Questions tagged [setxkbmap]
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modify us keyboard layout to remap some keys
The goal is to have the following remaps working globally :
alt+y should send ctrl+c
alt+p should send ctrl+v
alt+backspace should send ctrl+backspace
What I am thinking about is to create a copy of ...
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Swapping Ctrl, Win, and Alt in MX Linux (Xfce) – Issue with Alt Modifier
I'm using MX Linux with Xfce and trying to swap three keys:
Ctrl → Win (Super)
Win → Alt
Alt → Ctrl
Swapping two keys at a time works using setxkbmap, for example:
setxkbmap -option ctrl:...
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How do I create a per user xkb keymap?
It is possible to create your own custom xkb maps by adding files to /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols. However, this directory is managed my dpkg and requires root access. Is there a way of placing a keymap ...
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Prevent keyboard layout from being changed
For some reason my keyboard layout occasionally switches to another language.
Is there a way to prevent other software from changing my keyboard layout?
I can run...
setxkbmap de
...to fix it, but it ...
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Remap Right Alt to Backspace
As the title says how can I remap Right Alt to Backspace?
I am on X11
I am aware that something can be done using setxkbmap but I not aware of the command for my particular case.
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`setxkbmap kr` not doing anything?
I'm trying to add a configuration to my multilingual setup on my ArchLinux desktop, but Korean doesn't seem to do anything, despite it being listed under setxkbmap.
How do I set it up similarly to ...
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XKB spec says 63 levels max per type. For me it's 8. What am I doing wrong?
X.org version: 1.21.1.7
Distribution: Kubuntu 23.04
I duplicated the included EIGHT_LEVEL_ALPHABETIC_LEVEL_FIVE_LOCK type, inserted an additional level as Level1, and shifted all existing levels by +1....
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xkb: how can `modifier_map` be completely replaced
When defining a custom keyboard layout with xkb, how can I completely override a modifier? E.g. when I have
xkb_keymap {
xkb_keycodes { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)" };
xkb_types ...
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How to translate setxkbmap to xinitrc config
I am setting my keyboard layout using this command on every startup:
setxkbmap us,cz -variant ,ucw -option grp:caps_switch
How can I write this configuration in to xinitrc file so xserver loads it ...
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setxkbmap and xmodmap often stop working
I have a script to:
Set the keyboard layout to include accents
Set capslock as mod when held
Set capslock as escape when pressed
It looks like this:
setxkbmap -rules evdev -model evdev -layout us -...
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Map <C-S-A-hjkl> to Arrow Keys with XKB Map
I'm trying to also have access to my arrow keys from the default Vim hjkl.
Since CtrlShiftAlt seems to be a rare key combo, I was thinking about using that.
How would I do that using setxkbmap (or ...
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WARNING: Running setxkbmap against an XWayland server
I'm using Fedora 37, tilix terminal emulator with fish shell.
Whenever I open a terminal, I get the warning
WARNING: Running setxkbmap against an XWayland server
How come? How to avoid it?
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Map Caps Lock to AltGr and Escape - why does setxkbmap silence xcape daemon?
I'm on a 20.04 Ubuntu machine.
I've been trying to use a combination of setxkmap and xcape to map AltGr and escape onto my caps-lock key, where a quick key press acts as escape and a longer key press ...
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How to set keyboard layout and keep configuration?
I changed from gnome to i3wm and now everytime I log in to my computer the keyboard layout is set to english (my keyboard is spanish).
I was able to change it with this command but just for the ...
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xkb swap backslash and return: how to deal with shift?
I'm trying to swap Enter and Backslash key. I figured out how to swap them when Shift is not involved:
key < RTRN > {[ backslash ]};
key < BKSL > {[ Return ]};
However, when shift is down, ...
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