You will usually find this icon on F5 and F6 keys and use the same to decrease, increase or turn the keyboard backlight on/off.Īpple also allows you to set the keyboard backlight to auto-adjust according to the lighting conditions.
You can look for the glowing rectangle icon on the function keys and use the.
Mac laptops come with a flat rectangle with glow lines icon on function keys to represent that these keys can be used to adjust the keyboard backlight. Dell laptops also come with their own ways to control the keyboard backlighting. You can press Fn+F3 and Fn+F4 keys to decrease, increase the backlighting or turn it off. Usually, this icon is displayed on F3 or F4 keys on the backlight supported keyboards. On Asus laptops, you have to look for tiny glowing keyboard icon on function keys.
Some Dell laptops use Fn key plus the right arrow key to control the keyboard backlighting. So to enable all you need to do is press the Fn key along with the F3, F4, or F5. If you are using Dell XPS M1730 or any other similar Dell laptop and unable to find the backlit icon on the above function keys, check the right arrow (->) key of your keyboard. ASUS laptop users can enable the feature of keyboard light by simply observing the keyboard light symbol on one of the keys. Now, depending upon your model, you may have to press function key alone or with combination with Fn key. The icon usually remains present on F6 or F10. You can look for the glowing rectangle icon on the function keys and use the same to turn keyboard lighting on/off. You need to press Fn with the respective function key.ĭell laptops also come with their own ways to control the keyboard backlighting. However, for some HP laptops, pressing the function key alone won’t work. Just press that key to control the backlighting.
You will find this icon on F4, F5, F9 or F11 function key. Most of the HP laptops that come with a backlit keyboard have an icon showing three small horizontal squares with glow lines coming out from the left square.