Questions tagged [xkb]
X KeyBoard extension, or XKB, defines the way keyboards codes are handled in X, and provides access to internal translation tables.
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Cannot boot Ubuntu after making changes to xkb files
So my keyboard's Ctrl button stopped working, I attempted to make edits to xkbd files as in this thread How to swap ctrl and alt keys in ubuntu 16.04?
Specifically, to the /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/...
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X11 MappingNotify does not fire as anticipated from X11 documentation
When developing an accessibility application, I encounter a behavior deferring from what should happen according to all Xlib documentation sets I could so far put my hands on:
The event MappingNotify ...
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Custom num lock keypad layout
I, like many people, keep the num lock key enabled all the time. However, I would like to create a custom XKB keyboard layout that maps the keypad with num lock off to what would normally be the ...
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XKB Key “I172” has delayed the “print buffer” for about one second
I recently moved to Ubuntu and tried to setup my custom keyboard layout. Everything works fine part from one thing:
I remapped the key "I172" (Play/Pause on my keyboard) to be a modifier (Caps Lock). ...
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Unable to swap Escape and CapsLock in my custom keyboard layout - wayland
I have my custom keyboard layout (hosted on Gitlab). It works well on my other machines (Arch with X and Wayland). When I installed in on my Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS Capslock key was still Capslock (I have ...
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xkbcommon: ERROR: xkb_x11_keymap_new_from_device: illegal device ID: -1
When trying to start x-window-manager (which links to /usr/bin/mutter, version 3.28.4-0ubuntu18.04.2) in xstartup in a vnc4server session, I get this error:
xkbcommon: ERROR: ...
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Remapping keys has gone wrong (setxkbmap and evdev file issue)
I tried using setxkbmap to map my menu key to act as a caps lock. It did not go well
The caps lock key does nothing
The backspace key now also acts as a caps lock. Also, it doesn't auto repeat ...
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Keyboard model for Bilingual Dell laptop
My keyboard model doesn't match the one used by the system and thus the key above the enter key doesn't work as it should. This happened after I had to "reset" my ~/.config folder to solve another ...
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making mousekeys settings permanent
I figured out how to configure mousekeys with xkb and xkbset use the command command xkbset ma 300 3 1000 1 6000. However, the settings don't persist when I reboot. How can I make these settings ...
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The keyboard layouts carpalx and carpalx-full are in the X Keyboard Configuration Database but not GNOME Settings
I want to use the keyboard layout carpalx-full.
It is defined in the file /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/us.*
However, when I go to Settings > Language and Region > Input Sources > Add an Input Source > ...
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How to use PrtSc key as modifier (AltGr) key?
I like to set the AltGr key to Ctrl so I can have the Ctrl key under my right thumb. Also, I set the key at the right of AltGr to AltGr, so I can still use it to insert tildes and other Spanish and ...
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Remap two keys for one application only
I am using NoMachine to connect remotely to a Mac. Unforunately NoMachine doesn't provide a way to map keys on it's own.
While I am using NoMachine I'd like to swap my Control and 'Meta' (Windows) ...
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X keyboard extension (XKB) LockGroup function does not work on Ubuntu 18.04.3
I am trying to set up Group2 for my keyboard but cannot figure out what went wrong with below setup. It seems LockGroup does not switch to the next group. I tried LatchGroup and it works correctly. I ...
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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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Make keyboard right alt ctrl work as mouse left right click buttons
I am using ubuntu 19.04. in windows i have used autohotkey to make keyboard right alt and ctrl behave as mouse left and right click.
But i am unable to do this in ubuntu.
I have tried editting /usr/...
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How is it possible to change keyboard layout when its default layout is not English?
I've mistakenly changed the default keyboard layout in /etc/default/keyboard to persian. Also input source switching shortcuts are disabled and there is no options in /etc/default/keyboard for ...
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Control End/Insert Key behaviour with FnLk without xmodmap
I am trying to achieve the following on my Lenovo x240 (but it probably applies to many other makes and models):
Function keys F1 to F12 act as normal (not to control volume,
brightness etc)
End key ...
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Setting gnome window-switching to Hyper doesn't work
Applying these gsettings doesn't work:
org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-windows ['<Hyper>Tab']
org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-windows-backward ['<Hyper><Shift>Tab']
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The xkbmap below works with setxkbmap, but not in GUI - why?
When I take this xkbd map
partial alphanumeric_keys modifier_keys
xkb_symbols "basic" {
include "us(basic)"
name[Group1]= "enHT (English, US, Hyper-Terminal)";
key <CAPS> { [ ...
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Why set setxkbdmap work differently from the GUI keyboard map switcher (super-space)?
This is a follow-up to an earlier question: Reassigning modifier keys with xkb. The keyboard map given in that question works with setxkbmap, but when the map is selected through the GUI (having added ...
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Prevent system from augmenting my custom XKB configuration
Since Ubuntu 18.04 (my previous version was 16.04) I have noticed quirks in my earlier working nicely custom XKB configuration.
I set my configuration by running
xkbcomp -I$HOME/.config/xkb/ $HOME/...
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Reassigning modifier keys with xkb
does somebody have good instructions for how the modifier keys can be changed in xkb (via placing the modified xkb file in /usr/share/X11/xkb).
To explain: I'm able to make the layout I want in ...
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Hacks to get around not being able to remap Fn key
I just got a Razer Blade laptop whose Ctrl key is in the far bottom-left corner of the keyboard with a Fn key just to the right of it. Coming from using Macbooks and Thinkpads, where the position of ...
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Why two unicode-characters are not allowed in xkb?
I wonder why a sequence of Unicode-characters is not allowed on one key-press in xkb. eg. I use Indian keyboard for typing in Devanagari. This keyboard is based on the inscript keyboard layout. In ...
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“º” and “<” swapped on spanish Apple Aluminum keyboard - Ubuntu 18.04
I have a spanish (european) Apple Aluminum keyboard hooked to my ubuntu'd Mac Mini, it works fine but the keys for < and º/ª are swapped, and they remain swapped, even though my keyboard seems to ...
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Map backtick key to Esc and tilde with xkb Ubuntu 18.04 even on applications like chrome, slack etc
I'm trying to map backtick key to Esc while shift-backtick as tilde unchanged.
Here's what I've done.
key <TLDE> { [Escape, asciitilde] }; // in X11/xkb/symbols/us
It works all fine in ...
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“Japanese (Mozc)” does not show up as input method after clearing /var/lib/xkb
To get Japanese input, I installed Japanese language support, I installed IBUS-MOZC and then I could go into Settings/Region & Language/Input Source and "Japanese (Mozc)" popped up. Everything was ...
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How to handle multiple keyboards compose key?
I have a laptop keyboard with right AltGr, PrintSc and Right CTRL and a MacOS X one with right Super and right Alt.
When using one, I'd like the right ctrl to be the compose key and when using the ...
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User xkb changes not permanent
So, base problem is I'm trying to invert my laptop's pgup/home and pgdn/end keys. Currently I have to use the function key to to access the home/end functionalities and I'd prefer it the other way.
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Own keyboard layouts
Here i have asked question, how to edit keyboard layouts and find working solution for Ubuntus 12.04 - 16.04
But now i got problems with Ubuntu 18.04.
After latest updates there was reconfiguration or ...
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Remapping keys with xkb in Ubuntu 18.04
My new laptop does not have right Control key. Instead it comes with useless more-less key. I tried to remap the key using xkb. In /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pc there is a following line
key <...
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Remapping Alt to Ctrl (using xkb) [duplicate]
I've tried to remap both Alt keys to Ctrl using xkb (Ubuntu 18.04) but I failed. How can I do it correctly?
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Remapping the keyboad
Ubuntu 18.04 LTE
I am trying to Remap the Right alt key with the 'down' key and the Backslash key with the the 'right' key. I've modified the 'pc' file in the xkb directory, restarted, but I did not ...
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How to Remap NUMLOCK Key to be DELETE?
Because of the layout of my keyboard, I want to have numlock permanently pressed and use the numlock key as a delete key. I can't seem to get this to work. Any ideas on how to do this would be ...
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Adding ligated key in an XKB Keyboard
How to add a ligated key in an XKB keyboard?
Ligated characters are common in most languages such as Bengali or Devanagari.
I want to produce two or more characters by one keystroke.
To do this, what ...
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Remapped CapsLock key is ignored (set by XKBOPTIONS in /etc/default/keyboard)
I tried to follow https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/MovingTheCtrlKey which says this can be done this way:
On Debian and derivatives (Ubuntu, Mint etc.)
To make Caps Lock another Ctrl key, edit the ...
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keys virtually “stuck” after remapping
/situation
I'm on this problem since several days, and to the point of considering switching back to Windows (which would make me sad, as i haven't used it since... 2010, iirc - but WoW Classic is ...
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Map key to a script in Ubuntu 18.04.1
I'm on Ubuntu 18.04.1 Bionic Beaver using an HP Pavilion laptop. My laptop has a key for toggling airplane mode. Using xev, I found out that it has keycode 255. I've saved the following code at /bin/...
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Mapping XKB to custom shell command
I'm running a crouton Gnome instance on a Pixelbook, and my brightness keys don't work in gnome. I have no /etc/default/grub file to speak of, so all those options aren't available to me. I'm thinking ...
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How to map the Caps Lock key to Left Alt in Ubuntu +18?
I've been looking for a way to solve the aforementioned problem.
I tried
xmodmap -e "keycode 66 = Alt_L"
but apparently the result is that the CapsLock key gets mapped to Left-SHIFT, which is not ...
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rootless + permanent way to change keyboard layout in GNOME 3.28.2 (Ubuntu 18.04)
I would like to find a way to apply two minimal changes to my current keyboard layout:
· change the behavior of Fn+P
· change the behavior of AltGr+ùg
While I was successful in doing it using two ...
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Caps Lock as a Control (Ctrl) key though the shell command
I'm using an Awesome WM, so the default settings provider doesn't work for me.
Is there a simple shell way to make the Caps Lock key send a Ctrl key code instead?
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How to invoke xkbcomp? [closed]
When I'm trying to run this xcbcomp $DISPLAY original.xkb I'm getting this:
No command 'xcbcomp' found, did you mean:
Command 'xkbcomp' from package 'x11-xkb-utils' (main)
xcbcomp: command not found
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Map Caps Lock to delete whole word
I used dconf-editor to map caps lock to backspace, which works fine.
i.e. ['caps:backspace']
But I'd like to map caps lock to ctrl_backspace, so that it deletes the whole word when pressed.
Is this ...
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Getting XKB remaped arrow keys (ISO_Level3_Shift + HJKL) to work properly with the WIN key
I've seen some posts on how to remap arrow keys with XKB, but although they work mostly fine, no method so far (except using different groups, which becomes an hassle to manage with Gnome keyboard-...
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Using xkb to map a key combination to another
How can I use xkb to map a key combination like Super + Shift + C to another combination like Ctrl + Shift + C?
The question is about doing so with xkb. I know about autokey or xmodmap but I want to ...
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Mapping Left Control to Hyper using xkb
How can I map left Ctrl to behave as hyper (left hyper) using xkb?
Look at this in keycodes/evdev:
// Fake keycodes for virtual keys
<LVL3> = 92;
<MDSW> = 203;
<ALT> = 204;
&...
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Ubuntu 18.04 input slow when Portuguese (Brazil) layout among keyboard input sources
My system freezes for 1-2 seconds every time I need to input a password, most of the times when I start typing on the a new window or dash input and every time when I turn volume up/down through the ...
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How to stop Gnome from overriding XKB layout
I've created an udev rule to set the layout of an USB keyboard:
ACTION=="add", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0e6a", ATTRS{idProduct}=="030c", ENV{XKBMODEL}="pc105", ENV{XKBLAYOUT}="us", ENV{XKBVARIANT}="dvorak", ...
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How can we make setxkbmap and xmodmap work together?
On Lubuntu 18.04, I found the following commands will cancel each other
$ setxkbmap -option keypad:pointerkeys
$ xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
I would like to be able to fully control my cursor using ...
