Questions tagged [xkb]
xkb is the abbreviation for the X Keyboard Extension used to describe and configure differ keyboard layouts, etc. under X11.
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Make xkb produce two symbols on one key press (e.g. make `ctrl`+`+` & `ctrl`+`=` produce same (combined) effect to get rid of `Shift` for zooming in)
Some apps use ctrl++ and some ctrl+= to zoom in. Only some allow to customize. If all used same, I would just remap the keyboard not to use Shift. Can I make apps receive signals that both ...
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How to create a new keyboard layout in the /usr/share/X11/xkb directory in Ubuntu?
In the /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols directory there are various keyboard layouts listed. I made a copy of the /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/us file under the name /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/new_test_layout....
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RALT doesn't send Alt_R
I've tried remapping left Control key to left Alt key. in /usr/share/X11/xkb/keycodes/evdev by doing this:
// <LALT> = 64;
// <RCTL> = 105;
// <LCTL> = 37;
// <...
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Setting ALT + ARROWS LEFT,RIGHT to HOME,END in xkb
I'm trying for days to set the (left) ALT + arrows keys (left/right) keybindings in xkb.
ALT + LEFT to HOME
ALT + RIGHT to END
These keybindings should work together with SHIFT as well.
I just ...
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Does ~/.Xmodmap replace the presets completely?
I've successfully switched to dedicated settings for my special keyboard in the keyboard settings panel of Xfce.
However a few buttons are missing. I was able to get the keycodes for them using ...
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Emulating SOCD cleaner functionality with xkb
I'm trying to emulate the functionality of standard hitbox SOCD cleaners with normal keyboard input. Specifically, I need it to:
Space only: KeyPress Space
s only: KeyPress s
Holding s and Pressing ...
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Changed keyboard map reverts back after short time
I use:
xkbcomp "$DISPLAY" - |
# Menu key = mouse button
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Sun Type 7 Keyboard + KDE shortcuts: Why does the control center ignore most of the function keys on the left edge?
I've recently equipped my OpenSuSE 15.2 with KDE 5 with a Sun Type 7 keyboard and now would like to use the function keys on its left edge for a variety of system-wide shortcuts. The only issue is ...
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how to set keyboard layout from custom file, without root permissions?
I know that there is a lot of questions on stack exchange around this subject, but none of the answer solved my use case. This is not a duplicate !
I have created a custom layout file (~/beprog). It ...
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How do I reset the caps lock key after remapping it to ctrl while caps lock was enabled?
I used the following command to remap my caps lock key:
setxkbmap -layout us -option ctrl:nocaps
How do I reset my keyboard to the default settings?
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How to swap the XF86MonBrightnessUp and F2 key using a custom XKB layout?
I want to swap "two" keys, the XF86MonBrightnessUp ("brightness up") and the F2 keys, using an xkb layout. The keys are both under the same button, "F2". If the keyboard ...
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Setting CAPS_LOCK + arrows to Home, PgUp, PgDown, End in xkb
I'm trying to set some CapsLock + arrows keybindings in xkb
Using ArchLinux, KDE, Xorg
What I'm trying to achieve (wishful thinking)
Ultimately, the perfect solution would be
No modifier
CapsLock as ...
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XKB: modifier when hold, dead key when tapped?
I discovered that one can use Compose files to output a keycode when a modifier is pressed and released "alone", which is handy (I though before that one had to compose at least two keys ...
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Custom XKB layout before login
I have made a custom keyboard layout with XKB, but when I type my password on the login screen, the system still uses a QWERTY layout, only after the login my customized layout is applied. Is it ...
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Map Escape to caps lock in vim not working in Fedora 34
I am new to Fedora and I have installed Fedora-34 couple of days ago. Well, when I used ubuntu, I mapped my Esc to CapsLk in vim using following lines in ~/.vimrc file
au VimEnter * silent! !xmodmap -...
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XKB not recognizing my custom layout
I created a custom keyboard layout (the file is called “brc”) based on Colemak for my Lubuntu 18.04, and copied it to /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols:
default partial
xkb_symbols "basic" {
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In my customized keyboard layout, how can I include individual key into capslock control scope? I don't want shiftlock
In my customized keyboard layout, I have these lines already:
// row 1 (E)
key <TLDE> { [ question, exclam, masculine, ordfeminine ] };
key <AE01> { ...
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Multimedia keys on a 101-key keyboard (ubuntu 20.04)
I'm trying to use function keys from an old 101-key keyboard (IBM model M). I've modified /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pc file including this lines:
key <FK09> { [ F9, XF86AudioPlay, F9, F9 ] };
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How to assign several characters to one key-stroke in xkb?
We are using a custom written (by me) xkb Symbols file for a minority language. This has worked fine for over ten years and we roughly know how the system works. I am presently re-working the keyboard ...
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How to swap Left Alt with Right Alt
How to swap the keys and make Left Alt act like AltGr as well? I tried xmodmap with the following:
clear mod1
clear mod5
keycode 108 = Alt_L Meta_L
keycode 64 = Alt_R Meta_R
add mod1 = ...
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Reassigning Right_Control from control modifier key to mod3 without using xmodmap
I am doing a task that is taking me longer than expected as xmodmap cannot be combined with other commands such as setxkbmap and so on.
My goal is to change Right_Control key from been assigned on ...
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Use QMK instead of XKB?
Is it possible to totally ditch XKB and use QMK instead?
That is, inside X or Wayland, totally remove XKB and use QMK?
I know QMK is a microcontroller for hardware keyboards, so this seems complicated....
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How to map a sequence of keys to <dead_greek>?
I have mapped Insert to Multi_key (also known as Compose) so I can input ä or µ. I've used xmodmap -e 'keycode 118 = Multi_key' in my wm init script.
Now, checking /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/...
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xkb Can't find file "myswap" for symbols include error in systemd python job
I'm using Ubuntu 20.10 and python 2.7.
I've got a bash script which overwrites default keyboard bindings and it always works when I execute it from terminal, here's the script.
#!/bin/bash
xkbcomp -...
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How to map compose key to insert via setxkbmap?
I'm using US (non-international) layout. One way of typing üäöß is setting a compose key via:
setxkbmap -layout us -option compose:ralt
Unfortunately, this removes the normal "alt" ...
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Why does the X window system handle keyboard input?
When people discuss the X window system, they mostly focus on the display side, i.e. how it is a networked system that handles and coordinates the graphical output of different applications in the ...
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What is the difference between EIGHT_LEVEL_ALPHABETIC and EIGHT_LEVEL in xkb symbols files?
The title says it all. What is the difference between the two and when should I choose one over another when creating a custom eight level layout?
For context, here is in an excerpt from partial ...
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Map from XKB key names to LDML ISO key names?
XKB names keyboard keys with names such as "TLDE" and "AB01" https://www.charvolant.org/doug/xkb/html/node5.html#Fig:KeyNames seen in /usr/share/X11/xkb/keycodes/evdev , whereas ...
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How to remap `alt gr` + `j` to another key (xkbmap)
I use setxkbmap dk.
I need the alt gr + j combination mapped to a character that isn't already included in the layout. At the moment, alt gr + j maps to nothing.
The reason why I want to do this is so ...
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Can't use xkbcomp to remap combinations
Background
I bought HP wireless keyboard 600, plugged it into my Ubuntu PC and it turned out that the top row of keys are media keys(Mute, Vol+, Vol-, Play/Pause, etc.) by default, and they only act ...
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What is a user-specific way to remap some keys, that is easy to backup
I wonder how I can remap some keys (especially modifier keys) in a way that will hopefully continue to work for the forseeable future, will probably work on different machines and preferrably use ...
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Map key which produces multiple scan codes on Fedora
I own an MSI Laptop which has some special functions on the F keys, for instance, Toggling Touchpad on F4 key.
In Windows, this key is working as expected: enabling/disabling the touchpad. But in ...
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X11: Some applications misunderstand xkb keymap
I want to remap my keys in the following way: ctrl+j/k -> left/right and ctrl+h/l -> ctrl+left/right. So I got the default xkb file and added the following contents into it.
First, I defined a ...
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How do I fix exit code 1 for a systemd service running inputplug?
I want to set up a systemd service to set my custom keymap when my bluetooth keyboard is plugged. I am using inputplug, as suggested here.
Since I need to have an executable command containing no ...
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linux: generate a key sequence with shortcut
I want to generate a key sequence (+)+left when pressing ( (actually it is Shift+9), so that I can achieve autocomplete of bracket globally. Is there any way to do this?
Implementation with xkb is ...
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Why does setxkbmap on a single device also change other devices?
I am running Ubuntu on a Thinkpad laptop with an external keyboard linked up. The laptop keyboard has a GB layout and the external has a US layout.
First, I output a list of the connected devices (I'...
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Swapping keys AltGr and Space in Kali - Firefox is not affected
After trying several Space and AltGr key remapping ideas, changing xkb looks most promising. I read and used these ideas related to xkb:
Remap altgr key to AC10 in XKB
How can I remap keyboard keys?
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GroupLatch doesn't work with Shift for some keys using xkb
I am using custom keyboard layout with two groups for German and for Cyrillic. CAPS is used as a group latch in two ways. Either one "CAPS followed by the key" or "CAPS+Key" gives ...
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XKB Layout with Caps modifier, some combinations conflicting with other modifiers
I created a custom keyboard layout in xkb format to simulate arrow keys and put it in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/custom:
xkb_symbols {
name[Group1]= "English (US) with Caps mod";
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Remapping WASD + Alt_R without conflicting with APL Mode_switch?
Following the advice of Remapping WASD + R_Shift to arrows, but using Right Alt and esdf instead, I am able to make my Linux box recognize Right Alt + esdf as arrow keys. However, I also have ...
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xkb rebind Capslock + shift + hjkl to same behaviour as arrowkeys + shift
A long time ago I rebound my capslock + hjkl to essentially work as if they were arrow keys in the xkb config file.
key <CAPS> { [ ISO_Level5_Shift, ISO_Level5_Shift, ISO_Level5_Shift, ...
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How can I fully cuztomize my keyboard modifiers in xkb?
I am using a ThinkPad laptop with Arch Linux, and I am looking into the possibilities of remapping my keyboard layout + modifiers.
What I want to do is similar to what you can do with the QMK firmware ...
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Ctrl+x produces strange behaviour
All my other Ctrl shortcuts are working perfectly (Ctrl+C for copying etc). But when I type Ctrl+X nothing happens. I used xev to display what's happening when I press Ctrl+X.
This is the output when ...
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In Debian, how to change keyboard mapping in a single USER-SPECIFIC file to be used by X (via setxkbmap) and (kernel) virtual consoles (TTYs)?
This is NOT a duplicate of Changing the keyboard layout/mapping on both the console (tty) and X in an X/console agnostic way?, where a system-wide /etc/default/keyboard is discussed.
I'm looking to ...
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XKB Keyboard Configuration on Debian system
I'm configuring my keyboard layout on Debian to learn how XKB extension works. I'm trying to load a custom keyboard layout and am not sure why it's not working in a graphically environment but is ...
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Using new (2019) Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard - how to map emoji and office keys into sth usable?
I bought „Microsoft Ergonomic” keyboard to replace my used up Microsoft Natural. And … they moved „Win” key to the left, and placed new „Office” and „Emoji” keys on the right instead:
By default ...
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How can the Chrome browser treat the numpad keys as arrow keys when the xkb option numpad (mac) is active?
I'm using the Num Lock key as meta key and have set the numpad keys permanently (as if Num Lock was active all the time). Many desktop apps (konsole, the Atom editor, LibreOffice) and even the login ...
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XKB Shift + KP_Subtract: How to map these multiple keys?
I've succesfully mapped the KP_Subtract to Home (in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pc):
key <KPSU> { [ Home ] };
It works fine, BUT, when I also click the Shift key (to include the previous text) ...
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Keyboard layout on login
Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch), no GUI
Recently something happened to my SSH, so I need to login to my debian locally. I stuck on login (GUIless) because of keyboard layout, which by default is likely ...
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XKB Transparently map modifier level
I use a layout which is not QWERTY for first and second level.
key <AC06> {
type= "FOUR_LEVEL_ALPHABETIC",
symbols[Group1]= [ m, M, ...
