Questions tagged [xmodmap]
Xmodmap is a tool found in the xll-xserver-utils-package and it enables keyboard maps and pointer button mappings to be configured according to the user's preference. It is often used to set up custom keys such as launcher or media buttons on a laptop.
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How do I clear xmodmap settings?
Exactly what the title asks. How do I clear xmodmap settings?
I have an IBM model M, and somehow xkeycaps got it into its head that my End key was not any key at all. xev reports keypresses when I ...
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How can I swap CAPSLOCK for BACKSPACE?
I want to swap Capslock with Backspace and came only so far as to mix them both together. By that I mean: hitting Capslock does work like the Backspace key, but also activates Caps (including the LED)....
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Unable to get xmodmap working after suspend
I am using Ubuntu 14.04.
I have a custom Xmodmap keyboard layout. However, when I resume after suspend, the layout is gone.
I have tried all things which were mentioned in the answers to this ...
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Trouble changing Control_R to Shift_L
I have trouble changing my right control to left shift. The solution I had working in 18.04 was xmodmad /home/kameranis/.Xmodmap with the following contents.
keycode 105 = Shift_L
After upgrading to ...
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Remap keys with xmodmap
Ubuntu 22.04 running inside MS Hyper-V.
I have used xmodmap to remap my left arrow key to right Control key.
The Left key is broken.
From xmodmap -pk , we can see 100 is Left key, and
109 is Control_R
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How to apply Xmodmap permanently
I had to make some changes to the xmodmap in my home directory. When I execute xmodmap ./.Xmodmap everything works as expected. But I can't figure out how to apply this permanently. I tried to add it ...
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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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How to use xmodmap to map Right-Alt to Super (Windows) key?
I'm stuck trying to map Right-Alt to the Super ("Windows") key; I'm on Kubuntu 22.04 LTS.
The keyboard I'm trying to use is an IBM Space Saver Keyboard ("SSK", 84 key ANSI layout, ...
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Remap a key combination to another combination, e. g. Super+Ctrl+Shift+J -> Ctrl+Shift+Left
I want to implement an addition key layer, so that I can access non-alphanumeric keys without having to move my wrists.
I've been using Autokey for this purpose, but the experience was unsatisfactory:...
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How to map caps lock to arrow keys?
I am trying to map Caps Lock to the Down arrow key and Caps Lock with a shift modifier to the up arrow key.
I've tried using xmodmap with the following input file:
remove Lock = Caps_Lock
keycode 66 ...
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How to remap 'Esc' with '~'
I have a laptop. The Esc key stopped working. I would like to swap it with ~ this key which is never used by me. I'm a complete beginner on linux. If anyone could help or point me in the direction of ...
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ubuntu 23.04 overwrite my personal .Xmodmap settings
I have been using personal .Xmodmap keyboard settings since Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 20.04. But in Ubuntu 23.04 the OS constantly overwrites these settings by LOCALE ones and I need to restart them by &...
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Remap several key: Alt_L key to have the same behavior as Alt_R (or Alt gr) + remap caps lock to escape
I want to change the behavior of the Alt_L key on my keyboard (keycode 64) so that it has the same behavior as the Alt_R (keycode 108 or Alt gr) on Ubuntu 22.04.
the output of the following command ...
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Why won't my ~/.Xmodmap file load on login?
I created the following ~/.Xmodmap file as per this answer.
keysym Delete = Menu
keysym Menu = Delete
clear Lock
keycode 0x42 = Escape
In other words, swap Delete and Menu, and make Caps Lock an ...
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Remapping of key with xmodmap is detected by xev but not by other apps?
So as I bought a laptop with a foreign keyboard (qwerty but I type in azerty most of the time) I don't have any dedicated key for chevrons (<>). That's annoying, so I want to remap my right ...
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Need help converting Xmodmap to XKB
I've been using this .Xmodmap for years but now I'm switching to Wayland and I need to replace it:
!remove Lock = Caps_Lock
keycode 66 = Mode_switch
keycode 108 = Mode_switch
keycode 26 = e E ...
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Disable home key in keyboard
My home key keeps pressing every time I use my laptop's keyboard so I am using an external keyboard right now, disabling the entire laptop keyboard. But I want to use the laptop's keyboard as I feel ...
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How do I disable the page down (number 3) key?
My keyboard has gone mad and keeps pressing the page down/number 3 key, it happens quite frequently. I have an idea of how I can disable it but when I try to get it's keycode it doesn't give me any ...
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How to swap Ctrl and Fn on a Lenovo Thinkpad keyboard?
I tried to exchange my Fn key with left Control, which didn't work.
I used the command xev to get the keycodes/keysym.
Afterwards I used:
xmodmap -e 'keycode 151=Control_L'
xmodmap -e 'keycode 37=...
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Set Context Menu key to function as Right Control
Dell notebooks in Brazil and possibly other countries no longer ship with a right control key.
This is bad for ergonomics, so I would like to set the context menu key to function as right control.
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Xmodmap: How to get Xmodmap on autostart
I am using "Ubuntu Xorg" inside of Ubuntu 21.10, cause on normal Ubuntu it was not possible for me to set up xmodmap inside of gnome applications (e.g. Firefox, LibreOffice, Terminal). My ...
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How do I switch the Command key and Control key on a MacBook Pro?
I have scoured the web, and I can't seem to get Xmodmap / anything to work properly. I want to swap BOTH my Command keys with my Control key - in essence, inverting what they do currently.
How would I ...
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How to keep keyboard mapping after reboot?
In order to remap my keyboard I use the following commands:
$ setxkbmap -layout fr -variant latin9 -option ''
$ setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps
$ printf "keycode 127 = Caps_Lock NoSymbol Caps_Lock&...
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Capturing whether keycode 66 is associated with Hyper_L in bash script
I want to check whether keycode 66 is associated with Hyper_L by calling xmodmap -pke | grep "Hyper" and storing in a variable in a bash script.
What can I do?
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How to map [Alt] + [hjkl] keys to arrow keys?
I know how to map [AltGr] + [h|j|k|l] keys to arrow keys, like:
[AltGr]+[h] ... [Left]
[AltGr]+[j] ... [Down]
[AltGr]+[k] ... [Up]
[AltGr]+[l] ... [Right]
[AltGr]+[ö] ... [Home]
[AltGr]+[...
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Trying to map <Ctrl>+<hjkl> to <Left Down Up Right> globally (Vim-like arrow keys) with xmodmap
I am trying to map Ctrl+H,J,K,L to arrow keys Left,Down,Up,Right, respectively, on Ubuntu OS (globally, not inside Vim).
I've attempted the solution posted here, but the modifier commands are not ...
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Keyboard remap [Alt_L] + {ijkl} as arrow {Up, Left, Down, Right}
I want to use 'ijkl' together with alt to act like arrow keys.
i.e. Alt+i = Up , Alt+K = Down etc.
I have tried xmodmap following this answer. The answer says that Alt modified key is the third column ...
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xmodmap remappings not working correctly in all applications
I remapped some of my keys using a Mode_switch with the following .Xmodmap
! remove Caps Lock
clear lock
clear mod1
remove Lock = Caps_Lock
remove Shift = Caps_Lock
keycode 66 = Alt_L Meta_L Escape
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To disable rightclick on ubuntu desktop
I using Ubuntu 20.04 and GNOME desktop manager for end users to access the remote based application. Due to some reason, I need to restrict the Right-Click access on Ubuntu desktop. I used xmodmap to ...
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How do I set Xmodmap on login?
As my keyboard layout doesn't suit me, I run xmodmap on login. The script is named .profile and it runs OK, but it breaks the Unity interface.
I want to know where to put the xmodmap line so that it ...
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Remap keys via xmodmap no longer works
I recently switched to Ubuntu 17.10 from Ubuntu 16.04.
So far, I used xmodmap to remove Caps_Lock and replace it with the backslash-symbol.
This doesn't seem to work under 17.10 (maybe because xmodmap ...
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How to get a description of the meaning of the modifier keys (modN) of xmodmap?
I've read the documentation below on xmodmap (and man xmodmap):
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xmodmap#Keymap_table
The documentation decribes modifier keys, and how to display the modifier ...
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How can I change my Right Ctrl Key to act as a backslash?
I wanted to be able to change my Right Control key to be backslash. I know that this is possible with xmodmap, however I couldn't make ubuntu run it on startup even if I put it in .xinitrc or .Xmodmap ...
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How do you enable tap-to-click via command line?
You can use this to reverse scroll direction (natural scroll):
xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 5 4 7 6 8 9 10 11 12"
You can also set it back again with xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 8 9 10 11 12"
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Hyper-key u --> Like Arrow-Up
I made CapsLock the Hyper-key via gnome-tweaks
Sorry, I have only the german screenshot. "Feststelltaste" means "CapsLock"
Now I would like to map
Hyper-u to Arrow-Up
Hyper-n to ...
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xmodmap stopped working in the latest Google Chrome update
I remap Insert,Home,Page Up, Delete, End, and Page Down, and it have worked for many years, but with the latest Google Chrome update, it ignores the remapping, and preforms the action if it where were ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 how making rAlt + [hjkl] arrows keys
I have done this before on kubuntu but when I try to do this with xmodmap on ubuntu 22.04, the binds don't work. This is what I was using:
xmodmap -e "keycode 108 = Mode_switch"
xmodmap -e &...
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xmodmap reverting periodically
I'm using xmodmap to swap control and command keys on my Macbook pro. However, periodically the key revert back to their original state and this is becoming quite annoying.
I'm on Ubuntu 13.10 and I ...
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How do I remap the caps lock key to the backspace key?
I have grown very comfortable to my Colemak keyboard layout (my typing speed has doubled since I started using it). My only problem with it is that there is no caps lock key because under this layout ...
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I want to use Xmodmap along with multiple layouts
I usually use 3 keyboard layouts: US, BG, DE. As I need the DE layout only for Umlaute, I found the solution with modifying the keys in ~/.Xmodmap. The command xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap changes my US layout ...
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xmodmap doesn't work anymore after upgrading to 22.04
I upgraded to the latest 22.04 LTS version this morning and after that my xmodmap script doesn't work anymore, i'm curious if something has changed that is causing the script to not work anymore. I ...
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Mapping Left `Ctrl` and `fn` keys in Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
So I've spent a solid couple of hours trying to figure out how to remap a couple of keys on a Lenovo ThinkPad T440p laptop. This article from 2020 got me pretty close. It uses the xmodmap command to ...
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How to map <modifier> + hjkl to arrow key functionality?
I've been getting so used to vim's hjkl for moving around recently, and find myself wanting to use them right after alt tabbing out of vim.
What would be the best way to map fn + h/j/k/l to left/down/...
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Key chords via xmodmap in 20.04
On macos I use a fabulous tool, Karabiner Elements, to obtain the ability to use the return key as a control modifier key when typed with another key. Same for the caps lock key.
Now that I am moving ...
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Mapping `del` functionality onto another key doesn't preserve single-press repeat functionality
My del key is working just fine with single-press repeat actin (i.e. if I keep it pressed, it keeps deleting characters) but if I try to map it (or the DEL functionality` onto another key, this breaks....
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Xmodmap: On Lenovo Thinkpad T420 not working?
I use a Lenovo ThinkPad T450 laptop (Linux 5.13.0-28-generic x86_64) with a german keyboard layout. Unfortunately the greater and lesser key is not available on this setup.
I can not switch the keys ...
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Remapping Caps-Lock to ESC doesn't deactivate the "capslocking"
I'm the happy owner of an Asus ZenBook Prime UX31A-R4005P running Kubuntu 13.04.
I'm also a happy vim user; that means I'm lazy and don't like my hands to move more than they should.
I did remap my ...
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How to remap key with shift and alt modifier using xmodmap?
I want to put have the following behaviour for key with code 94:
by default it is '<'
with Shift it is '>'
with Alt it is '|'
I only managed to get the default and Shift behaviour by using ...
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Keyboard modifier to use <CAPS> with xmodmap
I've just installed a fresh Ubuntu. For the last 2 years I've used a system that allowed me to use my Caps Lock key as a keyboard modifier to get the character I want.
For isntance, if I wanted the ...
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Map CapsLock key to Return
I want to remap my CapsLock key to work as if it was a Return key. I've created a xmodmap file like this:
remove Lock = Caps_Lock
keycode 66 = Return
If i run it from Terminal:
xmodmap /home/me/mods/...
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