It doesn't appear to have any effect whether it is checked or not, but the setting in Karabiner-Elements does matter. Its a classic, but it lacks one thing: backlighting. keys as standard function keys" option is checked here. If youre a Mac user, you might be used to the Apple keyboard. You may notice in the screenshot that the "Use F1, F2, etc.
Go to the macOS keyboard preferences menu (System Preferences > Keyboard), and uncheck it. To fix this, you need to disable the "Adjust keyboard brightness in low light" setting. Oddly enough, whether it works or not depends on the ambient lighting in the room. keys as standard function keys" if it's checked.į5 and F6 should now attempt to change the the keyboard brightness, but they don't always work, and sometimes you get an icon with a 🚫 flash on the screen (see this GitHub issue for details). With Karabiner-Elements open, click on the "Function keys" tab, and set f5 to illumination_down and f6 to illumination_up. I can't remember exactly which, but you should be prompted to enable them when you open the app. Since it needs to see your keystrokes and modify them, you'll need to enable some accessibility permissions. Install with Homebrew brew install karabiner-elements
This worked for me on an M1 Macbook Air (2020), running macOS 11.2.1 Big Sur, and the version of Karabiner-Elements I have right now is 13.3.0. If you want to be able to adjust the keyboard backlight with F5 and F6 again, you can install Karabiner-Elements to remap the keys.
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