#REMAP KEYBOARD KEYS LINUX MOD#
#REMAP KEYBOARD KEYS LINUX SERIAL#

Here, we're going to use xmodmap to modify keymaps and insert our multimedia keys.Ĭhoose a name in /usr/share/X11/XKeysymDB.

#REMAP KEYBOARD KEYS LINUX MOD#

Run showkey for keycodes or mev for mouse events Now to remap a key with TWO functions, the syntax is as follows: xmodmap -e 'keysym HEX MOD NAME1 NAME2'.

State 0x0, keycode 160 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES, Root 0x5c, subw 0x0, time 3864774064, (-249,385), root:(429,410), I have a numpad connected via USB and my goal is to be able to remap keys on that numpad so they can run custom commands or be mapped to other key combinations.

#REMAP KEYBOARD KEYS LINUX SERIAL#

In this example, it's 160 KeyPress event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x2800001, In the 'Action' tab, configure the action to be executed on press to your liking. 6 - Add keys back to their respective modifiers. xev Then press left ctrl and alt key to witness that they have been swapped in the terminal readout. 5 - Check with xev that the remapping is correct. KDE will inform you if another shortcut is currently bound to that key. xmodmap -e 'keycode 37 AltL' xmodmap -e 'keycode 64 ControlL'.

With the new action created and selected, in its 'Trigger' tab, click on the 'Shortcut' button and press the multimedia key.

With the new group selected, click Edit > New > Global Shortcut, and choose your desired action category

Enable the group by clicking the checkbox next to its name.

Click the 'Edit' button at the bottom and create a new group.

Open Application Launcher > System Settings > Shortcuts > Custom Shortcuts

Open Application Launcher > Search > Custom Shortcuts These can be set to trigger regular commands, D-Bus commands, or to automatically type some specified keyboard input. You can also simply configure your multimedia keys to do a wide array of different actions by first disabling the default global shortcuts that the keys are bound to (as explained above), and then instead binding them to custom shortcuts. Select the action you wish to configure, where you can then disable the default shortcut and/or add a custom shortcut.Select the relevant category in the 'System Services' section.Open Application Launcher > System Settings > Shortcuts > Global Shortcuts Input Remapper makes it easy to remap keyboard keys and mouse clicks. Open Application Launcher > Search > Global Shortcuts I searched a recipe to swap the first function of the key with the secondary one. The primary function of the keys are the multimedia actions, like MUTE, VOLUMEDOWN, VOLUMEUP, PREVIOUSSONG, NEXTSONG, etc. It's a very powerful and very simple feature! F12) are mapped on the keyboard as secondary: you have to press them together with the Fn key to get the function key. These are exposed to the users and can be further changed and configured from your settings in a such a way that they'll persist after reboot without the need to touch a terminal. By default, KDE has bindings for every common multimedia key to have them work as expected.

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