Why are there num lock, caps lock and scroll lock lights on keyboards?

Question

Almost everything else is indicated on the screen. Why aren’t these indicators shown on the taskbar or menu bar instead?

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Answer 1

Think of the number of people every day who have trouble entering passwords because they forget their capslock key is on. And that’s *with* the light. Taking that away would cause even more confusion.

Some software provides a visual indicator that the capslock key is on when typing in a text field. But you can’t rely on that being there.