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 to use the 'extra' characters on a German keyboard?

I was thinking of keeping my keyboard set to German all the time, because it has all the letters that both German and English need. However, looking at the 'keyboard layout', I've noticed the German ...
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Problemas con el sistema operativo ubuntu

Community, I have a question, in my operating system I have detected that the keyboard stops responding even with an external keyboard, in the same way the mouse when clicking does not work, the ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.4 laptop touchpad is working but the keyboard is not working

First of all, my keyboard works on the bios screen and the grub screen. I installed Ubuntu, first time and the installation was successful, but I noticed that my keyboard did not work in the system, ...
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Press and hold arrow keys doesn't advance cursor in Firefox

It's a few weeks that when I am in a field text in Firefox (gmail, discourse forums and others, but e.g. not here in AskUbuntu) if I keep pressed the right/left arrows, the cursor does not advance on ...
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Can't enable shortcuts in gsconnect

I want to enable a keyboard shortcut for clipboard actions like pull and push but I can't do so. It is always showing "Already being used" . Can someone please help me with this. I am using ...
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Swap a broken key with a different key

My keyboard has one broken key, the equal button "=". I would like to swap this important key with a less important one, say the "Home" key. I heard that xmodmap or xkeycaps could ...
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a key falls dormant few seconds after last pressing and wakes up when pressed several times

Left arrow key stops responding when not used. Only after it's pressed several times or held down a short while it starts generating input. When I'm using it continuously there's no problem. But once ...
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Set keyboard shortcut to open a new window of the current program

Obviously I could use my mouse and open a new window by right clicking but I was hoping there is a way to set a keyboard shortcut to do so. For example, right now I am typing in firefox, it would be ...
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Several keys of the keyboard stopped working on my laptop (French)

On my laptop (Dell XPS13) Ubuntu 22.04 several keys on my French keyboard stopped to work: w x c v , ; : return caps Everything is fine when I use an external keyboard; in addition, in the BIOS as ...
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Fn key does not move the cursor to the end or the beginning of a line in Ubuntu (Dell KB216 Keyboard)

I am using a Dell KB216 Wired Keyboard and Ubuntu. When i press the Fn key, it should move the cursor to the end or the beginning of a line, but this is not the case, instead the cursor moves as ...
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How to isolate shortcuts to the currently focused display in GNOME?

I have an Ubuntu 22.04 OS (kernel 6.5.0-21-generic) with GNOME 42.9 and two monitors. When I execute a system-level shortcut like Super, I get Activities displayed on both displays which is not useful ...
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Keyboard working everywhere except Ubuntu

I use a Windows 11/Ubuntu dual-boot computer, and last night before I got off I started a Windows update and went to bed. I came back this morning to see my computer had been suspended all night and ...
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Changing keyboard navigation panel in ubuntu

I use ubuntu with gnome DE. On clicking Alt on my keyboard, a keyboard navigation panel opens between the application window(of almost any application in full screen) and the top-bar from where I can ...
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Sticky arrow keys on Ubuntu 22.04

I have been using Ubuntu 22.04 for 2+ years on my laptop, I have to reinstall it near a month ago and since then I observed that clicking on the arrow button doesn't always lead to some response from ...
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Keyboard is not working at apps while I login as root

I am able to write in terminal and search bar at the search apps when I login as root but my keyboard does not working in Firefox, spotify, burpsuite or any other apps. I am also writing this from non-...
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Ubuntu connected external keyboard working different as primary

I'm using Ubuntu 23.10 on Omen 15. The laptop keyboard working fine. I connected a wireless Sandstrom keyboard, but it is not working like the primary one. For example the F1-12 buttons works like ...
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Laptop Keyboard when plugging in usb

I installed Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on a MSI laptop for school, It has two USB C ports and one USB A port. Whenever I plug in anything to any of those ports, my keyboard stops working, however the laptop's ...
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Super + key above tab to switch between different instances of same app doesn't work

I only recently stumbled upon this problem in Ubuntu 23.10. I use Super + the key above tab (tilde on Qwerty keyboards) to switch between different instances of the same app (Chrome, for instance). In ...
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Help writing leds user space driver for HP 17-by4xxx laptop keyboard backlight running Ubuntu 23.10

I need to create a new led user space driver for the keyboard backlight on my HP laptop running Ubuntu 23.10. I have found the location for the keyboard drivers. device driver directory /sys/devices/...
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Laptop keyboard not working when trying to install Ubuntu 23.10

Today I have acquired a new laptop, Maibenben X565, with preinstalled Kubuntu based on Ubuntu 22.10. I downloaded an ISO image of the regular Ubuntu 23.10 from the official site, created an ISO image ...
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keyboard keys, swapped or not registered

Just installed Ubuntu to my laptop, when i noticed the backspace button not working. looking into it I found there are 2 different problems. some of the keys values (not sure what to call it) are ...
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Plug-in keyboard not working but plug in mouse is on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

I upgraded to 22.04 weeks ago and my plug-in keyboard and mouse both worked fine. However, last week I used the laptop elsewhere and used the built-in keyboard and mouse. Since then, I used the laptop ...
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keyboard not working right after installation or after updates

so I have a dual boot with windows 11. When I first installed ubuntu, my keyboard wasnt working and the only thing that helped was resetting my BIOS (shorting 2 pins on my motherboard), after that I ...
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Newbie needs help wie keyboard

I am quite new to Ubuntu. I am running Ubunutu 22.04.4 LTS on a Lenovo Yoga Pro 9 16IRP8. Install and everything is fine but I am hav ing troubles with the keyboard here and then. Specially when I ...
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How can I move the Esc key to Alt and AltGr

I'm using gVim and want to move Esc to Alt and AltGr. How can I do that?
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Mouse and Keyboard unexpectedly freezes in Ubuntu

My Mouse freezes anytime in Ubuntu, hover still works but I can't click anything. Keyboard Works and I have to press Windows Key to open dock and everything works again. It happens frequently and only ...
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Control device (ASUS fan) from Gnome shortcut

After some search, the only reliable way I found to control the fan in my ASUS laptop was to issue this commands (as root): turn on fans: echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/asus-nb-wmi/hwmon/hwmon7/...
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How to wake my Ubuntu from sleep with a keyboard key sequence (not a single key press)?

My Ubuntu 22.04 by default wakes from "Sleep" mode with any key or mouse move or click (both wired and wireless devices). I would prefer it to wake if only a key sequence was entered and not ...
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Bluetooth keyboard disconnecting 6.5.0-21 kernel

My logi MX Keys Mini keyboard has been working well for a year or so and suddenly started disconnecting from Bluetooth. I can pair it but it disconnects within 5 seconds. The message I get from ...
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Alt key not working on Dell Inspiron 7437

I have just installed Ubuntu 23.10 in my Dell Inspiron 7437 old laptop. Also Im new to Linux as well, but experienced user for Windows. I have tried to change Keyboard layout from English(US, Intern, ...
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Switching kayboard layout with one key

Is it possible to turn on particular keyboard layout with just one key like Control_L or Shift_L without losing their main function? I've tried to make custom keybinding for command, for example, ...
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How do I fix my 2014 HP Pavilion (64) keyboard

I ran my 2014 HP Pavilion 64 on a 20.04 Ubuntu system for a while. However, after the last update on my system in November 2023, my G, H, Esc, Backspace keys stopped working. I am a novice at this but ...
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Keyboard backlight of my laptop doesn't seem to be seen

My laptop has an RGB keyboard backlight that i cannot modify. Currently, at boot, the keyboard goes through a few colours before stopping on blue. Afterwards, shortcuts do not change it, and if the ...
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Laptop recognised as a tablet

I've installed Ubuntu as a dual boot with Windows 11, but my keyboard doesn't work. I found out that the laptop is recognized as a tablet device and hence the keyboard is disabled. I have a Lenovo ...
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How to undo Japanese character input mode? [duplicate]

I accidentally hit my keyboard and pushed something and now whenever I type it's Japanese characters how do I undo it?
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Sluggish typing with wireless keyboard

How do you fix typing on Ubuntu getting progressively slower over time? I recently upgraded a mini PC to Ubuntu 22, and now typing on it with a wireless keyboard is very sluggish. If I type too fast, ...
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Command line causes a loop when using the keyboard left arrow to go to the start of the line

Basically, I'm following a guide to add a missing resolution for my display. cvt gives me the output that I need to add to the xrandr command as a new mode and when I try and scroll left to the start ...
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Adjusting Magnification Step Size with Keyboard Shortcuts in Ubuntu

Hello Ubuntu Community, I'm reaching out for assistance regarding the magnification feature in Ubuntu, specifically when using the keyboard shortcuts (Super+ for zoom in, Super- for zoom out). My ...
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Is it possible in Ubuntu to make mouse clicks and hotkeys trigger when a button is lifted rather than when pressed?

In Windows to call up the context menu I have to release the RMB. In Ubuntu the context menu is called up, when I press RMB. When I release, the click on the context menu item is triggered. This is ...
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can you help me? ubuntu 20.04 sometimes not accepting any keyboard input

The problem occurs when I'm encoding something in Libreoffice Calc, Oracle, and Mozilla firefox. This has happened to me twice this week, and the problem resolves when I click on settings; the ...
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How to monitor user inactivity without using d-bus on ubuntu 22.04 using gnome 42.9

How to monitor user inactivity from kb or mouse without using d-bus and tracking any video fullscreen or small screen on ubuntu 22.04 using gnome 42.9 I already have a solution using dbus however ...
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Wants to create keybord shortcut to paste some sentence

I want to create keybord shortcut for paste some sentence Ex. I'll use this sentence daily is :- my name is xyz And want to paste this sentence in anyware with help of clt+alt+m So how can i do ? In ...
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Some keys on my keyboard from time to time do not work on Linux [closed]

Keys “g”, “h”, “‘“, “7” on numpad (also Home) and Escape do not work properly on Ubuntu 22.04 and did not work on Linux Mint, which was the previous operating system on my laptop (Lenovo IdeaPad S340-...
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Native touchpad and keyboard are unresponsive on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS running on a HP ProBook 640 G2

My HP ProBook's (running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS) touchpad and keyboard have been unresponsive for a while. As far as I can remember I haven't done any major updates. The problem started on the login page ...
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All Ubuntu gnome user input(keyboard) layers?

Where can I find extensive in depth info about the current standard layers from the keyboard key hit moment to the output interface inside the display (say bash hosted nvim editor) so I can understand ...
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Enable keycode output translation of ++ctrl+f1++ to <F25> instead of ++ctrl+f1++ to <C-F1>

I'm trying to convert keyboard key actions of bindings Ctrl+F1, Ctrl+Shift+F1, Alt+F1 to F13-F63 to be similar to how it work in Windows 11 OS in WSL2 Debian in NVIM insert mode (for reference). ...
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How to disable / uninstall Ubuntu On Screen keyboard

I've been using Ubuntu 22.04.03 for some time. I've developed a PyQt6 desktop application that I will be using on a Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga with a touch screen. I've enabled the on-screen keyboard that ...
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Ubuntu 20: Define Shift+AltGr as compose key for other keyboard layout

On Ubuntu 20.04 (but encountered this on 18.04 as well) I'm trying to get the default compose key (Shift+AltGr) to work on a different keyboard layout. I'm regularly switching between UK (default) and ...
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how to Disable windows key(left+right) on ubuntu23.10?

While working with ubuntu 23.10, I want to disable the functioning of the Windows key from the command or program. How can I achieve it?
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Maximize an app (parcellite) from a tray with a keyboard shortcut

I would like to maximize an app (which can be thought as a left-click on the icon) which is on the right in the topbar section, just a few icons before the power-off button. I have tried to use ...
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