Ubuntu – Remapping CapsLock key

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I've remapped CapsLock key to work like this :

CapsLock + J = Left arrow key
CapsLock + K = Down arrow key
etc.

I've used xmodmap (as explained in Mapping Super+hjkl to arrow keys under X).

The problem is that I can't seem to be able to make following key combinations work :

Expected: CapsLock + Shift + J = Shift + Left arrow key
Actual: CapsLock + Shift + J = does nothing.
etc.

Do you have any ideas how to make it work? Thanks.

Best Answer

Not a direct answer, but the best way to approach this would be to see what events are being fired when you press the combinations you're interested in. To do this, install xev and try out the various combinations.

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This is a rather common phenomenon, especially with cheap keyboard. You probably have a keyboard that is not designed to handle simultaneously pressing these three keys.

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You can use preserve for that: add to you type-definition (e.g. THREE_LEVEL) the line

preserve[LevelThree+Shift] = Shift;

This tells xkb to preserve the shift modifier when figuring out the appropriate level from your modifier combination in the case of LevelThree + Shift. The shift modifier is passed on for use by the toolkit or the application (see also here: using preserve with types).

Note that this has impact for example on how the application interprets keystroke combinations: if you had defined the above preserve and

key <AC08> { type="THREE_LEVEL", [ k, K, kappa ]  };

and you'd press Ctrl + Shift + LevelThree + <AC08> the application would read it as a key combo Ctrl + Shift + kappa (instead of usually Ctrl + kappa) because the shift modifier gets preserved and is passed on to the application.

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