Shift+X" to enable the ingame chat window (a layered window above the 3D-Screen to chat with your xfire-mates in the game, a neat feature, btw). So "Scroll Lock" is frequently used - at least on my game rig ;) Niclas -- modified at 4:26 Friday 4th August, 2006

                                    1 Reply Last reply
                                    0
                                    Reply
                                    • Reply as topic
                                    Log in to reply
                                    • Oldest to Newest
                                    • Newest to Oldest
                                    • Most Votes


                                    • Login

                                    • Don't have an account? Register

                                    • Login or register to search.
                                    • First post
                                      Last post
                                    0
                                    • Categories
                                    • Recent
                                    • Tags
                                    • Popular
                                    • World
                                    • Users
                                    • Groups