How to remap Caps Lock key to Shift Left key?

Question

I wan't to remap the Caps Lock key to the Shift Left key, so that when I press Caps Lock the functionality of Shift Left is processed. Is there a file in Ubuntu where I can specify this?

I know, under /etc/default/keyboard you can specify some keyboard options, but not this one.

score 14 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 05 '13 at 10:08

You can use the following command in terminal:

xmodmap -e "keycode 66 = Shift_L NoSymbol Shift_L" #this will make Caps Lock to act as Shift_L

To get this change for every session, after you have run the previous commands create a file called .xmodmap with the new keymaps, using the following command:

xmodmap -pke > .xmodmap

Then, create a file called .xinitrc in your home directory, containing the following line/command:

xmodmap .xmodmap

Can I just write that first command in .xinitrc directly? – Jānis Elmeris Sep 04 '19 at 13:44 — Jānis Elmeris, Sep 04 '19 at 13:44

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 21 '20 at 13:11

1

enter in terminal: xmodmap -e "keycode 66 = Shift_L NoSymbol Shift_L"

To use the command after restart or shutdown, you can put it in Startup Applications Preferences. Tested on my Ubuntu 18.04.

answered Apr 21 '20 at 13:11

H M

11

@H M: Can you explain, what the code in the xmodmap are doing? – Simon Sudler Apr 21 '20 at 19:56
https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Xmodmap/#Caps-Lock-Taste – H M Apr 22 '20 at 21:19
it allows to remap the keys – H M Apr 22 '20 at 21:23
You should add this to you answer – Simon Sudler Apr 23 '20 at 17:27

How to remap Caps Lock key to Shift Left key?

2 Answers2

Linked