Questions tagged [keyboard]
Questions about keyboards, both touch and otherwise. However, please add the "touchscreen" tag for touchscreen keyboard questions.
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Ubuntu 20.04 Keyboard navigation of Desktop Environment and Folders [duplicate]
I am unable to directly navigate the folders on my desktop environment using only the keyboard. Searching over internet, I couldn't find a shortcut to select a folder on the desktop (Example Recycle ...
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Can't type apostrophe, deadkeys do not work (bionic)
I use Ubuntu 18.04 bionic, and I use us(alt-intl) as a keyboard layout for Latin script, because sometimes I need type multilingual texts. Today I got very strange bug: now I cannot use the sign ' (...
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How to create a shortcut to go at the end and sart of a line when I'm typing
I'm coming from Mac OS. In this OS you can go at the end of line with de shortcut option + right and you can go at the start of a line when you're typing with the shortcut option + left. In ubuntu you ...
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Print Screen key not working
Upon pressing the Print Screen key, bell sound is heard, instead of taking a screenshot. I have gnome-screenshot installed on my device.
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How do I change keyboard keys configuration on Ubuntu 20.04?
I had Ubuntu MATE 18.04, and I could change keys like "Ctrl is mapped to Win and usual Ctrl keys", or "Alt is mapped to Right Win...", those options for me were very useful, that let me adapt ...
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Gnome desktop stuck on login when recover from sleepmode
Environment:Ubuntu 18.04LTS on my laptop,with i5-8265U,worked normally before.
I has faced this issue 2 weeks before,actally.I went into the login screen,typing the password,and it just after a splash(...
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Multimedia Keys not working?
I have tried out Keytouch and successfully created a new keyboard file and also successfully applied it. But still my multimedia keys are not working. I am using lubuntu 14.04 and audacious for audio ...
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@ symbol and " swapped on keyboard
I've very recently installed Ubuntu 14.04 (on a Dell Latitude 640M with XP Professional in a separate partition) and the two symbols @ and " have swapped positions on the keyboard (I chose UK language ...
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How to fix USB mouse and keyboard freezing?
My wired mouse, wireless mouse, a wired keyboard - all over USB - are freezing every once in a while for a few seconds. Nothing shows up in the logs when this happens and the laptops touchpad and ...
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How do we disable ctrl-alt-del on Ubuntu 20.04?
How do I disable Ctrl-Alt-Del logout in Ubuntu 20.04?
I followed this guide using these commands:
systemctl mask ctrl-alt-del.target
systemctl daemon-reload
However, the key combination is still ...
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Why do keyboard shortcuts stop working in Ubuntu 18.04 with Gnome
I just updated from Ubuntu 16.04 Unity to Ubuntu 18.04 with GNOME. The update went well except for one thing: some times IntelliJ Ultimate keyboard shortcuts simply stop working. They work for some ...
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Update stuck at "Setting up keyboard-configuration (1.166ubuntu6) ..."
I have a Lenovo Laptop with Ubuntu 17.10 running. When updating (through terminal or Software Updater) the update always gets stuck at:
Setting up keyboard-configuration (1.166ubuntu6) ...
I waited ...
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Is there a way to make the Delete-key bypass Trash in MATE/Caja?
On Windows systems, the Trash-folder for deleted files can be turned off in the system settings, making a simple Delete keypress remove the selected file(s) permanently.
I know that it's possible to ...
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Keyboard layout error in Ubuntu 18.04
I was installing Chinese pinyin input method on Ibus. But I found that the keyboard layout setting can not be used.
In addition, when I click that keyboard layout button, I got the following error
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How do I fix Fcitx from freezing my keyboard and mouse click?
I first tried a four-year-old solution and then, after it became clear that clicking the keyboard icon of Fcitx was freezing my system via locking up lxpanel, I uninstalled packages as followed under #...
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Cut, Copy, Paste keyboard shortcut problem on Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 [duplicate]
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 on my desktop and when I tried to use ctrl+x,ctrl+c, ctrl+v shortcuts to cut/copy/paste a file/text/folder etc. nothing happened. I have searched all of the related answered ...
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Xubuntu20.04 LTS desktop keyboard and mouse stop working randomly AFTER suspend
On my desktop computer (recently changed to Xubuntu and kept up-to-date), the keyboard and mouse stop working apparently only after resuming from suspend and a delay of several minutes. The mouse ...
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Alternative to xbindkeys that allows key-combos sans modifier keys
When I press XF86TouchpadOn + Left I want it to mimic Home button pressed.
I tried xbindkeys, with xvkbd and with xdotool but none worked.
Here's my .xbindkeysrc
"xvkbd -xsendevent -text '\[Next]'"
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KeyRelease won't happen until next KeyPress
Running Ubuntu desktop 18.04.4
When I reboot, everything is fine. But after some time (and maybe some combination of keys that I haven't figured out yet) my keyboard seems to get stuck in a state ...
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Caps lock stopped working after an update
For some reason, Caps Lock stopped working on my machine. Not only on the laptop keyboard, but on any connected keyboard as well. I'm using 18.04 on a Dell XPS 15 9560.
It worked perfectly until a ...
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Keyboard not working after wake up form suspend on HP Probook 6550b
So I have had this problem for a while that when I put my laptop to sleep, the keyboard then doesn't work. My external USB mouse works and my touchpad is disabled (so not an option). Please guide me ...
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Can't set SUPER key to open launcher [Kubuntu KDE Plasma 5]
My let's say Windows key does nothing when I press it. Trying to assign it to display the launcher does not work as it is telling me that I can't use it alone. I have to assign SUPER + [another key].
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External keyboard space key acting weird suddenly
The space bar on my external keyboard suddenly started acting weird. Whenever I press it, I get the following arrow symbol:
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Make US International keyboard not put accents in all characters
I have Ubuntu 19.04 and I'm using the English US International keyboard layout because I want to use accented letters like á, ö, ã, etc. Everything works well, but maybe a little too well.
When I ...
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Black screen after login ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 20.04
I pressed ctrl-alt-f10 twice yesterday and the screen went black. I didn't know what to do so I just restarted the computer. Now every time I login the screen just goes black. I looked ...
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remmia keyboard issues: AltGr not recognized for German 105-key keyboard
I'm trying to access an RDP server using a German keyboard configuration. The keyboard works perfectly well on clients but not if used in a full screen RDP session: In that case the Alt+Gr-Key does ...
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Problem with changing language with keyboard
I have enabled changing language in ubuntu 18.04 by keyboard(shift + alt)in gnome-tweaks. But now when I switch to language#2 by keyboard I can not switch again to language#1 by the keyboard. Can ...
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Share or collect xubuntu keyboard shortcuts
Since I moved from Windows to Xubuntu as my work and personal OS, I tweaked a lot of keyboard shortcuts and now I'm feeling very comfortable with it.
I have two different users on this computer and I ...
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My F12 key isn't working, which is preventing me from being able to switch back to Windows
After using a mechanical keyboard I can't seem to get my F10, F11, F12 keys to work. When I run sudo evtest and press F12 and Fn + F12 noting happens. How can I get these keys working again? Is there ...
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Keyboard, wifi and bluetooth not working
I ran into this rather interesting problem this morning: when booting up my laptop (HP Zbook 15 G3), my (built-in) keyboard, wifi and bluetooth all stopped working. I use ubuntu 18.04.
In settings, ...
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Lenovo Professional Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo not working in ubuntu
I'm using ubuntu 16.04 LTS and I recently acquired a Lenovo Professional Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo (part number 4X30H56796).
I can successfully pair keyboard and mouse. Mouse works fine.
On ...
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GNU/Linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS freezes when using function keys
I've recently began using ubuntu again in a long time (I used 16.04 LTS 3 years ago) , I've installed ubuntu on my Dell Inspirion 17 5748 , and everything worked great,except for some random screen ...
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changing shortcut keys
Since two days, I am the proud owner of a Lubuntu operating system. When I press the space key on my desktop, I want it to pause the audio that I am playing. Instead, it lowers the page that I am ...
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Media keys not registered
I just installed Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS. I am using a Creative Sound BlasterX Vanguard K08 keyboard. I have issue that media keys not working for me. It worked before with windows and manjaro.
I want to ...
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problem with Shift, Ctrl and Alt button with integrated keyboard
I have bought a new notebook: HP Pavilion 15 ab062nl, but have a problem with Shift, Alt and Ctrl buttons of the keyboard.
For example, when I press the Shift button to type in upper-case letters, ...
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Normal keyboard switcher for Gnome?
Is there any normal keyboard switcher for GNOME in Ubuntu?
"Normal" means:
Supports more than two languages. I.e. switches them not cyclically but with reordering with most popular on top.
Shows ...
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Ctrl -C, Ctrl -V not working in different keyboard layout
When I am in English, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V works fine when I need to copy paste. But when I turn to Greek, Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V and basically no shortcut almost works in Greek.
So each time I have to alt ...
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Configure Caps-Lock to make entering backtick easier
I have a Swedish keyboard and for me to type a backtick (`), I need to hold Shift and type the tick key twice. I wonder if there is a way (using xmodmap perhaps?) to make Caps Lock behave like the ...
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forward slash key presses automatically
The forward slash key is pressed automatically on my asus x540l laptop. Tried disabling the same but couldn't find a noob level guide to help me with it. My system is running kubuntu 20.04 lts release....
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How do I set keyboard layout per window on Ubuntu 20.04?
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04.
When I was on pop OS, I was able to change keyboard layout for each window (not global layout).
Is there something similar on Ubuntu 20.04 ?
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How can I prevent unwanted double key actions?
I am using Xubuntu 18.04.4 LTS on a Lenovo ThinkPad W530.
If I hit hit not exactly (maybe also by accidentally pressing the mousepad or touching the trackpoint), the cursor lands in a completely ...
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Can't delete file or folders with "delete key" when on Ubuntu 20.04 desktop interface
I have a problem that "delete key" on keyboard doesn't work when on Ubuntu 20.04 desktop interface. I can use "delete key" when on desktop interface of Ubuntu 19.10 and it works well, but on Ubuntu 20....
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How can I do a backslash in Spanish keyboard using ubuntu
I was trying several ways of doing backslash in ubuntu using alt + shift + u
didn't work
or ctrl + alt + 92
neither work
what could be a trust way of doing it
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Shift+Ctrl not working
After upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04, I have noticed any shortcut involving both Shift and Ctrl does not work if I Shift before Ctrl. In other words, Shift+Ctrl+T does not work but Ctrl+Shift+T works. This ...
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OLED and AMOLED displays
I know in the realm of LCD displays it makes sense to control the brightness of the screen by modulating the brightness of the white backlight that illuminates the screen as a whole. However in case ...
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Ubuntu on surface laptop 2 keyboard issues
Are there any ways of getting the keyboard to work with ubuntu v20.04 on a surface laptop 2? The touch pad works just not the keyboard? Really want to get off windows 10 :(
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Media keys inconsistently working on different applications. 18.04
I'm finding that the 'focus' of the media keys seems inconsistent.
I was using Clemtine to play podcasts and could pause directly from the play/puase button.
A recent reset had me opening up tabs ...
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Unable to change keyboard input source when the selected source is not english
I have recently upgraded my ubuntu from 18 to 20.04 LTS.
So I have two main input sources of language, Egnlish and Arabic.
Firstly, I can change the input source from the tray no problem with that.
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How do I change super + middle mouse button shortcut?
It appears that Ubuntu 18.04 uses the windows key to trigger window dragging and window resizing using the mouse.
I want to use Super+'Right Mouse Button' to resize a window, instead of the default ...
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Input switch in Ubuntu 19.10
I've updated my Ubuntu to 19.10 couple of weeks ago and on installation system suggests to change or add shortcut for input source selection despite one was already defined previously. I've added ctrl+...
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