I may be totally retarded but I have no clue what

Hi,


The scroll lock key was meant to lock all scrolling techniques, though it is no longer used by almost any software. In the original design, scroll lock was intended to modify the behavior of the arrow keys. When the scroll lock mode was on, the arrow keys would scroll the contents of a text window instead of moving the cursor. In this usage, scroll lock is a modifier key like ALT and SHIFT (which modify the function of other keys) and, more specifically, a toggling Lock key like NUM lock or CAPS lock, which have a state that persists after the key is released.


Regards;
Hassan