
Question
Does the Surface Laptop 5 have a backlit keyboard?
Answer
Yes, it does! all Surface Laptop 5 models come with the same three levels of the backlit keyboard. You can control the backlit on the Surface Laptop 5 keyboard by pressing the F1 media key (Next to the Esc key).
- 1st Press: Activate the backlight at level 1 (min).
- 2nd Press: Activate the backlight at level 2 (medium).
- 3rd Press: Activate the backlight at level 3 (max).
- 4th Press: Deactivate backlit.
Note Make sure there is no LED light-up on the Fn key. Otherwise, you will need to press Fn + F1 in order to control the keyboard backlit options.
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Release: 2022
Display: 13.5 inch
Dimensions: 12.1” x 8.8” x 0.57”
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