You have to set the fn key (lower most left hand key I believe) or in preferences under keyboard set the function keys knob. What’s happening is your function keys are secondary and their main functions (brightness etc) are set to primary. You can use the FN key per use or set once in keyboard settings. Thanks Scott On Jan 30, 2015, at 10:44 AM, David hilbert poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > All, > > My control key does not seem to behave correctly. It will work with option > when employed but when I press control f2 it says "display brightness" > instead of focusing on the menu bar. > > This is a brand new mbp. > > Help is appreciated. > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx