Questions tagged [keymap]
A keymap is used to map certain keys or keyboard shortcuts to other ones, e.g. when using different keyboard layouts.
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How to make the keymap work to swap shift character with non-shift?
My keyboar has on same key (') and (?), where (?) is activated with Shift key.
I want to swap those, so I activate (') with shift and (?) without shift.
PowerToys don't understand (?) as a key itself, ...
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How to set a specific key on wayland?
I already set ctrl:nocaps through gnome-tweaks to avoid pinky injury. However, I still need to have Cap Lock somewhere.
On X11 I usually do
printf "keycode 127 = Caps_Lock NoSymbol Caps_Lock&...
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how to map combination keys Fn+Fx to other keys in win10 without any 3rd-party application
I tried to map the total twelve Fn+Fx combination keys on my A4Tech kv-300 USB keyboard, like Fn+F12, to other keys, like enter key, in win10 according to Microsoft's doc but failed, although other ...
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Using setxkbmap to have | Hyper, Alt, Ctrl, Space-Bar, Ctrl, Alt, Hyper |
Want to set a keyboard layout in the following way
Keys: Hyper, Alt, Ctrl, Space-Bar, Ctrl, Alt, Hyper
Perhaps using setxkbmap. I use a US 104-Key Mechanical keyboard, and want a Dvorak Layout, with ...
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Difficulty remapping the Super-Key
Have been trying to change keymaps. Specifically, making the Super-Key to be remapped as the Meta-Key (Alt-Key).
This is what I have originally
setxkbmap -layout us -variant dvorak
xmodmap -pke | ...
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How to remap a keyboard key which outputs multiple key codes?
So I got this keyboard with this extremely atrocious design which was overlooked while buying:
Why would you put a Euro key there?!!! Also, it doesn't even output the Euro sign on Linux.
So ...
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Mapping Specialized Computer Keys
I own an Acer Nitro computer, which comes with a "NitroSense" button which displays ACPI information on Windows once pressed. However, on Linux, pressing it doesn't do anything, and there is ...
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How do I add a keymap into fish vi keybindings?
I've just started using fish and I'm loving using the vi keybindings it provides.
I wanted though to add a custom keymap that I use in vi. I usually map space+c in visual mode to yank to "* (...
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How can I use eclipse keymaps in visual studio?
I have been an eclipse user, and when I switched to intelliJ I simply used the eclipse keymap in intellij.
Now in my work, i need to use Visual Studio 2019. I noticed that it doesn't have eclipse ...
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Mapping redo in insert mode VIM
How to remap a redo shortcut (Ctrl-R in normal) to Ctrl-Shift-Z in insert mode?
It would be helpful since I mapped undo to Ctrl-Z like this:
nnoremap <c-z> :u<CR>
vnoremap <c-z> :u&...
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How to keymap num lk/scr lk to f13 in Debian 10 GNOME?
I have an X551MA laptop that I installed Debian 10 on, and I want to keymap keys I never use (for example, num lk) to more function keys (like f13). How do I do this in Debian 10 GNOME?
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how to map forward/backward buttons to w and s for game play
I have many mouse's with those buttons, and mouse clicks give left right up down movements in this specific game, and I have to use the keyboard w s for forward and back, is there a way to map the ...
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Super (Windows) key presses are not registered
I have a notebook computer with full sized keyboard, however, the super (windows) key is not producing any output, e.g. when I try to bind it to some action, the mapping program is not seeing the ...
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How to conveniently use Ubuntu with a Mac keyboard, using the MAC meaning of keys?
I access Ubuntu via Barrier keyboard sharing software. The keyboard is on a mac book.
This functionally works but there is much cognitive overload with switching between the different key meanings.
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How to map Command key to Control key when using iTerm
I already mapped "Caps Lock" key to "Command" key using System Prefrences of macOS, as I use "Command" key frequently when using most application.
When using iTerm2, I ...
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Windows Terminal SSH Key Mapping
When ssh-ing from the new Windows Terminal to a Linux machine (I am not using WSL), the home/end/page up/down keys do not map correctly when typing in the Linux terminal (bash shell); they give tildes ...
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Control key capture set up through Chrome Remote Desktop (CRD) to Win10 running Vbox running Win10 VM
I have a Inception like situation. My local Win10 ( at Home) is running the CRD Apps connected to a Win 10 at work which is running in Vbox Win 10. I installed, in the VM Win10, SystInternals to use ...
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mapping two case classes in scala on Lagom
I am a beginner with scala/Lagom, can someone help me with the following issue :
I am trying to creat an Api for fields of products, in order to do that : I need to map case classes extending to a ...
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Qwerty not working to corresponding number keys
My keyword is behaving in a strange manner, whenever I press W with 2 the keyboard does not registers 2 or @ key, but with other number keys it works simultaneously.
Similarly:
Q won't work with 1,
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How to map Option-Shift-digit keys in zsh using bindkey
I am running zsh inside tmux inside Visual Studio Code integrated terminal. I have a Swedish Keyboard and I am on a Macbook running macOS 10.15.4 Catalina.
To get keys like meta-f and meta-d to work ...
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Mapping key in the tmux command prompt
I would like to map <C-p> to <Up> in the context of the tmux command prompt (the one that is opened by pressing <prefix>:) so that when pressing it, previous executed commands are ...
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How to disable scroll lock key in linux, permanently?
My computer (Asus) doesn't have Scroll lock key;
yet it's getting magically pressed, changing Libreoffice Calc behavior.
There are multiple answers for Windows, and/or specific computer manufacturer ...
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How to remap keys with modifiers on Windows 10
I've been searching around and can't seem to find the answer I'm looking for. I'm using a Swedish keyboard layout and everything is where I want it to be except the curly brackets. Currently I press ...
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My VIM basic imap mappings have no effect
Good afternoon,
I am struggling with Vim mappings. I would like to practice over very basic ones such as "replace a-s with b-s", or "replace ù with /", but I do not succeed.
Here are my trials:
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What causes the scancode offset when using setkeycodes?
I tried to map scancode ffa000f1 to keycode 198 using setkeycodes:
$ sudo setkeycodes ffa000f1 198
setkeycodes: failed to set scancode ff9f2171 to keycode 198: ioctl KDSETKEYCODE: Invalid argument
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How do I install a new custom keymapping in XKB?
I am attempting to install a custom symbols file in my keyboard mapping in XKB, as found here. I would like to overwrite how the J key is handled (the first step in emulating a numpad, but for now I ...
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How to map NumPad1 to Alt+Enter?
I'm new to AutoHotKey, and I'm trying to map NumPad1 to Alt+Enter.
I have done this by right clicking on the AHK window and editing script, which is in My Documents/Autohotkey.ahk and overwriting the ...
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Ctrl + W works as if Ctrl + V... but only once
I'm having a strange issue with Ctrl + W on Windows 10.
When I press Ctrl + W, it pastes my clipboard... the first time. But if I continue to hold Ctrl, and press W again, it prints "w".
It's as if ...
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Change return to control if pressed with other keys, to return if pressed alone… on Linux
My keyboard setup at home under MacOS uses Karabiner to "Change return to control if pressed with other keys, to return if pressed alone" and it works fine also inside Linux VirtualBoxes.
At work I ...
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my f1 f2 f3 f4 keys and 3 e d c keys do not work
My 3 e d c keys do not work.
At first around 5 days ago they started to randomly work but now they completely do not work, I found out my F1 F2 F3 and F4 keys didn't work today as well doing a ...
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Vim: Operator pending mode remaps not working
I'm trying to build a vimscript can be used with the Dvorak Simplified Layout. I.e., given that the keys on the keyboard plugged into the computer are laid out in the Dovark Simplified Layout (and the ...
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Japanese Keyboard: How do you use the symbols on the￥ key?
On a Japanese keyboard I can see that only the ￥ key has more than two Japanese symbols, i.e. ￥ , |, - and sometimes ¬. Which modifier keys (Shift, Alt, Ctrl etc.) do I need to press to get each of ...
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Remap Delete Key in Outlook 2016 - Move to Folder
I'm in an industry where it would be best practice to keep all of my emails, however, they live in either my deleted items once i've actioned them. Currently using Outlook 2016 with Exchange.
Our ...
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Keyboard is behaving wrong in Dell XPS 13 DE after Startup
After startup, I got wrong output when I pressed some keys.
3 -> 34/43
d -> df/fd
v -> cv/vc
And some other keys.
After few minutes. problem was fixed automatically.
It happens every time when I ...
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Change Keyboard Layout in TTY Permanently
How can I change the keyboard layout in the TTY aka text mode reached through the combinations Ctrl+Alt+F1 through F6 permanently?
I tried sudo echo 'KEYMAP=de' > /etc/conf.d/keymap and echo '...
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Changing what character is sent while pressing shift
I'd like to change they way my keyboard works.
I want my
< and >
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" and "
keys.
Is there a way to change what the a key will send if the shift key is held down.
I'm ...
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xmodmap how to remap keys and disable the original ones?
I'm considering getting a 60% keyboard and want to try out working with that layout before buying the actual keyboard.
I'm trying to map arrow keys to caps lock + ijkl and disable the real arrow keys....
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X button control How to map keys to buttons
I want to map R and Shift to button 4 and 5 on my computer,how can I do this with X mouse Button Control?
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how to bind AltGr to Control_L in linux virtual console?
I want that my right alt AltGr behaves as my left control Control_L in linux virtual console.
I use the showkey utility and found out that pressing AltGr generates keycode 100. So I wrote a rebind....
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Mapping <C, \> in vim
I'm trying to add a key mapping from Ctrl-j to Ctrl-\ s. This is to make my life a bit easier when using cscope. I've tried the following mapping:
map <C-J> <C,\\>s
but it doesn't seem ...
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Disable ESC key
the ESC key on my computer is bad and causes the computer to misbehave. i tried disabling by using
xmodmap -e 'keycode 9='
But resulted in errors
xmodmap: commandline:1: bad keycode input ...
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Key mapping on Putty or Xterm
We have a lot of old PC's running Windows XP for the sole purpose of running a terminal emulator. Desperately want to get away from Windows XP, so have tried Ubuntu with Xterm and linux Mint with ...
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Two keyboards. Can I re keymap just one?
I have my main keyboard, and I also have an old PS/2 keyboard that I'd like to re keymap without affecting the other keyboard. What's the best way to do this?
I'm running Windows 10. My main keyboard ...
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Any ideas why Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator 1.4 refuses to work properly on my Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit?
I downloaded MSKLC 1.4 from from Microsoft's Download Center, Run [it] as Administrator but it refuses to display the keyboard layout after File → Load Existing Keyboard...:
(Note the selected ...
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How to remap Right-Win and Right-Alt keyboard keys
... on a Unicomp Ultra Classic Buckling Spring keyboard in particular.
I recently bought one of these IBM Model M revivals. A great keyboard with one slight flaw: there are no Power, Sleep, Wake keys ...
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Change Z and Y on an English keyboard on Win 10 w/o buying software
Hez guzs... or I mean, hey guys! Ugh!
All I want is to have an English keyboard with Z and Y swapped. Why is it so hard to do? I do not want to buy a software just to have this little tweak going on....
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Is it possible to change what the windows button on the screen of HP Stream does?
I'm not talking about the windows key on the keyboard, it's the little windows icon/button on the screen of the convertible laptops (mine is an HP stream but I think other brands have the same button)....
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How to map ALT-return in .vimrc?
I'm trying to map a combination of left alt and return keys in my .vimrc, yet without success.
I've added all those mappings to my .vimrc file, with no effect:
map <M-esc> itest0<return>&...
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Greek characters with Alt-Gr + letter in console?
I would like to implement some Greek characters into my keymap in the console (tty). I am using Arch Linux and the directory I am working in is /usr/share/kbd/i386/qwerty/uk.map, although I don't know ...
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Finding X11 UTF GB files
I am using Linux Mint, and want to edit my compose keys according to the instructions given here. My keyboard settings are English (UK). However, in the folder /usr/share/X11/locale where I expect to ...
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