Hi,
I am a newbie here,
I just have a problem with Maya’s hotkey. My F8 key doesn’t work when I want to switch from component mode to object mode. I have check Hotkey Editor, everything is in default state. I tried to bind F8 to other functions, and it didn’t work too. While F9, F10, F11, F12 work well, F8 doesn’t work at all...:(
I am currently using laptop with Window Vista 64, and Maya 2010 64bit. I just reboot my laptop, and install Maya, so I am sure there is nothing wrong with my system...Is this one a glitch?

F8 is bound to Component Mode by default...a very useful hotkey indeed.

Does you laptop have a full standard keyboard?
Sometimes the F keys have multiple bindings...probably more to do with your particular keyboard mapping then Maya’s settings.
Do you have a separate keyboard you can plug in?

Anyway, Hopefully you get it worked out soon.
~Ben

My F8 and F7 are keys for adjusting brightness of the screen(of course, in the combination with Fn key). I haven’t tried the external keyboard though. However, F7 does work when I try to use F7 as the hotkey for object mode.Its just weird.