• F5 – Decrease keyboard brightness (On compatible notebooks only) • F6 – Increase keyboard brightness (On compatible notebooks only) • F7 – Skip back (Audio) • F8 – Pause / Play (Audio)
The F5 and F6 keys on your Mac are two keys that you may have yet to use and may be unaware of what they do. They both have to do with keyboard brightness. F5 decreases the brightness of your Mac's backlit keyboard. F6 increases the brightness of your Mac's backlit keyboard.
Spotlight Search (F4): Press. to open Spotlight and search for something on your MacBook Air. Dictation/Siri (F5): Press. to activate dictation—you can dictate text wherever you can type (for example, in Messages, Mail, Pages, and other apps).
The F5 key is a function key found on most computer keyboards. It is typically labelled with the word "Refresh" or the symbol "⟳". The primary purpose of the F5 key is to refresh or reload the content displayed on a computer screen.
With Shift F5, you force the browser to reload completely the page and to download again all the files (js files, images, scripts, …). It's called Hard reload. You will get the most recent version of the page sent by the server. On Apple / MAC, the shortcut is Command R (Command + R).
Control-F5 or Fn-Control-F5: Move focus to the window toolbar.
F5 Access for Android, F5 Access for iOS, and F5 Access for Chrome OS enable secure network access for supported mobile clients. Previously, the Android and iOS products were called BIG-IP® Edge Client® for Android and BIG-IP Edge Client for iOS.
Clientless remote access is remote network access obtained without the installation of software on a user's device. Unlike IPsec VPNs, the F5 BIG-IP APM provides remote access without requiring pre-installed client software and configuration of the remote device.
Shift + F5 or Ctrl F5 does not delete the cache, but ignores it. To clear the cache, you need to open the option to clear the browser's cache, via the shortcut Ctrl + Shift + Delete (or Ctrl + Shift + Del). Warning: by deleting some cookies, you will be disconnected from some tools (Gmail, …).
Ctrl + F5 is used to force reload a webpage, not using the cached files for that page. This will retrieve a completely new page. If there are new changes before pressing Ctrl + F5, you will be able to see these new contents. That is, this action can retrieve the most recent content of the page you have visited.
Quick hard refresh can be done by using the following shortcut keys: Mac OS: Hold down the Option + ⌘ Cmd key and then press the 'E' key.
F5 reloads the page from server, but uses browser's cache for page elements like scripts, image, CSS stylesheets, etc, etc. But Ctrl+F5, reloads the page from server and also reloads its contents from server and doesn't use local cache at all.
Make Sure the Fn Keys Are Not Locked
On your keyboard, look for an Fn, F lock, or F Mode key. Depending on your laptop, you should press for one time or press and hold for a few seconds. If this didn't work, press the Fn and Esc keys at the same time. Then, try to use one of the Function keys.
In Microsoft Word, Ctrl + Shift + F5 opens the Bookmark window. From this window you can add, delete, and go to any document bookmark. Microsoft Word keyboard shortcuts.
Windows/Linux: Hold down Ctrl and click the Reload button. Or, Hold down Ctrl and press F5.
Check Keyboard settings
In System Preferences (or System Settings), choose Keyboard > Keyboard. If you were expecting the function keys to work as function keys without a modifier, make sure that 'Use F1, F2, etc. as standard function keys' is checked.
Why is Control F not working on my Mac? Go to the Apple menu > System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts and make sure that Command + F is enabled. If you still have trouble, try pressing F first (F+Command).
After you initially license and configure the BIG-IQ system, it is important to change the password for the administrator password user from the default password, admin .
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