General keyboard topics, including keyboard hardware and keyboard functionality in software.
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Enable Function Keys on OSX 10.6.8 with Razer Anansi
After installing the Razer Anansi OSX driver (1.01) from Razer, it appears my function keys have reverted to the default "special" keys. For example, F1 and F2 control the brightness of the screen ...
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Resuming after sleep in Windows 7 causes USB keyboard to disappear
I have a brand new Das Keyboard Model S Professional that I just picked up the other day. I have it connected via USB - while I would like to use PS/2 for full n-key rollover, the media keys (and ...
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Certain keys not working on a T40 thinkpad
I just got my friend's laptop that had a few problems. My friend didn't bother to get it repaired at the time and got himself a better machine.
As I've never been a "laptop" man I never even ...
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Windows 8 Lenovo Laptop pressing random keys at random intervrals
On random intervals, my (Windows 8) computer seems to recognize random keystrokes being put into the keyboard without my typing. It essentially starts typing random keys from the qweasd section and ...
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Mac OS X Caps Locks Key Flash on HD Activity
Is there an application or plug-in that can make the Mac OS X caps locks key flash on HD Activity. I have switched the binding on Caps Lock to Ctrl so light is sitting there idle.
If this doesn't ...
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Keyboard Type “th” twice when typing “the”
When I attempt to type the word "the", my keyboard gives me "ththe".
Note this does not happen when I type "this" or "that" or "th" by itself. Nor does "te", "et","eh", "he".
The "th" only repeats ...
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Can i stop a blackwidow macro while its being executed?
I'm trying to make a macro for my blackwidow keyboard, which has to be executed until i press a different button. Can anyone tell me how to do this, or how tp stop a macro from being executed halfway?
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Keyboard not working in boot menu
I am using an Asus P8Z68-M Pro motherboard and a PS/2 Keyboard. My keyboard does not work in boot menus like when I'm selecting an OS and when selecting which kind of Windows safe mode to use. The ...
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Right arrow key closes window
Whenever I press the right arrow key in any type of window the window will minimize.Very frustrating when it comes to playing video games. I'm using a Dell latitude D820. Any suggestions on how to fix ...
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Sublime Text mac shift-delete (backspace)
In Sublime Text (2), I can't find the shift-delete that I had in BBEdit, where shift delete removes one character from the right of the cursor. I can't turn on this keyboard shortcut.
How can I do ...
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Keyboard Issue with Synergy, Oracle Virtual Box & Linux Hosts
I'm getting weird behavior using synergy with Oracle Virtual Box VM over Linux Ubuntu systems.
My setup has
A Ubuntu Linux 11.04 (synergy server) with US International keyboard layout ...
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Model M Keyboard inputs incorrect characters after logging in to Fedora
I recently bought a 24 year old IBM Model M keyboard. From what I gather, it'd been left on a shelf for the last 5 years, so you can imagine the amount of dust dirt and crap that was on it. Before ...
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Keyboards and mouse of my Laptop (HP DV7) behaving weirdly
I have HP Pavilion DV7 laptop.. for last few weeks I am having problem with the key board and the mouse.Few keys gets pressed automatically. Then few keys performs wrongly like "shift" key acts as ...
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Is there a Synergy-like application that only shares the keyboard?
Basically, I don't need the "shared mouse" that Synergy has. I have a Macbook Pro with an external keyboard hooked up and a Windows 7 PC I'd like to share the keyboard with. What I'd like to do is ...
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Keyboard that can't be removed in Windows 8
Somehow I ended up with four keyboards installed (English (United States), Japanese (Japan), Kannada, and Hindi. They are installed in the sense that the tray drop down displays these four, and when I ...
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Keyboard mapping program, different settings for different keyboards?
At work I have an Apple keyboard that a friend bought me. I used it for a long time on my desktop, but have recently switched to using my laptop for everything. On my desktop, I had long ago ...
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Getting a Bloomberg keyboard to work on a standard machine
I have just gotten my hands on a Bloomberg Keyboard (Model CTB100) and it looks quite interesting... Its got a shed load of extra buttons (hopefully programmable), a USB port on the back, place for ...
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Connecting Apple Wireless Keyboard on Fedora 15
I have an Apple Wireless bluetooth keyboard that I'd like to use with my Laptop running Fedora 15. The Bluetooth GUI tool is being extremely unhelpful.
It simply shows the keyboard in the list of ...
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Setting Hyper and Super modifiers for certain keys with setxkbmap or xmodmap
Problem: I want to modify/redefine my keyboard layout (pc105 se) so that when I press certain keys with mod3 (super) and mod4 (hyper), a different character is returned than usual.
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Keycode 61 ...
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Keyboard mapping issue in Virtualbox on Mac OS
I run Windows 7 as a VM in VirtualBox on my MacBook Air (using OS X 10.7). If I do not shutdown the VM but save its machine state. The keyboard will behave strangely after resuming. It seems the ...
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Camera Hand Mouse/Keyboard
Is there software out there that lets me control the computer purely through gestures using a webcam?
I understand that it might need to have novel ways to process what used to be "keyboard input" ...
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Mapping Keyboard to different pictures
I modified the Windows Hebrew keyboard to place the Hebrew vowels in place of the number keys in the base state for easier use. (Standard access is through CAPLOCK+SHIFT+number). When you type a ...
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How to create a virtual keyboard in userspace?
I'm trying to generate keypress/release events similar to those produced by typing on a physical keyboard, but from a process that isn't attached to any actual hardware.
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Separate keyboard for shortcuts on linux (two keyboards,two layouts)
I have two keyboards: an old ps/2 one and a usb one. I want the usb keyboard to have the us layout (or prefferably have the usb keyboard follow the layout chosen in gnome) and the ps/2 one to have a ...
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How can I type accents in Lubuntu?
I have a US keyboard, and mostly type in English. However I also want to use it occasionally for typing Portuguese; I don't want to use the GUI character map.
How can I set up the keyboard and what ...
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Apple Aluminum Keyboard Function Key Broken in Ubuntu
Using the latest Apple Aluminum keyboard, the "fn" key seems to have stopped working. I'm not talking about being swapped with standard OSX, I mean the "fn" key doesn't register whatsoever, rendering, ...
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Using a Windows computer as a Bluetooth input device for another computer/device
Ok, I realize this is a totally backwards use-case but I've got to imagine it's technically possible.
I have an android tablet (Acer A500) that I use at work to get to personal email and IM since I ...
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arrow keys not working in Java application when using xmodmap
I've defined my keyboard mapping using xmodmap and it works beautifully with my browser and the rest of my software except java applications.
I tried switching the AWT_TOOLKIT to Mtoolkit instead but ...
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Oracle SQL Developer arrow shortcut keys
I have Oracle SQL Developer version 3.0.04 installed.
I have the default shortcut keys. My issue is with the arrow keys.
Left is assigned to Move Backward within the Code Editor. Right is assigned ...
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Can I make Ctrl+alt NOT act like AltGr on windows?
Many applications like Google docs uses Ctrl+Alt short cuts like Ctrl+Alt+2 for heading 2, Ctrl+Alt+m for comments etc. On international keyboards on Windows Ctrl+Alt is how ever mapped to AltGr, so ...
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Norwegian Logitech K750 keyboard for Mac, used through VMware Fusion with a Bootcamp virtual machine, incorrect keyboard layout
The title really sums it up, but here is the problem:
I recently bought the Logitech K750 keyboard for Mac
The keyboard has a Norwegian layout, like the lower keyboard here.
On the Mac, hitting the ...
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Razer blackwidow 2013 and OS X
I just bought this keyboard, and after installing drivers (synapse 2.0) I run into a strange issue.
Without drivers function keys work fine eg f9 for MissionControl etc. Also I can tap fn key + ...
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Setting Multimeda keys and volume knob on Dell Mutlimedia Keyboard using KeyRemap4MacBook?
I have plugged in a dell multimedia keyboard with my macbook and I am using the software KeyRemap4MacBook to change some keys on the external keyboard.
However I cannot setup the multimedia keys like ...
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Windows 7 calculator and numeric keypad not functioning properly
I have noticed a problem with my numeric keypad and the use of the Microsoft calculator ever since I installed Windows 7.
When the calculator is started and I want to add two numbers together the ...
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Ubuntu boot menu not recognizing bluetooth keyboard
I have a 21.5" iMac, and I have recently installed Ubuntu on it on a different partition, so i can choose my preferred OS each time i boot the computer. When I installed Ubuntu, it automatically ...
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@ and ~ symbols unavailable in Xubuntu on VirtualBox with Norwegian keyboard
I`m running Xubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.10 and Linux Mint 14 in VirtualBox 4.10 with Windows 7 as the host system. My keyboard is a Logitech G110 with a Norwegian layout, and I have configured the host ...
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Chorded keyboards for programming
I am trying to find a chorded keyboard layout that is a good fit for programmers. I do a lot of work in emacs & screen on languages like c, c++, python and node.js so they all have a similar "ends ...
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How can I make my keyboard's media keys work when an elevated program has focus?
When I hit my media keys when using Visual Studio 2010 normally, they control Media Player Classic just fine. When I launch VS2010 with elevated privileges, I have to select another program in order ...
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Logitech MX5500 Keycounter
I have the Logitech MX5500 Keyboard and Mouse. The keyboard has a LCD screen with some information.
There is also a keycounter. And I was wondering, is there a way I can change the value of the ...
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Shift key stays “pressed” in Gnome
I have a Linux with Gnome 2.6.1 which runs a VNC server. I access it only through the VNC and the problem is that when I press the Shift key, it stays pressed (so a cursor movement causes a text ...
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Laptop keyboard repeats keystrokes/characters at random
My laptop keyboard occasionally interprets a single keystroke as three keystrokes. This happens anywhere from 10-100 times/day in all programs and I can't isolate any pattern or cause. It definitely ...
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Why does my computer no longer recognize keyboards?
This is an Asus All-in-One from 2010 running Windows 8.
The computer froze. Upon reboot, the keyboard was not detected and would not power up (the lights would not activate as they usually do.) I ...
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Letter keys are not working on Windows 8 sometimes?
I'm using a Razer Blackwidow and a wireless Logitech keyboard, I've install both Synapse 2.0 and Logitech Setpoint on my computer. The problem begin when I installed Kaspersky 1 week back, sometimes ...
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Keymapping help needed with Apple keyboard on Windows 7 e.g. \ (backslash), at (@), pipe |
I would like some definitive advice with precise steps as to how to get the correct characters (i.e. those shown on the keys themselves) to show when I type with them.
Specifically I need keys with ...
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How to re-enable key on keyboard?
I have a pretty strange keyboard problem. At first, my left ctrl key stopped working for no apparent reason. It didn't generate a scancode or do anything at all so I thought the actual physical key ...
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XEN 4.1.3 on OpenSuSE 12.2 not seeing keyboard of Dell XPS 1330
The title really says it all. When booting the XEN Hypervisor kernel, everything works flawlessly, except that the keyboard is not seen at all.
If I plug a USB keyboard, it is recognized and I can ...
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USB disabled when installing CentOS 5.8
My USB keyboard does not response when installing CentOS 5.8 with options "linux noprobe".
Given the fact that before installing from a burnt DVD, I once tried to install from a USB flash storage, it ...
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Converting HID Input to Keyboard Emulation (Card Reader)
Firstly, thanks for taking the time to read this question.
I'm a web developer, I have a customer trying to use one of my applications which collects swiped data. Usually, customers use Keyboard ...
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laptop keyboard backslash key stuck?
My laptop keyboard backslash key seems to have got stuck. If i open notepad it continuously starts writing. It stops for a while and starts again. But if i try to press the back slash key it does not ...
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How to change a keycode using setkeycodes
I have a Thinkpad Edge E130 running Sabayon (a Gentoo-based distro), and I'm fighting the well-know bug Xorg 255 keycodes limit.
My laptop has the Fn+F4 hotkey for Mic Mute/Unmute. This is the ...
