https://www.codrut.pro/tags/keyboard/ Recent content in Keyboard on Codrut Constantin Gusoi Hugo en Sun, 24 Jan 2021 17:15:32 +0000 https://www.codrut.pro/snippets/remap-keys-using-setxkbmap/ Sun, 24 Jan 2021 17:15:32 +0000 https://www.codrut.pro/snippets/remap-keys-using-setxkbmap/ <p>Remap <code>CapsLock</code> to <code>Escape</code> and <code>AltGr</code> to <code>Alt</code>:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-sh" data-lang="sh"><span style="display:flex;"><span>setxkbmap -option caps:escape,lv3:ralt_alt </span></span></code></pre></div><p>Reset with:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-sh" data-lang="sh"><span style="display:flex;"><span>setxkbmap -option </span></span></code></pre></div><h2 id="persistence"> Persistence <a class="heading-link" href="#persistence"> <i class="fa fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h2> <p>Set <code>XkbOptions</code> in <code>/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf</code>:</p> <pre tabindex="0"><code class="language-conf" data-lang="conf">Section &#34;InputClass&#34; Identifier &#34;system-keyboard&#34; MatchIsKeyboard &#34;on&#34; Option &#34;XkbLayout&#34; &#34;gb&#34; Option &#34;XkbModel&#34; &#34;pc105&#34; Option &#34;XkbOptions&#34; &#34;caps:escape,lv3:ralt_alt&#34; EndSection </code></pre><p>Now restart your machine.</p> <h2 id="alternative"> Alternative <a class="heading-link" href="#alternative"> <i class="fa fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h2> <p>If the above did not work try <code>/etc/default/keyboard</code>:</p> <pre tabindex="0"><code class="language-conf" data-lang="conf">XKBMODEL=&#34;pc105&#34; XKBLAYOUT=&#34;gb&#34; XKBVARIANT=&#34;&#34; XKBOPTIONS=&#34;caps:escape,lv3:ralt_alt&#34; BACKSPACE=&#34;guess&#34; </code></pre><p>You can either restart or execute:</p>