Questions tagged [xmodmap]
xmodmap is a utility for X that is often used to remap keys and mouse buttons to whatever a user desires.
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Swapping keys with xmodmap doesn't work in all applications
I would like to swap my control and command keys, and have done so using the following xmodmap config:
remove mod4 = Super_L
add control = Super_L
remove control = Control_L
add mod4 = Control_L
This ...
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xmodmap holding a key vs pressing
I want xmodmap to make the Caps Lock key act as if I were pressing the Escape key if I only press and release it, but to act as an i3 mod key if I hold it and press another key.
This would allow me to ...
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Change keymap using .xinitrc
I have made a .xinitrc file in my home directory. Want to run the file xinit.rc form directory ${HOME}/bin/inge.
Is the following the way to do things?
File: .xinitrc
#!/bin/bash
source ${HOME}/bin/...
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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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Setting key persistant to a modifier with xmodmap , not loading unless I source .xinitrc
So I'm just trying to assign Control_R , to a different function such as mod3 with xmodmap , for that I have added the following line on .xinitrc
[[ -f ~/.Xmodmap ]] && xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
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How to use xmodmap to use Alt Key as a Shift Key?
I want to use my left alt key as a shift key, but my attempts at remapping have failed. Using the following .Xmodmap file(I have taken the Hex Codes from my keysymdef.h to eliminate this possible ...
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Remap already bound keys with xmodmap
I recently bought a 17" LG Gram and I want to remap some of the keys to be more like my 80% keyboard. Using a tiling window manager (qtile), it's nice to have a Super key on both the left and ...
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How to map the escape sequence of Gnu-screen to an arbitary key remapped with xmodmap?
so i remapped some keys using xmodmap, specifically i remapped one key to the ±-sign. I want to have this key as my escape for GNU screen. I tried adding the following lines in my .screenrc:
escape ±
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Make left-shift only capitalize certain keys, right-shift the rest
I use Arch Linux and xmodmap for customizing keys. I'm in the process of learning Touch Typing. Now for my typing behavior, I exclusively use left-shift for capitalization. I would like to integrate ...
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xmodmap - remap Caps_Lock to Escape and Shift+Caps_Lock to Caps_Lock
I'm experiencing a strange behavior with xmodmap.
I want to remap Caps_Lock so it acts as Escape and Shift+Caps_Lock so it acts as Caps_Lock.
In my ~/.Xmodmap i tried every possible combination of the ...
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Is it possible to map °7 to { on Linux system wide?
On a German keyboard, typing { is pretty cumbersome. So in VIM, I mapped the key sequence "°7" to "{" by having this line in my vimrc:
imap ⁷ {
This turned out to be super useful.
Is there a way to ...
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Xmodmap fails add clearing modifiers
I try to make my escape key behave as an alt modifier (and later add back the escape functionality with xcape), however I can't get xmodmap to make my escape key have this alt function.
After ...
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xkb: Keymapping reverts backs with a Java App
I am using a xkbcomp keyboard config for a second keyboard, but I am pretty sure it is reverting back to the default setup with java application. IE: Minecraft. Whenever I try to use the gamepad "the ...
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How to make Alt+Shift act like AltGr with xmodmap?
I just swapped from Windows and I was used to using Alt+Shift to type special characters such as |@#~½¬from the number row, but it only works with Alt Gr on Ubuntu. It's not in the settings either so ...
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Xmodmap error on setting new mod key
I try to use the cap lock key as mod key.
I have this .Xmodmap:
clear lock
clear mod2
keycode 66 = Hyper_L
add mod2 = Hyper_L
and this xmodmap -pm:
shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e)
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How to swap control and function key on Lenovo external keyboard?
I use a Lenovo ThinkPad (X220i) and like all ThinkPad users, I swapped "control" and "function" in the BIOS. Now I bought an external USB keyboard by Lenovo with a similar keyboard layout as the ...
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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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Non-toggling caps lock with xkmodmap or xkb?
Is there a way to configure the caps lock button so it's not toggling? That is, so that it only applies the caps lock state while held down, and when released everything reverts to normal.
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Cannot remap keys with xmodmap in Fedora 26
I want to remap the caps lock key with the shift lock key in order to be able to write special characters instead of numbers when the shift lock key is activated.
Unfortunately, I cannot get this to ...
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Keybinding on Lubuntu
I would like to bind few keys to the characters "\" "{" "}" on my 32 bits Lubuntu Netbook. I was able to do it using Xmodmap :
xmodmap -e "keycode 135 = backslash slash"
xmodmap -e "keycode 48 = ...
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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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Caps+Shift+hjkl as arrow keys
I currently map caps to CTRL-L using the following .Xmodmap:
clear lock
clear control
keycode 66 = Control_L
add control = Control_L Control_R
I'd like to additionally map Caps+Shift+HJKL to be ...
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How to remap CAPS LOCK on Wayland?
Before Fedora switched to Wayland I used this .Xmodmap file to use my CapsLock Key to reach German Umlauts:
keycode 66 = Mode_switch Multi_key
keycode 20 = minus underscore ssharp
keycode 34 = ...
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Rebind windows key of microsoft sculpt ergo mouse
I'm trying to rebind the windows key of the microsoft sculpt ergo mouse under linux to backward navigatiom.
Some rebinding works using
xmodmap -e "keycode 134 = Backslash"
but rebinding to ...
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fedora 25 map winkey into control
This is the result of xmodmap -pm:
control Control_L (0x25), Control_L (0x42), Control_R (0x69), Control_L (0x85), Control_R (0x86)
mod4 Super_L (0xce), Hyper_L (0xcf)
I have this ....
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How can I map "Shift + (A number)" to "(Another number)" using xmodmap?
I want to map my keys so that pressing Shift + 1 produces a 6, Shift + 2produces a 7, etc. to make it possible to type all numbers using only my left hand.
When I try xmodmap -e "keycode 10 Shift_L = ...
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xmodmap: Map numpad to one set of keycodes, Shift-numpad to some other set of keycodes, detected by Blender
I am able to map my numpad with, for example, an ~./Xmodmap file like this:
keycode 87 = XF86Launch1
keycode 88 = XF86Launch2
keycode 89 = XF86Launch3
keycode 83 = XF86Launch4
keycode 84 = ...
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What is the function of the modifier keys in xmodmap?
When I run xmodmap, I get something like this
shift shift_l (0x32), shift_r (0x3e)
lock
control control_l (0x25), control_l (0x42), control_r (0x69)
mod1 alt_l (0x40), ...
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Remap Escape = Caps_Lock, Caps_Lock = Ctrl_L and Ctrl_L = Caps_Lock
I would like to swap keys using xmodmap as in the title. I would like the useless capslock to be bind to the escape key, the escape function to be bind to the bottom left control to and the ctrl to be ...
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How do I map Alt+Space in Linux with xmodmap?
I am trying to map Alt+Space to Escape in Puppy Linux. Specifically, this is for vim, but I could not get it to work there. So, I thought I better try to do it globally, but I have no idea what is the ...
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Shift Key won't work with F1,F2 etc. keys in gnome2. What could be the reason?
I have a vnc session with gnome2 desktop.
The following are couple of examples where multiple key press working as expected and the last two examples have unexpected results (with F1 & F2).
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Map key + mouse click/movement to something on Linux
When I was using OS X, I was able to remap left click + ctrl to right click and cursor movement + shift to scroll in the direction the cursor would be travelling. Is this possible on Linux?
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Trying to set Alt Gr+Keycode 50 to backslash
I've just started running Linux Mint, However I'm using a slightly different keyboard hardware wise.
It had a multitude of issues in the start, such as Shift being mapped wrongly, atastrophe/asterisk ...
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xmodmap setting reverted once every few minute for usb keyboard
I have an xmodmap setting that convert CapsLock to control on my laptop, when I am using a usb keyboard, the CapsLock key changes back to its default meaning every once in a few minutes so I need to ...
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How to map space to control and unmap win from Hyper_L using xkb/setxkbmap
I am trying to make my space act as control by default (and as space when tapped by using xcape) and to make capslock act as the only hyper modifier. I have a working configuration for this in xmodmap,...
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tmux and xf86 keys (the 'Fn' key, xf86WakeUp)
I'm interested in hijacking the Fn key on my laptop and using it as the mod key for tmux, but after a bunch of tinkering with xmodmap and tmux.config, I'm not much further along in getting this to ...
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xmodmap: `Shift+CapsLock` -> `Delete` returns error bell
Because CapsLock has the keycode 66 on my English_US keyboard layout, the command
xmodmap -e "clear Lock" -e "keycode 66 shift = Delete BackSpace"
turns CapsLock into the Delete key and Shift+...
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Disable numlock, preserving mouse button key bindings
I'm having trouble to disable the Numlock key (make the key do nothing, so that the numpad numbers always work) while at the same time mapping extra mouse buttons (at the side of my mouse) to ...
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order of KEYSYM in Xmodmap config file
I try to make some changes in my keyboard configuration with xmodmap. However, when I look at the output of
xmodmap -pke
I see that some keycodes are binded to 12 KEYSYM, for example, with my french ...
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Remapped keys (with xmodmap) in Linux host stopped working in VirtualBox Windows guest
I've used the following xmodmap script for years to swap my Left Ctrl and Caps Lock keys in Linux:
remove Lock = Caps_Lock
remove Control = Control_L
keysym Control_L = Caps_Lock
keysym Caps_Lock = ...
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How to disable a keyboard key in Linux (Ubuntu)?
my keyboard is damaged, the keyboard key [é] is always pressed and it prevents me from working.
On windows I found the software sharpkey to disable the [é] button but on Ubuntu I can't found no ...
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How to add additional control key?
I am using xkb to add an additional control key as follows:
key <HENK> { [ Control_R ] };
However, it does not work.
I even tried xmodmap without success:
xmodmap -e "...
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Bind bash script to keypress
How do I map a keypress on a keyboard to a bash script?
For example, when I press the "Esc" key, the script is run.
OS: XFCE Spin Fedora 19
---- EDIT ----
I need to set this via the console. This ...
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Can I map capslock to lshift + rshift?
I want to toggle capslock when I hit both shift keys at once. Is this possible?
I'm currently using xubuntu and xmodmap if it matters at all.
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Can I get urxvt to recognize xmodmap configuration?
i switch from an apple-style keyboard at home to a microsoft-style keyboard at work. the primary difference in these keyboards is that the super key and the alt key are transposed. i've used xmodmap ...
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Create new mod key with Xmodmap to remap keys?
I'm trying to remap my parenthesis and bracket keys to a more comfortable position on my keyboard.
Would it be possible to create a NEW modifier key (such as Control or Shift) in Xmodmap and then ...
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Switching left alt and left win
I have a Thinkpad X230 (german layout, [edit]running linux[/edit]) and I want to switch the left win- and the left alt-key somehow with the right alt-key (AltGr) not being touched.
However, I haven't ...
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How do I get a valid xmodmap while using xcape
I'll admit at the start that X's key-mapping is a bit of a black-art for me which mainly involves copy and pasting examples from places like SO and SU and seeing if it works. However in this case I ...
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How to make my Alt_R function as another Control on Linux
I want to use my right Alt as another Control key to use with Emacs.
I tried following (with modifications) this tutorial: http://earthviaradio.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/swapping-the-left-alt-and-ctrl-...
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How to keep per-keyboard layout settings?
I am using xmodmap (and sometimes xkbcomp instead) to adjust my keyboard layout (e.g. mapping Caps Lock to the Mod3 modifier).
When I plug a USB keyboard into my laptop or insert a YubiKey (which ...
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