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Remapping the keyboard so that a certain key or key combination will execute some other key or combination.

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How can I remap Home to F5 and End to F11?

I've edited the /use/share/X11/xkd/pc file to remap some keys, but I can't quite figure out how to assign Home and End to F5 and F11. Any assists? user avatar Costa Michailidis
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How to remap joystick axes in Ubuntu 20.04?

I recently purchased a Thrustmaster T.16000M Joystick to play older flight sims in Wine 7.0 and am encountering problems with the joystick axes. While Wine recognizes the joystick and all its buttons/... user avatar IggyPlop
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Map keys only from a specific (gaming) keyboard

I bought a mouse which has a little thumb "joystick". That joystick appears in the system as a "SOAI USB Gaming Mouse Keyboard" (the mouse part of the). When I move the stick ... user avatar Csaba Toth
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Turn Caps Lock key into delete key

Using Kubuntu on a Macbook there is no delete key. Delete can be done with Backspace+Fn, but there is only one Fn on the farthest corner from Backspace, so that a delete action requires both hands. I ... user avatar cipricus
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Custom keyboard shortcuts keypresses

I'm looking for a solution to map keyboard shortcuts to keypresses in a gnome DE. In scope of this question I'll use the example of mapping meta+2 to F2. It doesn't seem to work with xdotool. E.g., ... user avatar Truiiya
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Mapping Left `Ctrl` and `fn` keys in Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS

So I've spent a solid couple of hours trying to figure out how to remap a couple of keys on a Lenovo ThinkPad T440p laptop. This article from 2020 got me pretty close. It uses the xmodmap command to ... user avatar Kevin Flowers Jr
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Remapping Keyboard Keys to mouse buttons on Ubuntu 18.04

I would like to use keyboard buttons for left and right mouse clicks. I found this answer that describes remapping mouse buttons to keyboard keys. Can I use this method 'in reverse' to map keyboard ... user avatar drydwy
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How to have XF86Audio* keys work with alsa?

I am running Ubuntu on my Chromebook. I have remapped keys so that the dedicated keys (e.g., brightness, back, forward, etc.) all do the desired function (thank you FascinatingCaptain). I have audio ... user avatar AdvApp
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How to remap escape, tilde, and quotes on 21.10 with xkb options

I would like to swap the backtick/tilde key with escape and also single and double quotes by creating new options to be picked up. I already have caps lock and left control swapped as well as parens ... user avatar JasonN
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Key chords via xmodmap in 20.04

On macos I use a fabulous tool, Karabiner Elements, to obtain the ability to use the return key as a control modifier key when typed with another key. Same for the caps lock key. Now that I am moving ... user avatar pajato0
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Remap Logitech T400 middle click

I have a Logitech T400. This mouse has two "middle click buttons": Button A is mapped to the regular middle click, which is what I want. But button B is mapped to Super L which is useless, ... user avatar user171780
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Xubuntu change/remap `home` key to backspace

I want to remap the home key to do the same as the backspace. I have looked through this page, but couldn't find any references to the home key in the file it talks about, but maybe I am looking in ... user avatar Joshua Anderson
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Mapping multi-key shortcut involving Super_L in Ubuntu 20.04

I recently moved from Mac as my primary workstation to Ubuntu. And it has been a struggle... which I found to be surprising because before moving to Mac (5 years ago) I was on Ubuntu for a decent ... user avatar Chantz
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Hyper-key u --> Like Arrow-Up

I made CapsLock the Hyper-key via gnome-tweaks Sorry, I have only the german screenshot. "Feststelltaste" means "CapsLock" Now I would like to map Hyper-u to Arrow-Up Hyper-n to ... user avatar guettli
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How to write a keyboard symbol, e.g. "~", with a key combination, e.g. CTRL+FN+`?

My 1 key broke and I just used the key-mapper program to move this key to the one on the left (the ~ key). Or in other words - I remapped the ~ key to take the functionality of 1. My problem now is ... user avatar NeStack
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