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What are the Meta, Super, and Hyper keys?

In System → Preferences → Keyboard → Layout → Options → Alt/Win key behavior in older Ubuntu versions or in GNOME Tweaks → Keyboard & Mouse → Additional Layout Options → Alt and Win behavior for ...
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Ubuntu 17.10 and later: can't change the input switching shortcut to alt+shift

When I try to set the default combo for switching to different language layouts in my keyboard from Shift+Super+Space to Alt+Shift I can't. I used to have this combo since Ubuntu 14 and even before ...
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How to permanently switch Caps Lock and Esc

How can I permanently switch the Caps Lock and Esc key functions in Saucy? I can use this command to do it temporarily (until reboot): /usr/bin/setxkbmap -option "caps:swapescape" I tried adding ...
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How to switch language keyboard combination?

I would like to type Hebrew in Ubuntu. I tried downloading the Hebrew language pack and then setting alt-shift as my layout-change shortcut in the Options section of "Keyboard Layout". However, when ...
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How can I change what keys on my keyboard do? (How can I create custom keyboard commands/shortcuts?)

I want to change the key bindings on some of the keys on my keyboard. I want some to run commands and others to activate different keys. What applications can I use to do this? Index: ...
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Changing TTY keyboard layout on a server?

I use 12.04 Server in command line mode (no X installed), and I would like to change the keyboard layout. How can I do this?
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Change keyboard layout (English UK) on command line to English US

I am using Ubuntu 12.04. The keyboard layout is English US everywhere except for the Command Line where it works in English UK. Terminal also has English US. How do I change the default keyboard ...
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How can I type accented characters like ë?

Currently I use the character palette applet in gnome panel to put special characters into text. This is okay, but I have to stop typing, select the character I want from the applet and then copy and ...
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How to use Alt+Shift to switch keyboard layouts?

I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 13.10, with the new keyboard handling system. The little "switch keyboard" option does not let me set it to Alt+Shift. How can I get this keyboard binding, as I have ...
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How do I switch the Command key and Control key on a MacBook Pro?

I have scoured the web, and I can't seem to get Xmodmap / anything to work properly. I want to swap BOTH my Command keys with my Control key - in essence, inverting what they do currently. How would I ...
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Where are GNOME keyboard shortcuts stored?

I usually load a new version for every release to keep my OS fresh while preserving the last version on another partition as backup. I also employ a lot of custom key mappings. I've figured out how to ...
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How can I reverse the 'fn' key on an Apple Keyboard so that F1, F2, F3... are used as default? [duplicate]

To be more clear, right now the volume and brightness keys are used and I have to hold Fn in order to execute an F1, F2, F3, F4, F5... command. Can I reverse this so it's function key by default and ...
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Keyboard layout switches to English each time I reboot

I just installed Ubuntu 13.10, and really enjoy it. I am from Denmark, and use the supported Danish keyboard-layout (and chose it as default in the install), but whenever I reboot Ubuntu switches back ...
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How can I remap keyboard keys? [duplicate]

I am looking for general instructions on remapping keys. Can someone tell me how to remap F9 to PrtScr and F10 to ScrollLock button? I have looked through every thread here and none of the ...
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What are the steps needed to create a new keyboard layout?

The keyboard I am trying to create has a lot of Unicode and looks like this: Being unsuccessful with the following tutorial: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Howto%3A%20Custom%20keyboard%20layout%...
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How do I clear xmodmap settings?

Exactly what the title asks. How do I clear xmodmap settings? I have an IBM model M, and somehow xkeycaps got it into its head that my End key was not any key at all. xev reports keypresses when I ...
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How do I swap Left Ctrl with Left Alt on my keyboard?

There is no such option in Keyboard Layout Options which is sad. How can I do it manually?
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How to change keyboard shortcuts?

I'm new to Linux and I am having trouble with Ubuntu keyboard shortcuts like Alt+Tab to switch between applications and Alt+Shift to change the keyboard layout. Can anyone help please?
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How to automate setting up of "keyboard-configuration" package?

I'm writing a script to install Ubuntu 16.04 server into a chroot jail, using debootstrap (on an Ubuntu 16.04 server machine). During the setting up of the keyboard-configuration package it asks for ...
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How can I enable Compose key?

I had a Compose Key set to right Super (a.k.a. Windows) key using Gnome keybindings. After upgrading, I seem to have lost the Compose Key function. Where can I enable Compose Key? I can't find any ...
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How can I add a custom compose key sequence?

How can I add a custom compose key sequence? For example, I would like Compose, |, > to type the ▸ symbol. I have tried adding the following to ~/.XCompose: # Import default rules from the ...
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How to type latin small letter c with cedilla

I run Ubuntu on a DELL XPS 13 notebook that has an US keyboard configured as US international. After upgrading to version 13.10 I can no loger get a cedilla by typing '+C. Instead, I get a "ć". What ...
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How to remap Super (left) key to Control key

Could anyone please tell me how to remap my Super (left) key to Ctrl key? I mean Super (left) should work as Ctrl key.
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Using Alt + Keycode for accents?

In Windows, we can use Alt+Keycode (for example, 130) to get an e acute, but it does not work this way in Ubuntu/Debian. Is it possible to have the same keycodes work in Ubuntu?
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Deactivate Caps Lock in 14.04

I really don't need Caps Lock (who does?) and would rather have it as a Shift key as I sometimes hit it by mistake especially on the small netbook keyboard. Since I don't read while I type this might ...
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How do I remap my Ubuntu keyboard shortcuts to match OSX?

I'm using Ubuntu in VirtualBox on Mac. As I switch frequently, I would like to use the same shortcuts. Please, does anyone know how to have the same shortcuts on Ubuntu, as they are on Mac? ...
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Keyboard layout not working in Ubuntu 18.04

I was able to add additional keyboard layout in Settings -> Regional & Language -> Input Sources Bulgarian (new phonetic) to be specific. SuperSpace works fine, the Gnome icon also works fine ...
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Compose "dead_greek" with compose key

The config file for my compose key /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose lists all the key sequences for composing Greek letters; all of them require the pressure of a special dead_greek key. This ...
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How do I swap Escape and Caps Lock in 14.04?

It appears that the keyboard Layout Options that allow things such as "Swap the Escape key and Caps Lock" have disappeared from the keyboard settings in 14.04 Is there another GUI where they can be ...
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What exactly is meant by "Eliminate dead keys"?

When I choose my country (Norway) I get two options: Norway Norway - Eliminate dead keys What is meant by "Eliminate dead keys"? What does that do? Which one should I choose?
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Ubuntu 21.10 keyboard shortcut Ctrl+. changed - How to disable or change

I recently updated from Ubuntu 21.04 to 21.10 and the upgrade has changed the behaviour of my Ctrl+. key combo. It didn't used to do anything, which allowed application specific shortcuts, such as ...
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How to add a new keyboard layout (Custom keyboard layout definition)

I want to copy a keyboard layout in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ and change it and then produce a new layout from it. How can I add a new keyboard layout (named e.g. "mylayout")? Update #1: Files I ...
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How to type the Indian Rupee Symbol?

I want to type the Indian Rupee Symbol. So I went to System Settings >> Keyboard Layout and clicked on the Options button. Under the Adding Currency signs to keys sections, I checked the Rupee on 4 ...
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How to set up keyboard layout switching and indication in Xubuntu?

I use 3 different languages (English, Czech and Russian) every day. I'd prefer to switch (preferably globally, I don't like per-window) between them with Left+Alt+Shift. I'd also like to see the ...
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Typing "↑" (upwards arrow) with a keyboard shortcut

When I'm programming, I find useful to use some unicode symbol like ← ↓ → to indicate in comments different things. In Ubuntu I can type ← ↓ → respectively with Alt Gr + Y, Alt Gr + U, Alt Gr + I. But ...
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Permanently set keyboard layout options with setxkbmap in gnome/unity

Ubuntu 13.101 (and maybe upstream gnome) introduced very annoying bug: pressing keyboard layout switch shortcut makes focus go away to some system window, then back to window where shortcut was ...
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Remapping Caps Lock in 14.04 Trusty Tahr

I've seen a number of questions that point to a GUI menu to remap caps lock, but that menu seems to be gone in 14.04. Am I just not finding it, or is it really gone? I know you can use xkbmap to remap ...
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How to permanently assign a different keyboard layout to a USB keyboard?

I often plugin a USB keyboard to my laptop (in addition to external monitor and mouse, which all virtually convert my laptop to a desktop computer) and I prefer using a different keyboard layout then. ...
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How can I switch between keyboard layouts by pressing a keyboard shortcut like on Windows? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to switch language keyboard combination? On Windows I am able to switch between keyboard layouts by pressing Alt+Shift. Is there a similar keyboard shortcut in Ubuntu?
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How to access the Keyboard Layout Options in 13.10+

In 13.04 or below I only needed to access the keyboard layout and then click on the Options button as seen in the image below: In 13.10 the Options button is missing as seen in the following image: ...
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Is there a tool to quickly create custom keyboard layouts for international keyboard, greek and unicode math?

Is there a tool to quickly create custom keyboard layouts? For example to achieve this: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/86559/1871 Producing Unicode characters in secondary layers, but based on US ...
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How can I switch input language with CapsLock on Ubuntu 18.04? [duplicate]

How can I switch input language with CapsLock on Ubuntu 18.04? For some reason when I try to set CapsLock as a switching key it enables Caps, but doesn't set it as switching language key. When this ...
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Numeric keypad not working

I am running Ubuntu 10.04, fully updated, from an external USB hard drive. Everything works really well, except the keyboard. The numeric keypad is not working. The keys don't do anything, with or ...
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How to change keyboard layout in Lubuntu 15.10?

I have recently upgraded my PC from Lubuntu 14.10 to 15.10. Before the upgrade my keyboard layout matched my Danish keyboard. But after the upgrade I probably have a standard English/US layout. ...
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How to install USA International keyboard option on Ubuntu Gnome 16.10

I frequently need to use accented letters and for years have used the USA International keyboard for this option. So I was disappointed to find that Ubuntu Gnome no longer includes this as an option ...
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Name of detect keyboard layout tool

What's the name of the program used to detect keyboards layout during ubuntu installation ? Is there another tool I can run after installation in other to discover the correct layout for a keyboard I ...
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How to override the new limited keyboard repeat rate limit?

I may be an alien around here, but here's my problem: the speed limit on old Ubuntu releases (= before 11) was very very fast. It was really great for me. Now, on Ubuntu 11, they may have thought: "...
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Terminator: shortcuts don't work after switching the keyboard layout

I'm having a strange problem with Terminator: The keyboard shortcuts work for the default keyboard layout (in my case, German) just fine. But when I switch the keyboard layout using Super+Space (to ...
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How can I map a character to a key combination?

I'm a bit of a fan of the interrobang (‽), but it obviously is not on my keyboard. How can I map that character to a key combination?
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How to remap the context menu to another key in linux?

I just purchased a Lenovo thinkpad and I am so proud of everything in it. It feels just as rock solid as the Linux kernel :P. The problem is that Lenovo decided to remove the context menu key that is ...
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