Questions tagged [xbindkeys]
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How to use xbindkeys?
I am trying to run Chromium when "Ctrl + shift + Alt + p" is pressed. I Install xbindkeys and xbindkey-config. Next, creating a file at home directory (touch ~/.xbindkeysrc), then set it as default (...
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Xbindkeys causing Xorg process to consume a lot of CPU processing. Any alternative to it?
Scenario:
I'm currently using xbindkeys to map two keyboard keys to scripts. Those are very simple scripts just to keep pressing a determined keyboard key.
First script. The simpler one. When I ...
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xbindkeys won't run in ExecStart script but runs in regular script
I have a script start.sh which is the ExecStart of a service I have (that is called by systemd).
When I add the line DISPLAY=:0 xbindkeys in my start.sh script, it does not start xbindkeys.
user@...
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Binding Delete key to Right Shift
I tried with adding
"xte 'key Delete' "
Shift_R
to the .xbindkeysrc. It didn't work, and for the record I tried any xte command, and none worked. I found some answers to this question suggesting ...
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How to get xbindkeys to run command after key combination is released?
Assumptions
I assume xbindkeys handels keys events as follows:
Periodical checks for state of keys.
If key combination is down then execute command.
Which implies if a key combination is held down ...
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Xbinkeys does not work with mode_switch
I'm trying to use xbindkeys with an event that is produced with mode_switch + <key>, but xbindkeys is triggered with only the <key> instead of the combination of it with the mode_switch.
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Bind key combo to a mouse button
I would like to bind a key combination Ctrl+1 to a mouse button. Here is how I tried to do it with xbindkeys:
"xte 'keydown Control_L' 'key 1' 'keyup Control_L'"
b:9
This doesn't work as expected ...
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Libinput/xbindkey sensitivity for side-swipe
I am ultimately trying to setup my touchpad so that I can swipe left/right (two-fingers) to change desktop, (like the three-finger side-swipe in macOS).
A few three-finger gesture approaches like ...
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Xbindkeys: Execute command in current terminal
Is there a way to, instead of executing the command in the foreground, execute a command via Xbindkeys in the current Terminal? Similar to just pasting the command and pressing enter.
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Disable key combination in X11
I am trying to disable the key combination Left+Right and Up+Down. To achieve this, I tried binding the keys in the configuration file of my window manager but it did not work, as it does not allow to ...
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How do I install xbindkeys on enterprise linux 6? (Centos/RHEL/OEL 6)
Is there a way to install xbindkeys on rhel 6 based distro?
I want to bind keys from my mouse button to run a script.
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Neutralizing a combination of two keys on the keyboard in X11
I'm trying to disable the key combinations of Up + Down and Left + Right. I tried to use the xmodmap utility, but it does not seem to support key combinations other than the ones using metakeys. I ...
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How to remap keys only for a particular keyboard in Linux?
I have a numpad connected via USB and my goal is to be able to remap keys on that numpad so they can run custom commands or be mapped to other key combinations.
I have this in my .xbindkeysrc file:
~...
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Ubuntu xBindKeys not working for mouse buttons
I've configured back and forward button a while ago with xBindKeys and I am sure that everything was fine. Yesterday I've noticed that those two functionalities somehow swapped. Back button functions ...
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How to use “Alt Gr” in xbindkeys?
I cant figure out the code to use Alt Gr in xbindkeys.
I tried ISO_Level3_Shift, but that doesn't work.
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How to break a bash script initiated with xbindkeys?
I initiated a bash script by xbindkeys as
"sleep 1;bash /home/scripts/loop.sh"
KP_Add
How can I bind another key, which can break this bash script?
For example, if loop.sh is 1,000 clicks by ...
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xbindkeys does not bind xdotool key command for a key
I add the xdotool commands to .xbindkeysrc. The commands for mouse work, such as
"xdotool mousemove 200 200"
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but I keys do not work, such as
"xdotool key x"
q
What can be the reason that the ...
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xbindkeys not working when native Gnome 3.30.1 windows are focused
this is archlinux speaking, fresh install with Gnome 3.30.1.
After having installed xbindkeys and setup a ~/.xbindkeysrc file with:
# corresponds to ctrl+Y on my machine, according to `xbindkeys -k`
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asked Oct 6 '18 at 18:30
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mute media key doesn't toggle [closed]
Logitech K270 has media keys:
play/pause
mute/unmute
volume down
volume up
home
mail
power
calculator
I don't know what "home" is supposed to do, whereas "mail" and "calculator" don't do anything ...
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Execute a command if F+J keys are pressed
What would I need to do if I wanted to execute: chromium & by pressing F+J ?
Preferred requirements:
Globally accessible across Desktop Environment
Independent of terminal focus or not
Without ...
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Using CapsLock as left mouse button; mostly works but fails with a few things
Linux System Info:
OS: GNU/Linux x86_64
Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic
Distro: Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Cinnamon 64-bit 2.2.16
[Based On: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS, Trusty Tahr]
Due to a ...
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How do I get xbindkeys to separate its modifiers from xte's?
When I do such as this in .xbindkeysrc
"xte 'keydown Control_L' 'key W' 'keyup Control_L'"
Shift + b:9
it performs the action of ctrl+shift+w instead of just the ctrl+w I expected. Any idea how ...
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How to configure a mouse in linux?
I just freshly installed an archlinux and just received my new mouse Mx anywhere 2. As the mouse have more than two buttons and i' wondering how to configure these buttons ?
I already checked a bit ...
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XBindkeys and Mouse key's giving keyboard numbers (0-9)
XINPUT
ā xinput --list
ā” Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
ā ā³ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
ā ā³ ...
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Is it possible to bind a key shortcut to another key shortcut using Xbindkeys?
What I'm trying to do is to pre-configure a Logitech G602 assigning a specific key combination to each configurable button (G6, G7, G7 etc...) The only way to do that is on Windows (to save the key ...
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How can I remap Ctrl_Left + button to one action, and Ctrl_Right + button to another?
In my particular example, I want to be able to remap Control_left + n to output LeftArrow, but also to Control_right + n to output Return. How can I do that? I red through xmodmap man, so as xbinkeys, ...
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Mapping mouse events to key presses using xbindkeys
I want to map various mouse actions to key presses using xbindkeys. All my attempts to do this in my .xbindkeysrc file have failed. Attempts have been made using xte and xdotool. Below is a summary of ...
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detecting held keys with xbindkeys
I am using xbindkeys to bind Alt+left and Alt+right to chvt in order to cycle through virtual terminals, as described here. I modified the arithmetic to be modular with respect to the number of ...
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invoking password-less sudo via xbindkeys
I tried to set up key bindings for changing the virtual terminal (VT) in X, as described in this post. Typing sudo chvt $(($XDG_VTNR-1)) into a terminal emulator appropriately changes the VT. However, ...
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xbindkeys (xvkbd): stuck CTRL with Debian Stretch
I am using xbindkeys with xvkbd to add some magic to additional buttons on my mouse which I can press with my thumb. For this, I have xbindkeys in my ~/.xsessionrc and the following lines in ~/....
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xbindkeys on one keyboard?
I have the current setup:
One PS2 Keyboard
One USB Keyboard
Then I use this:
xinput --create-master SecondKeyboard
xinput --reattach "Keyboard Id" "Master Id"
to separate them.
I thought I could ...
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Control+Shift + Mouse Wheel with xbindkeys shortcuts propagate
My .xbindkeysrc file includes:
"amixer sset -q 'Master' 10%+"
control + shift + b:4
"amixer sset -q 'Master' 10%-"
control + shift + b:5
Which allows me to control sound volume with Ctrl + ...
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BadAccess on X_GrabKeys when using xbindkeys
I wrote two custom scripts to brighten/dim my screen and want to bind them to my F9 and F10 keys.
I put them into /opt/bin and used sudo chown root:root script and sudo chmod 755 script on both and ...
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Execute script from i3 config
Question:
I'm using i3-wm and I have Mod3 working as a hotkey. I have the following in ./config/i3/config:
#This command works
bindsym Mod3+f exec "firefox"
#This doesn't work nor do my other ...
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Keycode for volume buttons
I'm configuring buttons on my mouse I want to set volume buttons but I don't know the keycode fo volume buttons. I used xbindkeys but didn't work.
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xbindkeys map Left + Right mouse button to Middle mouse click
I have managed to install xbindkeys on my lubuntu 16.04 box, which I think is the correct tool for me to use to map a simultaneous left and right mouse button click to emulate a middle mouse click.
I ...
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Binding keys in xbindkeysrc to type a command
I am trying to bind Alt+Up to type cd .. command using Xbindkeys. Here is what I've tried, among other things:
"sleep 1 && xdotool type cd .. --delay 15 && xdotool key Return"
Alt+Up
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xbindkeys/xkb map ctrl shortcut
I have installed colemakwide(xkb) and would like to keep shortcut like ctrl+s etc. The goal is that all ctrl shortcut behave like QWERTY which I did in windows/klc by have the original vk for the keys....
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Using xkeybinds on headless node for HUID USB Device I/O
I run Raspberry pi's (rpi) in headless mode running Raspbian - a form of Debian. I would like to use the xev with xkeybinds approach (see Detect if mouse button is pressed, then invoke a script or ...
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Force a specific button release
I've looked at this post, but it's not quite what I was looking for.
Command for forcing a pointer ungrab (captured mouse release)
I want to fake the "Easy-Shift" functionality of my "Roccat XTD" on ...
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xbindkeys Paste Script is Failing to Work
I'm trying to bind control + i to load the contents of file.txt to the clipboard (so that I can use ctrl + v to paste the contents of file.txt into windows like my browser).
The following command ...
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Adjust volume using mouse multimedia buttons
I know that there are many questions on the internet about setting keyboard/mouse multimedia keys/buttons in Linux, nevertheless my question is more specific.
My wireless input devices:
Logitech ...
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Bind C-j to backward-kill-word, says command not found
bind -x '"\C-j": backward-kill-word'
says,
backward-kill-word: command not found
As mikeserv quoted here, i am able to do backward-kill-word using Ctrl-w. However this is the same key i use in ...
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Ctrl-y, yanking x-clipboard contents to terminal adds shell prompt string
Using this link, i wrote custom function to yank text from x-clipboard to shell terminal on pressing C-y. I see two issues here,
copy_line_from_x_clipboard () {
xsel -o
}
bind -x '"\C-y": ...
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RapidFire input with xdotool and xbindkeys
I'm wondering how it be possible to configure a keybind to use RapidFire with xdotool and xbindkeys to a gamepad input?
I have a Logitech F310, and I want to know how I can pass keybinds to simulate ...
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Run program on a key press without interupting the key event
Is it possible to bind a (global) key press to some command and still not disrupt the key press from completing? What I mean is, if I try the bindkey solution posted elsewhere here:
# In file: ~/....
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xdotool and xbindkeys
I have an Acrobat reader that does not zoom on Control+plus but rather on Control+acute (Control-plus annoyingly rotates the document).
I would like to fix this using xbindkeys and xdotool but the ...
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Call sudo from a script called by xbindkeys
I have a macbook pro and I am in the process of binding scripts to control the backlight level on my keyboard. I wrote 2 scripts and they work perfectly I just cant get them to run on a keypress. I ...
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How do I combine two keys to act as FN key with xbindkeys?
I have been hammering my head on the wall for the past two days trying to figure out a way to combine two keys to execute a function with xbindkeys.
To make a long story short I have a chromebook ...
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Xbindkeys and the equals key
How does one bind a key to the "=" key using xbindkeys?
I have tried "=", "equal", and "equals" but none of these seem to work.
