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How use specific key combination (shortcuts) to change keyboard laungage? [duplicate]
I have installed Ubuntu 13.04 today. I have added 4 languages, but I don't like standard way to switch them one by one. In Windows I used key combinations (shortcuts) to switch to specific language ...
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Substitute some keys (Tab isnt working)
Recently someone gifted me a cheap used netbook, it's an asus eee pc x101 (is crappy, but works), it has webcam, but it wasnt working, so i open it and move some wires. Now the webcam works perfectly, ...
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Keyboard layout and keyboard mapping differ
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my mid-2011 iMac. I set the keyboard layout to Canadian Multi (first part). If I check the layout on the screen, the mapping is correct. It is also correct in the symbols ...
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Can I use a custom shortcut to echo a letter or string? [duplicate]
What I want is when I type something like Ctrl+Shift+Alt+A it echoes "5" (Just as an example).
Like I go to Keyboard > Shortcuts > Custom Shortcuts click the "+" and I type in the name of the shortcut ...
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Microsoft Keyboard shortcuts [duplicate]
I am using Microsoft Keyboard (With Ubuntu 12.04 KDE 64bit) and I have some keys there. For example Calculator key and start keys. I want start calculator as I press Calculator key and display Ubuntu ...
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SOLVED 13.04: Ctrl + Alt + P restore from maximization shortcut, how to disable it?
I am a user of the application Sublime Text, which I use for my work. I use Ctrl+Alt+P to bring up the "quick switch project" dialog.
Unfortunately, since I upgraded to 13.04, Sublime Text is not ...
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custom keyboard options do not work
I have been trying to get the custom keyboard options to work. for example, to get the number 4 key to replace currency US$ by the INR(₹) sign. The option is there in the custom keyboard options in ...
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Media keyes Microsoft Ergonomic 7000 keyboard stopped working on 12.10
I've been using given Microsoft Ergonomic 7000 keyboard. All was fine. but yesterday my media keys (vol up, vol down, mute & etc) stopped working. Moreover when i try to use Settings Manager -> ...
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Unable to turn off wifi with fn-F2 keys
Everything was fine on 12.04 LTS.
I fresh installed 13.04. In 12.04 and Windows (now removed), Fn-F2 keys were turning off wifi (LED OFF). In 13.04 this combination only turns off wifi in network ...
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Window tiling (Move-to-{corner,side}) shortcuts in Ubuntu 13.04
I am trying to figure out how I can change the window tiling shortcuts in Ubuntu 13.04. Currently they are set to <Ctrl><Alt>numpadn.
First I tried to check the shortcuts available in ...
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Keyboard backlight command by percentage
I want to make a keyboard shortcut to increase and the decrease the keyboard backlight brightness.
The command I have for full brightness is:
echo -n 100 > ...
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Reset keyboard shortcut (CTRL+F) in ubuntu 13.04
I'm running Ubuntu 13.04 and in the keyboard shortcut menu I accidentally set one of the shortcuts as CTRL + F, I corrected this. However in applications such as firefox, evince and gedit CTRL + F is ...
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CTRL + Home (or End) combination not working
I usually use the combination Ctrl + Home or Ctrl + End to move the cursor to the beginning or to the end of a line.
Suddenly these combination is not working anymore!
Can anyone help?
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Ubuntu 13.04, how to simulate keyboard input?
This is the biggest thing keeping me from enjoying Ubuntu/Linux.
Ideally I'd like to just be able to run my AutoHotKey script on Ubuntu, but I didn't have much luck getting that working with Wine.
I ...
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How to change Function (Fn) Key behavior on wireless Logitech keyboard
I do have a wireless Logitech K750 keyboard (silver Mac version) connected to a Lenovo ThinkPad (via the unifying USB receiver, together with a wireless Logitech mouse M705) and currently running ...
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'd' minimizes all windows on Ubuntu when connecting with XRDP
Currently I am working on a remote server using Ubuntu yet the 'd' key cannot be used since it minimizes/maximizes all windows to show/hide desktop. Many answers point to the fact that I should go to ...
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(XFCE) Is there a way to make <SUPER> not open my app menu when using <SUPER>R?
I'm using <SUPER>R to open terminal, <SUPER>L to lock etc. But I've also got SUPER_L bound to xfce4-popup-applicationsmenu which emulates windows use. Unfortunately when I do ...
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What program or feature is overriding my “Unity style” keyboard shortcuts in DockbarX? [closed]
I have DockbarX installed with the option "Use Unity style shortcuts (Super+number)" enabled.
Recently I am unable to activate the 2nd application with Super+Shift+2 (I'm on azerty).
When I use ...
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How to increase mouse wheel sensitivity with a modifier key?
The sensitivity of the mouse scroll wheel famously cannot be adjusted as is explained in this question and the many duplicates asking the same.
I am wondering whether there is a simple fix available ...
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Possible to have “yes” as a keyboard shortcut? [duplicate]
Many times a day do I have to type yes, so is it possible to have it as a shortcut on F12?
I have see gnee and xmacro but they seam very complicated to use and over powered for my purpose.
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how to set the keyboard to do the up arrow when i tap the W key? [duplicate]
how to set the keyboard to do the 'up arrow' when i tap the W key
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How can I correctly rebind an additional space to another key?
I've bought a split ergonomic keyboard, and wish to bind the left spacebar to space. I'm attempting to use xmodmap, which binds it fine when pressed alone, except it
does not correctly recognise ...
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How to write a “@” with a French Canadian Keyboard
I try to do a "@" but each times a press on Alt+2 or Ctrl+Alt+2 to get it, the Top menu of the app/windows show off (File/Edit/View/Tool...)
If a try with a English Canadian's Layout or a English ...
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After swapping ctrl and caps in xmodmap, how can I make ctrl work properly for multi-modifier combinations?
I've swapped left ctrl and caps lock by creating ~/.Xmodmap
keycode 66 = Control_L
keycode 37 = Caps_Lock
clear Lock
clear Control
add Lock = Caps_Lock
add Control = Control_L Control_R
then ...
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How to turn off certain keyboard shortcuts [duplicate]
So on my laptop the F1,F2, andF3 are all tied to something (screen brightness, help) but I would prefer to turn these keys off so that I can run commands like ALT+F2 etc. I've checked the keyboards ...
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Are there any ways to make a key on the keyboard act as 2 keys?
I have the "RightClick" (menu) button on my keyboard, which is completely useless.
I want to remap the keyboard such that whenever I press this button, it simulates an "UP ARROW" then after 0.1 ...
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Alt Key Functionality broke in Wine program after upgrade to 12.04
I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04, and all ALT key functionality is gone in this Wine program I've been using for years.
The program is elderly, it came out back in 2005, but it's worked beautifully under ...
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Xubuntu - how to disable SHIFT toggles numpad keys?
By default In Ubuntu I can perform SHIFT+HOME to select content from caret to start of string, while NUMLOCK is turned off. But if in that case I press just HOME, it will type 1 instead of moving ...
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Use left alt or ctr+alt for typing symbols on a macbook
I lately installed Ubuntu on my white Macbook 2.1, but several symbols (including the "at" symbol), are not recognized. Until now, I solved it by copying "at" from a text document/the Internet, but I ...
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Swap F keys to perform functions without Fn key
My laptop has a function key which turns F keys into keys which change volume or brightness. I would like to swap a number of them so that they perform that function under normal operation and are an ...
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How to find *why* I can't bind some keyboard shortcut (or which app took it)?
In short: is there (under Unity) any way to find out which application grabbed some global shortcut? I do not ask for "standard shortcuts" but for some way to get information about actual shortcuts ...
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Binding F1 key to workspace1 and so on
I've always bound the F{1..4} keys to quickly switch between workspaces.
Now the F1 shortcut is stuck to the help popup ("user & system settings"). I've tried different options, the best I could ...
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Ubuntu 12.10: Window switching using key combination Alt-Tab changes behaviour when using Alt specified by xmodmap
Alt-Tab normally lets you cycle through open windows and changes focus to the window that is active when you release Alt. This is all fine, but I want to use another key for Alt_L so I've specified ...
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Alt-Tab stopped working after upgrade to QQ / 12.10
I recently upgraded from PP to QQ which broke the ability to switch between running applications by pressing Alt+Tab which is such a showstopper I never believed could ever be.
The affected host is a ...
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Ctrl-Super-Right doesn't work in 12.10
Noticed today that the default Unity setting for keywords to partially maximize windows to left or right partially works in my laptop.
My Ubuntu is totally updated.
Any idea on how to fix that?
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My additional usb keyboard has strange behaviour when using the windows key
The usb keyboard that I have connected to my Dell E6430 running ubunthu 12.04 with gnome 3 does not open the activites overlay when i press the "windows key" on the usb keyboard.
It works just fine ...
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How can I change what keys on my keyboard do? (How can I create custom keyboard commands/shortcuts?)
I want to change the key bindings on some of the keys on my keyboard. I want some to run commands and others to activate different keys.
What applications can I use to do this?
Index:
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How to free the Print key
I would like to use the Print key for my own purpose. By default, it is bound to various screenshot functions.
I tried the following, which did not work: [System settings] [keyboard] [shortcuts] ...
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bind ctrl+arrows to Home, End. xmodmap does not work
I'm on Ubuntu 12.04.
On windows I used to bind CTRL + Left to Home and Ctrl + Right to End via ahk.
Now I'm struggling to achieve this behavior in Ubuntu.
I've tried editing /etc/inputrc:
"\e[1;5C": ...
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Fn + numpad not working on XPS M1530
I have a Dell XPS M1530 with Xubuntu 12.10. My Fn + Up Arrow and Down Arrow for adjusting screen brightness work perfectly fine, but using the Fn key with the function numpad does not work. These used ...
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Problem with remapped key when changing between languages
I've remapped a certain key (` to w) with this way:
xmodmap -e "keycode 49 = w"
I use Greek language, not only English and I change between languages with ALT+SHIFT. When I turn the keyboard ...
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How to emulate the super key?
I use an extremely old retro-keyboard.... " TVS 101.PC-XT"
This keyboard has only 101 keys (AlphaNumeric, NumPad, FunctionKeys);
And I don't intent to change it for I am very comfortable with it !
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“Wireless disabled by hardware switch” after suspend and other hardware buttons ineffective - how can I solve this?
I have recently purchased a Novatech nFinity N1410 laptop and am having problems with the wireless, which
sudo lshw -C network
tells me is Centrino Wireless-N 2230 and using the iwlwifi driver.
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Ubuntu 12.04 Keyboard Shortcut without use of modifier key
Currently it seems you cannot enter keyboard shortcut combinations without the use of a modifier key. Is there any way to circumvent this, ie. a configuration file that I could manually enter these ...
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Problem binding a shortcut to a function / multimedia key
I want to connect a batch script to a shortcut. When I bind it under System Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts it works with every key, except my brightness keys from my external Apple keyboard.
The ...
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How can I restore default keyboard shortcuts in 12.10? [duplicate]
This question has been asked already, but it doesn't seem to apply to Ubuntu 12.10. The file formats of /usr/share/gnome-control-center/keybindings/ has changed.
I tried the script someone kindly ...
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passing key presses to browser (chrome) to control Deezer
I'm using Deezer with the Deezer+ extension on Chrome, Ubuntu 12.04. I want to be able to skip to the next song using keyboard shortcuts. I want this to work even when I'm not in the Chrome browser, ...
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CTRL key locks in until I press it again or a shortcut is triggered
When I do press my CTRL-key it seems to lock in the pressed state, even after releasing it. Symptoms of this are for example that if I press CTRL, release it and scroll in my browser window the size ...
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Ctrl+Alt+[Left/Right] not working in Ubuntu in VMWare
I've installed Ubuntu 12.04 as a VMWare Virtual Machine. I like to switch between my Workspaces using the Ctrl+Alt+ArrowKeys but it doesn't work. It works on my other system with the "Proper" install.
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unity top menu keyboard shortcuts for desktop alone, no programs running: Unity 2D vs 3D
This is a problem with Unity 2D on 12.04. More advanced 3D has no such issue.
Alt+F1 accesses the launcher menu, with arrow keys to navigate the list (side menu).
Alt+F10 accesses the top bar in an ...
