Browser Keys

Starting from the S30 onward, IBM introduced two new keys for the ThinkPad's keyboard, the browser forward and backward keys. They replaced the two empty spaces found on the left and the right side of the 'Up' arrow key. While they are intended to work as browser keys, they are in fact, fully customizable.

Linux support

See the Special Keys HOWTO to know how to configure these two keys. They are referred to as Forward and Backward there.

Models featuring this technology

• ThinkPad W500, W510, W520, W700, W700ds, W701, W701ds
• ThinkPad A30, A30p, A31, A31p
• ThinkPad T30, T40, T40p, T41, T41p, T42, T42p, T43, T43p, T60, T60p, T61, T61p, T400, T400s, T410, T410i, T410s, T410si, T420, T420i, T420s, T420si, T500, T510, T510i, T520, T520i
• ThinkPad X30, X31, X32, X40, X41, X41 Tablet, X60, X60s, X60 Tablet, X61, X61s, X61 Tablet, X200, X200s, X200 Tablet, X201, X201i, X201s, X201si, X201 Tablet, X201i Tablet, X220, X220i, X220 Tablet, X220i Tablet, X300, X301
• ThinkPad Template:R14, Template:R15, R30, R31, R32, R40, R40e, R50, R50e, R50p, R51, R51e, R52, R60, R60e, R60i, R61, R61e, R61i, R400, R480, R490, R500, R580, R590
• ThinkPad SL300, SL400, SL400c, SL410, SL410k, SL500, SL500c, SL510, SL510k
• ThinkPad L410, L412, L420, L421, L510, L512, L520
• ThinkPad G40, G41, G50
• ThinkPad S30, S31
• ThinkPad Z60m, Z60t, Z61e, Z61m, Z61p, Z61t