Questions tagged [xmodmap]
xmodmap is a tool for manipulating keymaps and pointer button mappings in the Xorg environment.
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Remap keys including a modifier
I use an alternative german keyboard layout on Ubuntu 18.04:
~$ setxkbmap de koy
Now I want to swap three keys (Mod3 → f → ß → Mod3) as shown in that picture:
This are the keycodes for these keys:
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Remapping Caps Lock to Alt (Meta) in GNOME / X11
I'm looking to replace Caps Lock behaviour with the "Left Alt"/"Meta" modifier, in GNOME / X11.
There are a few options to replace Caps Lock with Super, Ctrl, etc. in GNOME Tweak Tool, which seems to ...
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How to make xmodmap changes permanent? (reboot and resume)
Using xmodmap to remap meta key with the following command:
xmodmap -e 'keycode 133 = F14'
How can i make the change permanent, especially on system sleep/resume ?
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Trigger a certain key combo with another one
Can anyone suggest me on what would be the best way to trigger a certain key kombo with another one. Say, I'd like to send CTRL+= while pressing CTRL+[.
Basically I want to workaround zoom for Google ...
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Vim statusline shows ^[[2;2R^[[>41;330;0c^[]10;rgb:e5e5/e5e5/e5e5^G^[]11;rgb:0000/0000/0000^G after mapping Capslock to Esc
I added
au VimEnter * silent! !xmodmap -e 'clear Lock' -e 'keycode 0x42 = Escape'
au VimLeave * silent! !xmodmap -e 'clear Lock' -e 'keycode 0x42 = Caps_Lock'
to my .vimrc to map Capslock to Escape. ...
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Keyboard issue with key 7 xmodmap
Here is a line in my xmodmap -pke output
keycode 16 = 7 slash 7 slash bar backslash bar
And the output of xmodmap -pm is
xmodmap: up to 4 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):
shift ...
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Remapping Capslock as Control: Capslock + Shift + 2 doesn't work
I have a Dell Precision M5530 and I am running xmonad as the DE, I've set up my system to map CapsLock to CTRL via the following:
setxkbmap -option "ctrl:nocaps,altwin:swap_lalt_lwin"
## Set up ...
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xmodmap lost after sleep
In Ubuntu 18.04 I use the following autostart script:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=/home/user/.xinitrc
Version=1.0
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
Name=xmodmap
Comment=xmodmap script
which ...
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New entry in xmodmap creates new group instead of layer
Here is my dotfile:
! Key
! Shift+Key
! Mode_switch+Key
! Mode_switch+Shift+Key
! ISO_Level3_Shift+Key
! ISO_Level3_Shift+Shift+Key
keycode 43 = h H BackSpace NoSymbol U20BD NoSymbol Cyrillic_er ...
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Some applications ignore Xmodmap settings
I am using the following ~/.Xmodmap
keycode 133 = Mode_switch
keycode 134 = Mode_switch
keysym h = h H Left
keysym l = l L Right
keysym k = k K Up
keysym j = j J Down
keysym w = w W Prior
keysym s = ...
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How to select text when Arrows, Home, and End are mapped to Mode_Switch+Letter
I managed to map the arrow keys, Home, and End to Mode_Switch+Letter (where mode switch is Caps Lock) as explained in this answer:
Bind CAPS+hjkl to arrow keys; CAPS to ESC
though if I want to ...
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How to map mouse keys as keyboard keys without losing'numeric keypad' for Linux?
I know how to map mouse click for F1, F2 and F3 (respectively left click, middle click, right click):
xkbset m # required, but disable keypad
xmodmap -e "keycode 67 = Pointer_Button1 ...
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configure non-modifier as a modifier key
This question is similar to:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/33751/making-any-key-into-a-modifier-key
I have a machine with a non-standard keyboard layout (lenovo x1 carbon) where the CapsLock key ...
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setxkbmap conflicting with xmodmap
So initially I had the following in my ~/.Xmodmap which mapped CapsLock+HJKL to left/down/up/right like in vim:
keycode 66 = Mode_switch
keysym h = h H Left
keysym j = j J Down
keysym k = k K Up
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Change Scan Code of Keys
In Windows I use sharpkeys to remap keys. On Mac I use Karabiner Elements to remap keys.
Is there a preferably built in way to remap keys based on scan code?
The advantage of this is that VirtualBox,...
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How to know what is super key?
I have this output of xmodmap command:
shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e)
lock Caps_Lock (0x42)
control Control_L (0x25), Caps_Lock (0x42), Control_R (0x69)
mod1 Alt_L (...
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xmodmap: Super modifier negates Mode_switch modifier when pressed together
Running Manjaro with i3wm.
I mapped my Caps key to Mode_switch modifier with xmodmap. I am using it to turn WASD into arrow keys, and a few other combinations.
Pressing Caps+W/A/S/D works as ...
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xmodmap: remapped Control_L not working for copying and pasting
After spending hours, I found that xmodmap can be used to remap / key to Left Control key. I used following command:
$ xmodmap -e "keycode 94 = Control_L NoSymbol Control_L"
Using xev, I find that ...
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Why Tab can't be modified with ISO_Level3_Shift
I am using a 40 key keyboard called daisy, I want to have a consistent layout of all my keyboards. The tab can't modified to other keys is kind a waste of resources.
The relevant part in .Xmodmap is:
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How to alter level 3 meaning of keys with XKB
I had a neat little hack to get German "Umlaute" on a US ANSI keyboard with XModap. When I hold Caps-Lock, I get Umlaute in the places where they are on a German keyboard. Here my .Xmodmap file
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xmodmap key bindings reset when I open a new tab in the shell
When I open a shell in ranger with shift-s, open vim and then open a shell with :sh or open a new shell tab with ctrl-shift-t, my xmodmap keybindings (swapped caps lock and escape keys) are reset. ...
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xmodmap - L_Alt + ijkl as arrows (polish programmers layout)
I've created following xmodmap file:
keycode 64 = Mode_switch (right Alt key)
keysym j = j J Left
keysym l = l L Right
keysym i = i I Up
keysym k = k K Down
it works almost great, but. In polish ...
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how to load an xmodmap configuration file using .xinitrc
I am trying to figure out how to use my .xinitrc file to load an xmodmap configuration file. Although this seems to be a popular problem around the internet, I can't seem to get it working. I am ...
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How do I mapping Ctrl+Middle to Right-Click in X?
How do I mapping Ctrl+Middle to Right-Click in X?
I aware "window manager"+"xdotool" maybe is a way,but such things now working for window manager itself and also possible more unexpected behavior.
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xmodmap not mapping Ctrl to Super except in Ubuntu's Keyboard Shortcuts
Post-mortem update: After wrestling with xmodmap for the better part of the morning, I found this answer perfectly solves the issue.
The reason, I believe, is that xmodmap is not as powerful as xkb, ...
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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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Fully remap a key to work as right alt
I'm using Linux Mint 18.3. My keyboard has a nonsensical key setup where I have an extra \ key right before the right alt, and I keep using it by mistake. Since I don't need the \ key there at all, I ...
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Turning the Escape key into a modifier that still acts as Escape when tapped
I use a tiling window manager (xMonad at the moment), and due to this I need a key that acts as the ‘control key’ for window management. Whenever I use a keyboard with Windows/Super/Mod4 keys, I use ...
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XTerm*metaSendsEscape broken when Alt_R is mod4
I can't get xterm to behave correctly re: the metaSendsEscape setting.
When I have this as my Xmodmap, the setting doesn't work (i.e., xterm ignores the Alt keys even when metaSendsEscape is enabled):...
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Advanced key mappings in linux
I am using manjaro i3 and am looking into revamping some of the key mappings I have made. Currently I am using xcape, xmodmap, and setxkbmap commands to remap the following keys:
caps to contol when ...
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How to map extra keys in linux?
I'm running archlinux on my thinkpad x1 carbon 5th gen which has some extra keys. These keys currently do nothing and I'd like to remap them.
Firstly, I tried getting their keycodes via xev but they ...
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Mapping key using xmodmap changes multiple keys
I am running Ubuntu server 16.04. Not sure if this matters, but I am forwarding the screen to a browser using XPRA.
All works reasonably well except for a few pesky key combinations. I am using a GB ...
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AltGr special character binding
Is there a way to bind AltGr-modifiers to other special characters? I use a UK Macintosh keyboard, but need Norwegian letters. I can access ø and æ with AltGr-o and AltGr-a, but there is no å: /ɔːˀ/. ...
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Rebound shift key still acts as shift key
I have rebound my right shift key (keycode 62) to act as the up arrow by replacing Shift_R in its keysym with Up:
$ xmodmap -e "keycode 62 = Up NoSymbol Up"
However when using the key, some ...
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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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Running xmodmap trough systemd
I have a script that remaps escape to caps lock. I normally call the script manually with
xmodmap /home/myusername/.Xmodmap;
.Xmodmap is a file that contains:
remove Lock = Caps_Lock
keysym Escape =...
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xmodmap Remap Left Mouse to Right Mouse
What I've tried:
xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 3"
xmodmap -e "LeftMouse = RightMouse"
What am I doing wrong?
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`xmodmap` not working on startup
I recently installed Debian 9 and inserted my usual ~/.Xmodmap file and added xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap to my .xsession. To my disappointment this didn't actually work.
For reference, I run i3 from startx ...
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Remapping Caps Lock to left control, and left control to Super key using xmodmap
I've been checking out other questions regarding xmodmap, but couldn't find a solution to my situation. I got an old IBM keyboard that doesn't have a Windows/super key, and would like to remap the ...
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keyboard remap has killed keyboard
Following a post at fascinatingcaptain, I tried remapping F1 to the g key, as my g key has bitten the dust due to mechanical reasons. I added an entry:
key <FK01> {g} ;
(getting the "g" by ...
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xmodmap breaks my setup when I run it a second time
I have a .xmodmap file stored in my home directory ( I am using Debian 9.0 and Gnome). When I activate with a command
$xmodmap $HOME/.Xmodmap
in the terminal, everything is fine. But when I enter ...
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Modify only one keyboard layer in .xmodmap
My default keyboard layout looks like this
$ xmodkeymap -pke
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keycode 38 = a A a A ae AE ae AE a A ae AE
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I want to modify the part of the layout where mode_switch is pressed, that is, ...
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Map ACPI events to X keys (or to custom commands)
Some of the multimedia keys on my Lenovo X1 Carbon aren't recognized by xev. Each time I press the "volume down" key, for example, I get an output that looks like:
FocusOut event, serial 34, ...
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Latching group in xmodmap / core protocol mappings (XChangeKeyboardMapping())
This question should probably go to retrocomputing since people should use XKB, but I am really curious how did they latch group switching with xmodmap / XChangeKeyboardMapping().
I read xmodmap man ...
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Swap touchpad buttons independently of the touchpad
I use a Lenovo X250 with Debian. I have a touchpad with 3 physical buttons on top. Using xev I can see that these correspond to buttons 1, 2, and 3. Additionally, the touchpad itself can be pressed....
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F1-F12 keys don't work
I bought compact keyboard. F1 = Fn + 1 and F2 = Fn + 2 ...
But F1-F12 keys don't work on my Ubuntu 16.04. For example F1 makes brightness up. I checked keycodes of F1-F12 keys and they are invalid. ...
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How to translate modifier + key(control + space) into another modifier(shift)?
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.
I've tried xmodmap, xbindkeys + xdotool with no luck.
Here's an example solution that I've tried with xmodmap.
xmodmap -e "keycode 65 control = space Shift_L"
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xmodmap not working for Alt-a
So, I am trying to map Alt-A to the right arrow. I followed 'xev and xmodmap' approach described here and came up with this:
xmodmap -e "keycode 38 mod1 = Right"
which fails miserably: when I press ...
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Terminal does not accept some typed-in unicode characters
I need to troubleshoot why typing in some unicode characters in my terminal won’t work.
I use a non-qwerty keyboard layout (namely neo) which allows me to directly type in unicode characters such as ...
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What files does the Gnome Tweak Tool act on (when changing the Typing settings)?
I've saved the output of
$ xmodmap -pke
in ~/.map1.
Then, I have changed some settings through the Gnome Tweak Tool (say, to keep it simple, I swapped Esc and Caps Lock).
Then I again saved the ...
