Questions tagged [keyboard]
Questions about keyboards, both touch and otherwise. However, please add the "touchscreen" tag for touchscreen keyboard questions.
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How do I remap certain keys or devices?
I'm searching for a way to remap certain keys in ubuntu.
i.e.
I'd like to change PgUp to Home or PgDown to End.
Does a built-in command or a tool exist reassign keys in Ubuntu/GNOME?
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Keyboard locks in IntelliJ IDEA on Ubuntu 14.04
Could you help me with hell of a weird issue?
I use Intellij IDEA 13 on Ubuntu 14.04, and from time to time my keyboard completely (yep, completely, it's not about shortcuts) locks in IDEA. I still ...
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How to invert fn keys on Dell Laptop?
My Dell laptop (XPS 15z) has special keys on the F1 to F12 keys. If I want to disable keyboard backlight, for example, I must type Fn + F6.
Is it possible to invert it?
In fact, I don't often use ...
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Is there a way to disable a laptop's internal keyboard?
A week ago, I spilt the contents of my cup onto my laptop keyboard. Half of the keys no longer work, except one! The letter Q which is very active regularly.
This is very disturbing as I work.
Is ...
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How to set keyboard repeat delay and speed in Ubuntu Gnome 16.10?
In previous versions I could tweak the keyboard repeat delay and speed by going to Settings → Keyboard → Typing. Now in Ubuntu GNOME 16.10 (with GNOME 3.20.2) that panel seems to be missing.
How can I ...
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How do I remap the Caps Lock and Ctrl keys?
I'd like to remap my keys such that Ctrl behaves as the Caps Lock key and vice-versa. Also, if possible I'd like the settings to be available only within the currently logged-in user. How can I ...
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How can I toggle the Fn (function) key?
Is there a way to toggle the Fn key? I'd like to be able to toggle it so I don't have to press Fn+F12 to raise the volume, for example.
I'm running Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS on an Asus D550C.
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What is the difference between GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX and GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in /etc/default/grub
I'm troubleshooting a fn-key brightness control problem on my laptop, so I'm wading through a lot of config options in /etc/default/grub, as you can imagine. However, it's raised a question for me:
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Howto to move window to another monitor on the left/right using keyboard shortcut?
I have always used Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Left/Right to move windows from left to right monitors.
Installed Ubuntu 18.04 last week (fresh install) and it appears that this is not working anymore despite the ...
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What does [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [e] do, while typing text?
I already knew that Ctrl+Shift+u would allow to type a character by giving its Unicode hexadecimal representation: an underlined u appears, you type the code and hit Enter.
For example, Ctrl+Shift+u;...
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How do I change keyboards from the command line?
How I change keyboard layouts from the command-line? For example, I want to switch from English to Hebrew. I'm able to do it from lightdm with the little icon in the corner of my screen.
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Moving windows from the keyboard
Is it possible to move windows from the keyboard itself without touching the mouse?
I know I can do a Alt + Left Click and drag the window, however I am hoping there is something I can use to move it ...
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How do I remap the caps lock key?
In the the past I used to use xmodmap to prevent the Caps Lock button from working, and then tell Launchy to handle the key press instead. I can't seem to do this anymore.
What is the best way to ...
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How to set custom keyboard shortcuts from terminal?
How to set custom keyboard shortcuts from terminal for different Linux versions?
Basically I want to know where Linux stores the keyboard shortcut files and how it can be edited.
On my research I ...
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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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How can I enable Ctrl+Alt+Backspace?
Ctrl+Alt+← can usually be set to restart X, however I can't find the option to allow this (it is disabled by default).
I have looked in System->Preferences->Keyboard and System->Preferences-&...
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How do I disable the on-screen keyboard in the unlock screen?
Somehow, I activated the on-screen keyboard (Onboard) in the unlock screen and I can't deactivate it now. I've restarted the computer, but it's still there in the unlock screen.
How can I deactivate ...
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How can I detect a keylogger on my system?
How could I know if there's a keylogger in my system, or at least if one is active right now?
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How do I enter the Euro symbol?
I have a US English keyboard. How do I enter a euro symbol in Ubuntu? I can't find the symbol in character map, and I don't really want to change keyboard layout just to type one symbol occasionally.
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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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Something blocks Ctrl+Alt+left/right-arrow keyboard combination
In Ubuntu 18.04 I'm not able to assign Ctrl+Alt+← or Ctrl+Alt+→ to anything. To be precise I may bind it to something, but it doesn't work when using the keyboard combination, up/down arrows do ...
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How can I reach over 100% volume with a keyboard shortcut?
sometimes the sound of videos isn't enough for me. so i reach the sound indicator , over sound preferences and change it to a level higher than 100%.
the question is how can i do it from the keyboard? ...
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XUbuntu: Make Shift+NumPad work like Windows
Ok, I've used Ubuntu with GNOME for a while, but now I'm using XUbuntu. In Ubuntu, there used to be a keyboard preference which makes the numpad more sane, it was called something like "Make Shift+...
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Updated from 16.04 to 16.10; the keyboard and mouse no longer works after getting to the lock screen
So I just updated to 16.10 (just got 16.04 a few weeks ago, still new to Linux). The keyboard still works when I need to enter my password to unencrypt the lvm drive, but stops working (along with the ...
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Spotify keyboard controls not working
I am on Ubuntu 16.04, I cannot play, pause, go to the next or the previous song in spotify. There are many answers but most are complicated, is there a simple solution that doesn't require a command ...
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How do I insert an umlaut on the u in ubuntu?
I have already activated the compose key (left CTRL). According to all the forums I've read, I have to punch in Compose, followed by "u. This is what I get as a result: ´u'
I am really stuck here. ...
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Keyboard shortcut for pasting the primary selection
Is there a standard or conventional keyboard shortcut for pasting the primary selection?
I'd like to select some text and go to another app to paste without trashing my clipboard contents. I'd ...
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What's the opposite of setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps?
Normally I have caps lock to be a control key.
setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps
makes that happen, but I can't remember where I got it from or find any docs (man setxkbmap is singularly unhelpful )
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Super key not working in Ubuntu 20.04
I just updated to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and my super key has lost its main functionality. Previously in Ubuntu 18.04LTS, I was able to click the super key and the applications drawer would show. Now it ...
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Brightness fn key shortcut doesn't work on ASUS laptop
The brightness shortcuts via fn key don't work.
I tried each solution from this answer and its comments. After editing /etc/default/grub file I rebooted.
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi=Linux"
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Where does Ubuntu store its keyboard shortcut configuration?
Is there a place in "Ubuntu" that stores a complete list of what keys/combinations/shortcuts are bound to what?
What are Unity's keyboard and mouse shortcuts? list some "Unity" shortcuts to the ...
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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 to set a Compose Key in Ubuntu 18.04
Now that Unity is gone, the usual way of setting a Compose Key (via Keyboard Preferences > Layout) no longer works (because in Ubuntu 18.04, Devices > Keyboard has no Layout tab).
How do we set a ...
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keyboard shortcut gnome-terminal (ctrl-tab) and (ctrl-shift-tab) in 12.04?
Keyboard shortcuts in gnome-terminal (Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab) in 12.04 don't seem to be working. Is there a setting that I dont know of?
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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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Where can I find the full list of Compose combinations for my locale?
After enabling my Compose key, I want to find the list of all the key combinations I can use to create special characters. Where is the full list that my system is using when parsing the keys typed ...
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Keyboard input lag in Ubuntu 18.04
I recently switched to Ubuntu 18.04 and since then I have a lot of keyboard input lag, sometimes multiple seconds.
I can type the words but it takes some time until they show on the screen.
I ...
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How can I persistently remap keys in Ubuntu 16.04?
This is working for the current session:
costales@dev:~/Desktop$ xmodmap -e "keycode 166 = less"
costales@dev:~/Desktop$ xmodmap -e "keycode 167 = greater"
Then I created this config file:
costales@...
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Is there any way to disable the default behavior of the Insert key?
I keep hitting the Insert key accidentally and it really annoys me.
Is there any way to disable it's default behavior, toggling insert/overwrite mode in editors?
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Media Keys not working on Ubuntu 17.10
I'm running a pretty-much brand-new Ubuntu 17.10 installation on a Thinkpad T470s.
Whenever I'm hitting one of the media keys (play/pause, skip, etc) on any one of my keyboards or bluetooth-headset ...
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workspace switching via ctrl + alt + arrow not working after upgrade to 13.04, how to fix this? [duplicate]
So, my update to 13.04 didn't go very well. Due to the lack of a decent driver (Yes, i'm unlucky to have a legacy driver which doesn't play nice with the new Xorg.), I had to mess around with stuff to ...
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How to dump ALL dconf/gsettings so that I can compare them between two different machines?
The problem:
I have two machines, both with Ubuntu Gnome 14.04 up-to-date, and both with installed the latest CrossOver Linux(1) to run MS Office 2007 on it. I know, it's a proprietary program, but ...
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Keyboard and mouse unresponsive after suspend
I have a Toshiba Satellite S55-A5154 with 14.04 installed. Every time it resumes from being suspended, neither the keyboard nor mouse work. What can I do to fix this or provide you with more info?
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Where do I find a list of all X keysyms these days?
They used to be in /usr/lib/X11/XKeysymDB or /usr/share/X11/XKeysymDB, but those have been missing from Ubuntu for a while. I've tried google, but all I get are more references to XKeysymDB or the ...
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Remapping Caps Lock to Control and Escape (not the usual way)
I know how to use xmodmap to remap the Caps lock key so it acts as a Control key, or as an Escape key. I would like to combine both features as follows:
When I push, then release, the Caps lock key, ...
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How can a Bluetooth keyboard that requires a code entry be paired in the terminal?
I have a Bluetooth ThinkPad 2 Tablet keyboard that I want to pair with my Ubuntu Touch Aquaris E4.5. Due to GUI limitations, I want to try to do this in the terminal. I'm hoping that the process'll be ...
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How to change Function (Fn) Key behavior on wireless Logitech keyboard
I do have a wireless Logitech K750 keyboard (silver Mac version) connected to a Lenovo ThinkPad (via the unifying USB receiver, together with a wireless Logitech mouse M705) and currently running ...
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USB slots stop working suddenly from time to time
After re-installing Lubuntu 12.04 system on my laptop an older problem re-emerged after a few days and installation of different programs: without apparent reason the external mouse and sometimes ...
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Alt+Left key locks the screen
I have seen a few similar problems on SE. None of them match exactly, and unfortunately none of their solutions worked either.
The problem: Alt + Left key locks the screen. This is also the Chrome ...
