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16 questions linked to/from Manipulating X key and pointer grabs on the command line
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Find out which application listens to specific key bindings? [duplicate]
Is there an application to know which key is bound by which process and therefore not usable in another application?
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Find processes reacting to a given keybinding [duplicate]
Is there a way to know which processes are listening to a given key binding?
For example, suppose I want to know which programs will do something when I press Ctrl+g. I guess the X server manages ...
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Something strange happens while keypress [duplicate]
I have meka g-unit keyboard. This keyboard has 12 additional keys.
I found scancodes of this keys via evtest and mapped these codes to f13-24 key codes.
Everything works fine, but some keys(F20,21,22,...
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Command for forcing a pointer ungrab (captured mouse release)
Sometimes Firefox doesn't release the mouse after dragging, so I need to kill the application to force it to release its pointer grab.
Is there any command to force an application to ungrab the ...
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How do I find out what program 'owns' a hotkey?
I'm running XFCE 4.12 on top of Gentoo with a 4.2.0 kernel. My PlayPause button on my keyboard used to work as a global hotkey for VLC. Now VLC won't even recognize the key. It does see "Alt + Media ...
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Find X.org pointer grab owner
I have an application that seems to have grabbed the mouse (I can move it but can't click anywhere), is there a way to find which app owns the X.org mouse grab?
The shortcut given here to release the ...
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How to release keyboard and mouse from grab by a hung unkillable app? [duplicate]
Suppose I have an X application, which grabs keyboard and mouse as its normal mode of operation (e.g. QEMU), but which, due to a bug somewhere, hangs really hard (e.g. gets stuck in Disk sleep). ...
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Can't enter capital letters using shift key
In some applications entering capital letters works like hitting ESC key.
Reproducing:
Open LibreOffice document
Select "Save as" (Unity dialog)
Hit "Create folder"
Enter a capital letter using shift ...
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Ubuntu mouse is moving but not clicking
I am using Ubuntu. While working, I got a weird kind of a freeze. My mouse is moving but it is stuck on the I symbol and it clicks nothing. I also have an open menu that opens when you float over or ...
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What is grabbing my Ctrl+s key?
Having just upgraded to Linux Mint 18.1 KDE (Plasma 5.8.5, Qt 5.6.1) all is working excellent apart from strange problem I never come across before. Something is grabbing my "Ctrl+s" sequence on what ...
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Key for the letter “p” not working everywhere, Ubuntu Linux
Suddenly the key "p" stoPPed working at certain Places. I am using Ubuntu 16.04 - Gnome 3.18. I found that someone had the same issue here, but there is no solution Posted.
"p" works in Activities ...
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Which application receives which hotkey? (List X clients which hold key grabs.) [duplicate]
How can I list the X clients which registered for a specific keyboard event (i.e. a key press; a shortcut thing). Those things are called passive key(board) grabs.
And the list should contain what ...
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Can't run certain fullscreen applications
I have a dual screen setup which I've configured by running this command at startup:
xrandr --output VGA-0 --auto --right-of DVI-0
I'm running OpenSuse 11.4 with dwm as my window manager. I can post ...
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Problems Using Microsoft Sculpt Keyboard with Fedora
I've been using the Microsoft Sculpt keyboard for about a week with almost no issue. The one problem I'm seeing is that the Ctrl+F keyboard combo doesn't seem to work anywhere in my OS, other ...
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Is there any way to identify which application is hijacking a keyboard shortcut?
Some application on my system (Ubuntu Linux 13.0) is hijacking a specific keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Space). I don't know which one it is and would like to identify it.
How can I do this?
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