Questions tagged [keyboard]
Questions about keyboards, both touch and otherwise. However, please add the "touchscreen" tag for touchscreen keyboard questions.
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How do I remap certain keys or devices?
I'm searching for a way to remap certain keys in ubuntu.
i.e.
I'd like to change PgUp to Home or PgDown to End.
Does a built-in command or a tool exist reassign keys in Ubuntu/GNOME?
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Touchpad gestures and holding keys does not work
I am facing very weird problem on which I cannot find solution. One time touchpad gestures stopped working along with keyboard keys holding. Touchpad is moving the cursor but nothing more. When I am ...
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OS keyboard shortcuts conflict with apps keyboard shortcuts in GNOME 3
I have Ubuntu 16.04 with GNOME shell. I set ctrl+shift for the "Modifiers-only switch to next source" option.
This shortcut conflicts with apps hot-keys. I can't use ctrl+shift+i to open devtools in ...
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How can I enable Ctrl+Alt+Backspace?
Ctrl+Alt+← can usually be set to restart X, however I can't find the option to allow this (it is disabled by default).
I have looked in System->Preferences->Keyboard and System->Preferences-&...
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How to set custom keyboard shortcuts from terminal?
How to set custom keyboard shortcuts from terminal for different Linux versions?
Basically I want to know where Linux stores the keyboard shortcut files and how it can be edited.
On my research I ...
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How can I persistently remap keys in Ubuntu 16.04?
This is working for the current session:
costales@dev:~/Desktop$ xmodmap -e "keycode 166 = less"
costales@dev:~/Desktop$ xmodmap -e "keycode 167 = greater"
Then I created this config file:
costales@...
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Is there a way to disable a laptop's internal keyboard?
A week ago, I spilt the contents of my cup onto my laptop keyboard. Half of the keys no longer work, except one! The letter Q which is very active regularly.
This is very disturbing as I work.
Is ...
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Map AltGr-[a..z] and Shift-AltGr-[A..Z] to greek letter
I'm on Ubuntu trusty, and I use greek letters for algebra. I'd love to be able to type them in quickly with Alt Gr-letterKey.
For example, map alpha to Alt Gr-A, map beta to Alt Gr-B, map theta to Alt ...
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Can I define keyboard shortcuts using the Super key?
In 10.04, I had a lot of keyboard shortcuts defined using Super/Mod4 and one single other key,
Super+O ran Opera
Super+W opened Nautilus pointing to my Work folder, etc.
In 11.04, these do not seem ...
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Brightness fn key shortcut doesn't work on ASUS laptop
The brightness shortcuts via fn key don't work.
I tried each solution from this answer and its comments. After editing /etc/default/grub file I rebooted.
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi=Linux"
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Keyboard and mouse unresponsive after suspend
I have a Toshiba Satellite S55-A5154 with 14.04 installed. Every time it resumes from being suspended, neither the keyboard nor mouse work. What can I do to fix this or provide you with more info?
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How to permanently configure keyboard
I use a Turkish keyboard which I have converted to English (Ubuntu server 12.04). My problem is that the single quote is not present on the keyboard but is instead represent by a comma in midair. To ...
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Why is my laptop's keyboard screwed up since kernel 5.4.0-47 till 5.8.0-20?
My Kubuntu updated from kernel 5.4.0-42 to kernel 5.4.0-47 and my laptop's keyboard stops working (except brightness keys). Booting back to 5.4.0-42 solved the problem.
Keyboard also works perfectly ...
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Keyboard shortcuts for each input language
Can I set up keyboard shortcuts for each input language? For example I want to set "Ctrl + 8" for English, "Ctrl + 9" for Ukrainian and "Ctrl + 0" for Russian languages. I don't want to switch and ...
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How to use window menu accelerators/mnemonics in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?
On Ubuntu 16.04 LTS I have used simple keyboard shortcut to set property Always on Top (Nautilus window as example):
Alt+Space,
t
After next Alt+Space or right mouse click I see that window was set ...
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How do I change keyboards from the command line?
How I change keyboard layouts from the command-line? For example, I want to switch from English to Hebrew. I'm able to do it from lightdm with the little icon in the corner of my screen.
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Updated from 16.04 to 16.10; the keyboard and mouse no longer works after getting to the lock screen
So I just updated to 16.10 (just got 16.04 a few weeks ago, still new to Linux). The keyboard still works when I need to enter my password to unencrypt the lvm drive, but stops working (along with the ...
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How to set a Compose Key in Ubuntu 18.04
Now that Unity is gone, the usual way of setting a Compose Key (via Keyboard Preferences > Layout) no longer works (because in Ubuntu 18.04, Devices > Keyboard has no Layout tab).
How do we set a ...
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On-board keyboard and trackpad not working 20.04
I'm on an Acer Aspire E5 and I haven't been able to get my laptop's onboard keyboard and trackpad to work, although the trackpad is detected as a Synaptics, and the keyboard is showing as an AT ...
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How to disable multimedia keys entirely? 18.04 LTS
I have a fresh vanilla 18.04 LTS install, using gnome-shell 3.28.4. I'm using a wired Apple aluminum keyboard:
I would like to use the top-row F-keys as keyboard shortcuts in various end-user ...
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Key '@' (Keycode 49) and key '<' (keycode 94) are inverted on macbookPro keyboard
I am running Ubuntu 16.10 on a MacbookPro and keys 49 and 94 are inverted... I resolved this problem with xmodmap, but this won't apply permanently. After some research I found xmodmap is no longuer ...
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How to light up back-lit keyboard?
I recently got a backlit keyboard, and I LOVE to write late at night.
But I cannot for the life of me figure out how to light it up...It lights up when first plugged in, but nothing happens after ...
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Why there is a delay between when a key is pressed and when it is accepted?
This is one of the wackiest and weirdest problems I have ever encountered. My keyboard was working absolutely fine untill yesterday on Ubuntu 13.04. However, when I boot to Ubuntu today, I suddenly ...
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Keyboard stops working on Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)
My keyboard stops working for no apparent reason.
After using Ubuntu for 2.5 years as a virtual machine on a Windows host (VirtualBox) I finally took the plunge, reformatted my hard disk and built ...
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How do I bind .sh files to keyboard combination?
Just wondering; how do I bind .sh files to run when I press a particular key combination? (like Alt+S)
Thanks,
Dante
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CTRL and ALT works as SHIFT?
A few hours ago, I installed Ubuntu 14.04 alongside Windows 7.
Everything went fine, installed all my games and programs. But, then I realized that ALT + TAB, CTRL+ALT+T key combinations (as well as ...
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Keyboard stops working and a "No" symbol is on the screen
My laptop keyboard suddenly stops working after showing a notification sign, then starts working after I press the Super key. The attached image shows the notification that I'm seeing:
How can I ...
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Media Keys not working on Ubuntu 17.10
I'm running a pretty-much brand-new Ubuntu 17.10 installation on a Thinkpad T470s.
Whenever I'm hitting one of the media keys (play/pause, skip, etc) on any one of my keyboards or bluetooth-headset ...
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How to dump ALL dconf/gsettings so that I can compare them between two different machines?
The problem:
I have two machines, both with Ubuntu Gnome 14.04 up-to-date, and both with installed the latest CrossOver Linux(1) to run MS Office 2007 on it. I know, it's a proprietary program, but ...
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How to disable keys from the keyboard?
I have a laptop with a full keyboard (it has numpad), but the laptop is not that big, and because of that the keys are relatively small, which means I am constantly finding myself pressing keys ...
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Why has my Ctrl+Shift+U key for Unicode input stopped working?
When I press Ctrl+Shift+u and type numbers, nothing happens. Holding down Control or Shift doesn't help, either.
I've tried running sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration, but that didn't ...
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Why did 13.10 break my custom keyboard layout?
I was using a custom keyboard layout. Basically I modified the us-mac layout to fit my ideal of a math-heavy version of the regular us layout that also throws German umlauts into mix. It went well and ...
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Assign default keyboard language per-application
Is it possible to assign default keyboard language for specific applications? I know that there is an option to always start an application with a default keyboard language but this is not what I want....
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No Indian (and Bengali) keyboard layout in Ubuntu 17.04?
I've upgraded from Ubuntu 16.10 to 17.04 today. I'm from Bangladesh, and Bengali is my native language. There was an option to set keyboard layout to Bengali in all previous Ubuntu versions I've used. ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 - keyboard not working
I just upgraded my laptop from 18.04.5 to 20.04 and my keyboard and mouse have stopped working.
The keyboard works in BIOS and when entering my password for cryptsetup but as soon as it's all fully ...
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XUbuntu: Make Shift+NumPad work like Windows
Ok, I've used Ubuntu with GNOME for a while, but now I'm using XUbuntu. In Ubuntu, there used to be a keyboard preference which makes the numpad more sane, it was called something like "Make Shift+...
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USB slots stop working suddenly from time to time
After re-installing Lubuntu 12.04 system on my laptop an older problem re-emerged after a few days and installation of different programs: without apparent reason the external mouse and sometimes ...
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How do I setup keyboard macros?
In my daily life I'm always typing <kbd>Keyboard Character</kbd> and I'd like to set up a macro in Ubuntu to automatically enter <kbd> </kbd>.
I'd like to assign it to say ...
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How do I disable the Unity keyboard shortcut overlay?
Is it possible to disable keyboard shortcut overlay in Ubuntu 12.04?
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Switch to specific keyboard layout using Ctrl+Shift+Num
What I want is to be able to press:
Ctrl + Shift + 1 - switch to English keyboard layout
Ctrl + Shift + 2 - switch to Hebrew keyboard layout
Ctrl + Shift + 3 - switch to Russian(Phonetic) keyboard ...
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Dell Inspiron N5110 Keyboard & Touchpad
I have Dell Laptop " N 5110 "
How do make 2 finger scrolling work + 2 fingers zoom in & zoom out work
How to Fn + f3 To lock touchpad
How to configure 1 2 3 as shown in pic
3.1 For Ubuntu ...
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Ubuntu 17.04 keyboard not responding after suspend
I have a Sony Vaio SVF142C1WW with 64-bit Ubuntu 17.04 installed. Every time it resumes from being suspended, neither the keyboard nor touchpad work for a few seconds. Then the touchpad becomes ...
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How can I install and use the latest ydotool (keyboard automation tool working on Wayland) in Ubuntu 22.04?
The valuable keyboard automation tool xdotool does not work on Wayland. A new tool that mimicks some of the functionality of xdotool, but that works both in Xorg and Wayland, is ydotool.
ydotool is ...
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How to make media keys work on a Chromebook running Ubuntu MATE or Kubuntu?
I have installed Ubuntu MATE 22.04 and Kubuntu 23.04 on two Chromebooks with amd64 architecture.
The media keys are not working. I can change brightness from system settings, but the media keys are ...
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How can I reach over 100% volume with a keyboard shortcut?
sometimes the sound of videos isn't enough for me. so i reach the sound indicator , over sound preferences and change it to a level higher than 100%.
the question is how can i do it from the keyboard? ...
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How can a Bluetooth keyboard that requires a code entry be paired in the terminal?
I have a Bluetooth ThinkPad 2 Tablet keyboard that I want to pair with my Ubuntu Touch Aquaris E4.5. Due to GUI limitations, I want to try to do this in the terminal. I'm hoping that the process'll be ...
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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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Keyboard not working after update to 18.04
I updated my laptop to 18.04 from 17.10 . The keyboard inputs are recognized only in the login screen after booting. Keyboard also works fine if I switch into the terminal from the login screen. But ...
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How do I make the Caps Lock key a third Shift key?
How do I make the Caps Lock key work just like another Shift key?
There are loads of questions here about reassigning it, or having it launch a custom command. I just want it to work like another ...
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Volume buttons not working in 14.04
When using the volume buttons (+, -, mute) there is no reaction, neither on laptop keyboard nor on USB keyboard. No popup, no volume change, and no sound indication.
Volume control with the mouse ...
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