On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 12:49:34PM -0500, Programmingkid wrote: > > > On Dec 12, 2017, at 9:34 AM, Daniel P. Berrange <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 02:10:41AM -0500, Programmingkid wrote: > >> On Macintosh keyboards there is a key called fn that is used to give the > >> function keys more functionality. Does this key exist in the keyboard keys > >> database? > > > > When you say "Macintosh keyboards" are you talking about the old style > > keyboards with Apple's custom ADB connector, or simply Apple branded > > USB keyboards ? > > USB keyboards. > > > > > If its the latter (USB), then please plug it into a Linux machine, and > > in a text console (ie not X11) run 'showkey' and press this 'fn' key on > > its own and tell me what (if any) hex code gets printed. > > There was no response to the fn key.
Doh, I made a mistake - you need to run 'showkey -s' to get raw scancodes. Can you try this again, pressing 'fn' on its own, and also press 'fn' in combination with some function keys. > >> Also could keys F16 to F24 (Q_KEY_CODE_F16 to Q_KEY_CODE_F24) be added to > >> the database? > > > > Those are already defined in keycodemapdb, so we just need to give them > > names in the qapi schema, and then add the name mapping to keycodemapdb. > > I have a vague memory of doing something like this a long time ago. > Hopefully I can find the path if it exists. In qapi/ui.json you need to edit the enum 'QKeyCode' to define the extra keys. Regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
