Questions about keyboard layout and configuration.
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Questions tagged [keyboard-layout]
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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 Ubuntu 17.10 and later, there is a menu similar to the…
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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 that command as a Startup Application, but it doesn't…
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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 paste.
Is there a way to simply type special…
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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 to English keyboard-layout, though the little…
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How can I remap keyboard keys?
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 suggestions worked.
I am using a Swedish keyboard setup and…
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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%20definitions
(There are a few errors in the…
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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 option under System Settings > Keyboard.
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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 should I do to get a "ç"?
I am using Ubuntu Gnome…
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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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How can I switch between keyboard layouts by pressing a keyboard shortcut like on Windows?
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:
So what is the new method to access any and all…
Luis Alvarado
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How do I check which key is pressed?
On my keyboard-layout the left Ctrl key is not working (the right works normal).
How can I check if another key is ordered to that key?
I once had a commandline tool that i could start and there it showed me every input that came whatever key I…
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Keyboard layout isn't kept upon reboot
I had a problem with the keyboard layout changing from PT (I'm Portuguese) to EN automatically with the last Ubuntu updates in Ubuntu 13.10. After Ubuntu 14.04 came out, I formatted my computer and installed the new version.
After that I haven't had…
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Which keyboard setting corresponds to "United States (International)" in Windows XP
I'm running both Ubuntu (10.04) and WinXp on the same machine, thus using the same keyboard. On Windows I have selected "United States (International)" as my keyboard setting.
In Ubuntu I have "USA International (AltGr Dead Keys)". However, they…
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How can I swap the Z and Y keys on the keyboard?
Most of the time I use the US qwerty layout but from time to time I also have to use the German layout which is qwertz and it is very annoying.
How can I swap the Y and Z keys on the German layout?
The solution was at this link:
Custom Keyboard…
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