Custom shortcut for disabling/enabling built in laptop keyboard

Asked Dec 31 '20 at 13:13

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I'm currently using my laptop mainly for studying and I sometimes need to put the paper I'm writing on , on the keyboard.

I have already found the command for disabling/enabling the mouse pad, but now I am searching for one that does the same for keyboard , or at least a guide to be able to assign a shortcut to enable/disable the keyboard. This shortcut will put it on hold as long as the specific shortcut is not pressed again after the first press that disables it.

edited Dec 31 '20 at 13:52

BeastOfCaerbannog

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asked Dec 31 '20 at 13:13

Jalaleddin

Disabling the keyboard would prevent any key combination from re-enabling it ... otherwise it wouldn't be "disabling the keyboard". I wonder if there is a way to temporarily remap all the keys except for [Esc] or something like that ... – Dec 31 '20 at 13:26
@Matigo I used to be a windows user , and i remember having an desktop app that did this , it disabled the keyboard if a shortcut is pressed , then the keyboard wont respond to any other combination besides that one shortcut , if pressed again it re enables it – Jalaleddin Dec 31 '20 at 13:35
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I would use Ctrl+Alt+L to lock computer - and then you can press anything on keyboard and all programs/documents are safe. But later in need password to unlock it. – furas Dec 31 '20 at 14:04
How to disable and enable keyboard in ubuntu? – furas Dec 31 '20 at 14:11
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How to lock and unlock keyboard in Ubuntu ? – furas Dec 31 '20 at 14:12
@furas thank you for the links , i now have an answer , thank you so much – Jalaleddin Dec 31 '20 at 14:35
Does this answer your question? How to disable and enable keyboard in ubuntu? – Martin Thornton Dec 31 '20 at 20:08
@MartinThornton Yes this link too is useful, thank you. – Jalaleddin Jan 02 '21 at 08:21

Custom shortcut for disabling/enabling built in laptop keyboard

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