Questions tagged [keyboard-layout]

Questions about re-arranging your keyboard layout (ex switching to Dvorak or remapping your Caps Lock key).

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Key remapping using xmodmap does not work for some gtk applications

I tried to remap some keys using xmodmap. For example, xmodmap -e "keycode 118 = Next" maps Insert key of my laptop (XPS 13 9360) to PgDn. It works for some applications such as firefox and visual ...
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What’s the difference between Austrian and German keyboard layout?

I just changed the keyboard layout on a Mac to match my German keyboard, and realised for the first time that macOS offers an Austrian and a German keyboard layout. However, I’ve no clue what could ...
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Remove keyboard option from Windows

I use danish localization option and danish keyboard layout most of the time. But when I am programming I use US keyboard layout. But Windows have added But I cant seem to remove it anywhere The ...
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How to create custom keyboard layouts for Windows 10 with 3-keystrokes-combination for a character?

I am looking for a program which will allow me to build custom keyboard layouts for Windows 10, and will allow entering a single character with 3-keystrokes-combination. I need to do this to create a ...
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Keyboard profile confused between user profiles

There are several user profiles on my computer. All profiles use English and Czech languages. All users use US QWERTY keyboard for English. Now the interesting part comes: I use Czech QWERTY keyboard ...
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Keyboard keys not working properly

Some of the keys in my laptop keyboard are not working properly. Following are the issues: When pressing o, the keyboard prints 9o. 9o is also getting printed when pressing 9. Also pressing 0 (zero)...
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XFCE4 keyboard switcher not switching

I have three keyboard layouts configured in my new XFCE4 desktop. I added the keyboard-switcher add-on to the toolbar, but it only ever shows the default (American) layout... Clicking on it -- left or ...
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What's the difference between Alt and AltGr on my keyboard? [duplicate]

Can anyone please tell me the difference between Alt and AltGr on my keyboard. I'm just curious to know the difference. Thanks in Advance!!!
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UKX keyboard won't type ä ö ü etc

In Windows 7, you could type e.g. ö by typing Alt Gr2, O Today in Windows 10 Pro (1511) I tried to write "coördinates" and instead it wrote coordinates My keyboard layout is ENG UKX, also called ...
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DVORAK EN-GB layout on a german laptop keyboard?

Would it be possible to use a dvorak keyboard layout with UK punctuation on a german laptop keyboard? I'm planning to buy a new Dell laptop but they won't sell me one with a UK English keyboard. I've ...
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How to force Windows 10 to use English with a non English keyboard?

This is how my language settings are currently configured: As you can see, the default language should be English and I set the keyboard layout in Options to be Swiss-French. That's the only keyboard ...
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Delete key under iOS with Microsoft Universal Foldable Keyboard

I use the Microsoft Universal Foldable Keyboard with an iOS device (iPhone SE running iOS 10.3.2). I am trying to get the Delete key to work. I read on this data sheet that with the iOS key binding, ...
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How to type bengali vowel signs such as ‍ো, ‍ে in linux Bengali keyboard

I just want to write in Bengali by linux Bengali keyboard layout. I've found most characters but some characters seems to be missing. I don't know how to get these. Problem Description: I used to ...
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Accessibility options mangled keyboard input [duplicate]

Someone messed up the accessibility settings on our Windows 10 PC and now when I log in the keys 7,8,9,0,j,k,l etc. are not working. After playing around with some Ease of Access settings the number ...
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Keyboard on MSI Laptop automatically presses Tab

Been finding anywhere but I don't have an answer to this problem. My laptop is experiencing "ghosting keyboard" in which it will press the "TAB" key. Pressing the "ALT" key stops it but after a while, ...
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Create a custom keyboard layout with a personal script

I am a user of Debian Jessie at the momment. For personal reasons I have created a script (the glyph kind, not the programming one) that I have been using in the computer as a font for years, but ...
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xfce keyboard layout panel plugin gets stuck

I use the xfce "Keyboard Layouts" panel plugin to switch between english and french layouts. Sometimes it gets stuck and clicking the button and alt-shift stops working. The only fix I have found is ...
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Keyboard shortcuts invalidated when keyboard layout changed with MSKLC

In Windows 10, I use Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator to change my keyboard layout, so half of my keys change place. But now, all the keyboard shortcuts in my software will not work. For example, ...
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Windows Server 2012R2 / Windows 8.1 - Layout stuck

I have experienced this random problem both on Windows 8.1 Pro and the Server 2012R2 I use now. Basically, you cannot change layout for some reason. I have two layouts. US/HUN. One layout/language. ...
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Why does 'US keyboard' keep adding itself to keyboard layout list?

I use Windows 10. I have two keyboard layouts configured: 'United Kingdom' and 'United Kingdom - Colemak'. However sometimes (often after playing fullscreen games) 'US keyboard' will add itself to ...
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Set German keyboard layout for 16 Bit applications

When I run 16 Bit applications (such as QBASIC and edit.com) on Windows Vista or Windows 7, 16 Bit applications are using the keyboard layout of American keyboards. I want them to use the German ...
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Type "left double quotes" using ANY US compatible keyboard layout

Is it possible to type accented characters as well as quotes like “ (please note this is not normal double quotes. its the 'left double quotes') I was wondering if there is ' and ` then there should ...
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Change physical keyboard on Samsung ultrabooks with one using a different layout possible

Planning to get a Samsung NP900X4D-A01ES, where the last two letters state it is the Spanish version of this model. I am able to get a crazy deal for this machine, but I plan to use it for programming ...
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How can I repurpose the NumLock light to instead show when the Kana modifier is active?

I've come to the realization that the NumLock key is useless. As far as I can tell, its sole reason for existing is to cause me several seconds of frustration whenever I accidentally turn it off. In ...
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Prevent Windows 10 from transferring keyboard setting from one PC to another [duplicate]

I have desktop PC and I use US keyboard layout. Recently I bought laptop with UK keyboard (I know, but discount was good so I couldn't resist). Now what happens is that whatever keyboard I choose ...
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Windows 10 - permanently change keyboard settings for cmd window

I have this windows 10 pro keyboard setting problem. My pc is a japanese laptop that I changed to a German keyboard setting. This works OK for all windows software, but when I start a command window ...
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How can I stop Windows from switching to the international keyboard for every new program?

I have multiple keyboard layouts set up for my computer so that I can type with the standard layout or with the international keyboard with support for additional characters and accent markers. ...
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Set ttyS0 keyboard layout

I have a beauty of a serial terminal, but it doesn't natively support a Dvorak keymap. Is there a way to remap this with software, or at the kernel level? It's a Wyse WY-185.
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Surface Type Cover: Context key?

Is there a way to simulate (or does there exist an actual key combination, perhaps making use of the Fn key, that acts as) the context key on the Surface Type Cover? I didn't realize until I tried to ...
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Corupted keyboard layout

When I try to add Persian keyboard layout on my Windows 7 x64, the keyboard doesn't show up in the language bar. For example, when I add English, Arabic, and Persian keyboard layouts as shown in the ...
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Adding a keyboard layout for 50 domain users

There are around 50 domain users who need a new keyboard layout added to their Windows desktops. Is there a way to do that without going to each computer?
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Replace notebook keyboard with a different layout

I'm from a small country with only 2m residents (Slovenia) and with few specific characters and accents in our keyboard layout (we share the same layout with Croatia even though our alphabets differ a ...
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MacBook (OS X 10.6): how to change US English keyboard layout back to normal

I'm using a MacBook with Snow Leopard. For some reason, I have accidentally enabled Japanese keyboard support (Kotoeri). Now, having disabled it, I face the following problem: My US English keyboard ...
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Windows 10 - Add Croatian keyboard layout with English language

I'd like to use English as my default language (since this seems to affect the language of some apps), but I want my default keyboard layout to be Croatian. However, the only way I seem to be able to ...
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Is there a way to keep using English as system language on windows 8.1, but have it removed from the language bar?

I'm looking for an alternative to this question, but the Internet is full of "How to remove language bar" or "How to remove extra 'US'/languages from language bar". And nothing on how to keep the ...
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How to change keymap on native console?

When I'm switching to native console with Ctrl+Alt+Fn I have wrong keyboard maping. I want to set keymap proper to my language. In KDE, web browser, konsole etc. everything is OK. So, how to change ...
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How to make Windows 7 match my Japanese MacbookPro keyboard layout?

I have a Japanese MacbookPro. The keyboard looks like this : I installed a Japanese Windows 7 on it, using Bootcamp. Under Windows 7, the keyboard layout is not correct. For example, when I press ...
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~ ` keys not working - fedora cinnamon macbook

I just installed Fedora 24 with Cinnamon desktop on a MacBook Pro and I'm having issues with the keyboard. When I press the key directly above the tab which should be ` and ~ I am instead getting &...
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Add 5th keyboard layout on ubuntu

I need to use 5 keyboard layouts, but I can add only 4 through preferences-> keyboard. After that the button 'Add' is inactive. Is there a way to add one more language? OS: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS UPD: ...
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Input keyboard language issue in games

Its more of an annoyance than a problem as I've learn to live with it but still very annoying and if I can find an answer that would be great. I got windows 10 and some games detects my french ...
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Layout switching hotkeys are lost in WIndows 10 [duplicate]

I have 3 languages tied to Left Alt+Shift + 1, 2 and 3. They are reset to 'None' after sleep every couple of days. Why is this? And what can I do about it?
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Keyboards installed and keyboards available not matching on Windows 10

I am facing a problem with multiple keyboards. double (") quotes shows up as (@). On researching the problem, I found out it is because I have the UK keyboard selected. However, this leads me to ...
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Chrome Dev Console: Square brackets [] on german keyboard

I'm using Google Chrome 57 (beta) and since some time I experience issues with the dev console. When trying to insert square brackets into the console, instead of inserting the character the console ...
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How to fix a keyboard layout on each Windows 10 computer?

I use Windows 10 with the same Microsoft account on 3 different computers, each one with a different physical keyboard layout: ITA, UK, DE. In "Control panel - Clock and International settings - ...
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Remove extra language configuration

I regularly switch between US english and danish keyboard layouts using Alt+Shift. On Windows 7 I simply had an english and a danish configuration and everything worked. On Windows 10 the english ...
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Can't change keyboard language layout?

When I installed Windows XP, I didn't install support for my native language: Croatian. I used a friends CD created with nLite and the languages where removed. How can I install the correct keyboard ...
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windows 10 english (united states) keyboard layout in popup but not in settings

I have configured two languages: English (UK) and Ukrainian. Then at some moment (no idea when) the 3rd language - English (US) - appeared in the popup and so I can switch to it by Ctrl+Shift ...
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Input method: can't get rid of ENG United States

On my Windows 8.1 machine I have 2 input methods: English Australia - US Keyboard English Australia - US International Keyboard As you can see, the language is always only English Australia. Please ...
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How to customize user keyboard layout(on Fedora 24)

I want to add symbols to the third level(AtlGr+<key>) of my keyboard layout(which is French (Canada)). I've written an xkb symbols snippet: default partial alphanumeric_keys xkb_symbols "...
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Windows magically adds languages to my keyboard layout list

Two new keyboards have somehow appeared in my keyboard layout list: The bottom two (German, and English - United Kingdom) are emphatically not in my system language list, so I cannot remove them! ...

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