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If you use your Lenovo ThinkPad laptop in dark environments, you may want to enable the keyboard light to see your keys. Newer Lenovo devices have a Backlight icon, which looks like a horizontal bracket with arcing rays on top. This can usually be found on the spacebar of your keyboard. Older ThinkPads usually come with a ThinkLight, which is located at the top of the display and shines a small light on your keyboard. This wikiHow will show you how to turn on your Lenovo device's backlight and ThinkLight using keyboard shortcuts.
Things You Should Know
- If your Lenovo laptop has a backlight, you'll see the Backlight icon on your spacebar.
- To turn on the backlight, press the Function (Fn) key and Backlight shortcut key at the same time.
- To turn on the ThinkLight, press the Function (Fn) key and Page Up key together.
Steps
Section 1 of 3:
Turning on Backlight
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Turn on your laptop. In some cases, your backlight may not turn on due to low battery.
- Make sure your laptop is charged to at least 75%.
- If your battery is an issue, there are ways to increase your battery longevity.
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Locate the Backlight shortcut key. In most cases, this will be located on your keyboard's Spacebar. [1] X Research source
- The icon looks like a horizontal bracket with arcing rays above it.
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Press Fn + Backlight to turn on your keyboard backlight. Fn is the abbreviation of Function . [2] X Research source
- Similar to taking screenshots on Lenovo , you'll need to press these keys at the same time.
- To adjust your brightness, press Fn and Backlight as many times as needed to cycle through your laptop's brightness presets.
- To turn off your backlight, press Fn and Backlight until the backlight turns off.
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Section 2 of 3:
Turning on ThinkLight
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Turn on your laptop. Make sure your laptop is charged.
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Locate the ThinkLight shortcut key. In most cases, this will be located on your keyboard's Page Up button. This is abbreviated as PgUp on your keyboard. [3] X Research source
- The icon looks like a half circle with rays extending below it.
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Press Fn + ThinkLight at the same time. Fn is the abbreviation of Function . Your ThinkLight should turn on. [4] X Research source
- To turn ThinkLight off, press Fn and Page Up together again.
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References
- ↑ https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht104656
- ↑ https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht104656-is-my-pc-configured-with-backlight-keyboard-and-how-to-turn-it-on-or-off
- ↑ https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht117601
- ↑ https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht117601-how-to-turn-onoff-the-thinklight-thinkpad
- ↑ https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht117804-cannot-turn-on-backlight-keyboard-in-windows-8110-ideapad#step2
- ↑ https://support.lenovo.com/ph/en/solutions/ht117804-cannot-turn-on-backlight-keyboard-in-windows-8110-ideapad#Solution_HT
- ↑ https://support.lenovo.com/ph/en/solutions/ht117804-cannot-turn-on-backlight-keyboard-in-windows-8110-ideapad#Solution_HT
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