| 2015-08-22 19:43:24 |
Watson-dominic |
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The "Keyboard settings -> Options" dialog lacks a section for controlling various "grp:" options for xkb. Other distros have named this section "Switching to another layout" and it contains the following set of XKB options:
grp:switch — toggle using right alt key, but only until unpressed
grp:lswitch — Left Alt key switches group while pressed
grp:lwin_switch — Left Win-key switches group while pressed
grp:rwin_switch — Right Win-key switches group while pressed
grp:win_switch — Both Win-keys switch group while pressed
grp:toggle — Right Alt key changes group
grp:lalt_toggle — Left Alt key changes group
grp:caps_toggle — Caps Lock key changes group
grp:shift_caps_toggle — Shift+CapsLock changes group
grp:shift_toggle — Both Shift keys together change group
grp:alts_toggle — Both Alt keys together change group
grp:ctrls_toggle — Both Ctrl keys together change group
grp:ctrl_shift_toggle — Control+Shift changes group
grp:ctrl_alt_toggle — Alt+Control changes group
grp:alt_shift_toggle — Alt+Shift changes group
grp:menu_toggle — toggle using "context menu" key on Windows keyboards
grp:lwin_toggle — toggle using left win key on Windows keyboards
grp:rwin_toggle — toggle using right win key on Windows keyboards
grp:lshift_toggle — Left Shift key changes group
grp:rshift_toggle — Right Shift key changes group
grp:lctrl_toggle — Left Ctrl key changes group
grp:rctrl_toggle — Right Ctrl key changes group
grp_led — use keyboard leds to indicate group change
grp_led:num — Num_Lock led indicates group change
grp_led:caps — Caps_Lock led indicates group change
grp_led:scroll — Scroll_Lock led indicates group change
A workaround to the problem is setting the desired options with setxkbmap directly with something like:
`setxkbmap -options 'grp:caps_toggle'`
The problem with this (and this relates also to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryos/+bug/1486857), is that whenever you go into the keyboard settings dialog, your custom setxkbmap settings are erased and you need to reapply them. Having them in the GUI would eradicate this problem.
Here is a guide to what I am attempting to achieve: http://domwatson.codes/2014/11/who-needs-capslock-anyway-part-2.html |
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