Questions tagged [keyboard-layout]
National keyboard layouts, relocating control keys, etc., generally at the operating system level. See /keyboard-shortcuts for key mappings in applications.
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Permanently set layout for all keyboards in X11
On my laptop running Gentoo Linux with StumpWM as a window manager, I have a custom keyboard layout called daselt, which I'm using all the time. Until now I've set it by automatically running ...
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Modifiers not working when setting "custom" layout through Desktop Environment
I added a custom keyboard layout, noted, to my system using this guide. In a nutshell, I downloaded a file called custom and put it to the symbols folder:
curl 'https://dl.neo-layout.org/custom_noted' ...
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How do I type the extra symbols on European or Latin keyboard layout in Gnome
I recently switched from an English (US) layout that provides only two letter variants for each key. The one that is typed when the key is pressed alone, and the other when the key is pressed with ...
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How can I add a functioning Control key to my keyboard layout?
I'm working on adding my keyboard layout to /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols. So far it's going good, but I am having trouble with adding Control and Shift keys.
key <AC03> {[ NoSymbol, NoSymbol, ...
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Prevent keyboard layout from being changed
For some reason my keyboard layout occasionally switches to another language.
Is there a way to prevent other software from changing my keyboard layout?
I can run...
setxkbmap de
...to fix it, but it ...
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How to change Caps lock shortcut from Shift+CAPS to Alt+CAPS
Debian Linux, which includes /etc/default/keyboard file to setup keyboard, both on console and X.
I have this line in it:
XKBOPTIONS="grp:caps_toggle"
Through this configuration, CAPS is ...
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xorg keyboard configuration
Im on Ubuntu 22.04 with i3, trying to configure the keyboard layout (de). What I tried so far without success:
I followed https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg/Keyboard_configuration and created /etc/...
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Fixing broken keyboard configuration, debian on VirtualBox on void
I have debian running on Virtualbox. Host system is also Linux (void). Computer is Lenovo X220 with an US keyboard.
On the host system keyboard works very well. All keys work as expected. Both host ...
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How do I know which keyboard layout I am currently using?
I've tried setxkbmap -query and this is what I get:
rules: evdev
model: pc105
layout: br,br
variant: ,
Which suggests I am using the br keyboard (although I have no idea why ...
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US International "Mac-like" keyboard layout
I'd like to only use a single keyboard layout because layout switching has been wonky for decades. In the Mac OS International US keyboard layout, they've seemlingly strived for reducing the risk of a ...
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What's the proper keyboard layout for the slim keyboard Froggit PK-703 in Gnome on Debian 12 bookworm?
What's the proper (German) keyboard layout for the slim keyboard Froggit PK-703
(Source: http://www.amazon.de/dp/B073WFDMXJ) in Gnome on Debian 12 bookworm? As of now, the computer to which the ...
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Can't type ê (^ + e on my French keyboard) anymore. Dead keys and Ctrl-Shift-u aren't working anymore. But my keyboard has still French layout
(EDIT: eventually, it's a Debian regression that should be corrected soon. Avoid updating to the 6.1.0.21-amd64 image until then)
On Debian 12 (6.1.0-21-amd64), GNOME, I was writing a message fast on ...
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What is the equivalent of `localectl set-keymap` command on Debian?
I am porting a shell script written for Arch to Debian.
The relevant part:
keymaps=$(localectl list-keymaps)
if test -n "${1}" && localectl list-keymaps | grep -q "${1}"
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How to make shortcuts layout independent in KDE 6 / plasma 6 running wayland?
I've set Meta+1, Meta+2,... shortcuts to switch virtual desktops - my muscle-memorized workflow for years.
However, after keyboard language layout change, 1 becomes +, which overrides this shortcut to ...
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How to define a new xkb type and make it the defaul for a specific layout?
I am a Java programmer and I often need to write lots of text in Hungarian, German or Slovak. Quite often, I have to do all simultaneously, which makes constantly switching between different layouts ...
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