Re: Configure a "widows" key on a 102-key keyboard

2025-04-24 Thread Max Nikulin
On 25/04/2025 02:17, Van Snyder wrote: On Thu, 2025-04-24 at 05:18 +, Johannes Krottmayer wrote: Settings->Shortcuts->Plasma->Activate Application Launcher Widget On my system (running Debian 12) there was ALT-F1 predefined for opening the KDE menu. Aha! I didn't know that mapping was alr

Re: Configure a "widows" key on a 102-key keyboard

2025-04-24 Thread Van Snyder
On Thu, 2025-04-24 at 05:18 +, Johannes Krottmayer wrote: > Settings->Shortcuts->Plasma->Activate Application Launcher Widget > > On my system (running Debian 12) there was ALT-F1 predefined for > opening the KDE menu. Aha! I didn't know that mapping was already there. This works for me, so I

Re: Configure a "widows" key on a 102-key keyboard

2025-04-24 Thread Van Snyder
On Thu, 2025-04-24 at 08:57 -0300, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > xev told me that the "Windows" key on my keyboard (which opens the > KDE > menu) is "Super_L". "Menu" probably is another key that is meant to > open > the context menu (same as right clicking generally). I had originally gotten "M

Re: Configure a "widows" key on a 102-key keyboard

2025-04-24 Thread Van Snyder
On Thu, 2025-04-24 at 11:04 +0100, Jeremy Nicoll wrote: > Is there a > linux utility that shows scan codes? Use "xev" It also reports when the mouse moves into or out of a rectangle.

Re: Configure a "widows" key on a 102-key keyboard

2025-04-24 Thread Frank Guthausen
On Thu, 24 Apr 2025 11:04:27 +0100 "Jeremy Nicoll" wrote: > > Is there a linux utility that shows scan codes? showkey -- kind regards Frank pgp4zkrfOGg1B.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Configure a "widows" key on a 102-key keyboard

2025-04-24 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 08:57:16 -0300, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > xev told me that the "Windows" key on my keyboard (which opens the KDE menu) > is "Super_L". "Menu" probably is another key that is meant to open the > context menu (same as right clicking generally). On my system (which has an

Re: Configure a "widows" key on a 102-key keyboard

2025-04-24 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 23/04/2025 20:24, Van Snyder wrote: xev said "pause" is 127, so I used xmodmap to set 127 to Menu: xmodmap -e "keycode 127 = Menu" xev than said the "pause" key is "Menu." But it didn't raise the KDE menu the way the Window key does, even though xev also says the "Window" key is "Menu" I

Re: Configure a "widows" key on a 102-key keyboard

2025-04-24 Thread Jeremy Nicoll
On Thu, 24 Apr 2025, at 05:01, David Wright wrote: > I don't define Menu in my Window Manager, but I can test > it works in FireFox. It has the same effect as pressing the > righthand mouse button ... In Windows itself the Windows key and the Menu key are two different keys, so surely the scan c

Re: Configure a "widows" key on a 102-key keyboard

2025-04-23 Thread Johannes Krottmayer
Hello, On 4/24/25 01:24, Van Snyder wrote: > On Wed, 2025-04-23 at 17:04 -0500, David Wright wrote: >> On Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 13:52:07 (-0700), Van Snyder wrote: >>> On Wed, 2025-04-23 at 14:26 -0500, David Wright wrote:   XKBOPTIONS="lv3:ralt_switch,compose:caps,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" >>> >

Re: Configure a "widows" key on a 102-key keyboard

2025-04-23 Thread Van Snyder
On Wed, 2025-04-23 at 17:04 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 13:52:07 (-0700), Van Snyder wrote: > > On Wed, 2025-04-23 at 14:26 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > >   > > > XKBOPTIONS="lv3:ralt_switch,compose:caps,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" > > > > xev says the Windows key is known to

Re: Configure a "widows" key on a 102-key keyboard

2025-04-23 Thread Van Snyder
On Wed, 2025-04-23 at 14:26 -0500, David Wright wrote: >   XKBOPTIONS="lv3:ralt_switch,compose:caps,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" xev says the Windows key is known to X as "Menu." XKBOPTIONS="pause:menu" didn't work. Yes, I did reboot after editing /etc/default/keyboard.