Understanding and debugging Ubuntu keyboard/mouse shortcuts
Recently, I tried to map various key strokes on my keyboard and mouse to useful commands, such as switch desktop or press and hold CTRL. Unfortunately, I've been unsuccessful up to this point in reaching anything here.
Situation: I have a Dell XPS 17 laptop and a Microsoft Wireless Desktop 3000 keyboard and mouse. I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 with the Cinnamon desktop.
Besides the usual FN keys, the laptop also has special hotkeys. I've found out those special hotkeys are mapped to other keys, such as "Brightness down". However, I'd like to use those keys for special purposes. Furthermore, the Microsoft keyboard and mouse have media keys. Most of them work already as intended (e.g., music play), but some are not recognized at all (e.g., the favourite keys (1), (2), ..., are not recognized by either xev or xinput). The additional mouse buttons are mapped to the history commands "go back" and "go forth" (e.g., in browser).
Problem: I tried with xbindkeys, keytouch-editor and the built-in "Keyboard shortcuts" application to re-map those keys. Unfortunately, nothing of those worked.
Furthermore, I also didn't found the definitions of this default behaviour. This brings me to my
Question: Where can I find the definitions of this default behaviour? What are the actors in handling keyboard/mouse shortcuts. I guess, ultimately, X11 will handle keyboard/mouse events. So, what does for example xbindkeys do in order to override the X11 settings? How can I achieve that X11 also receives signals from those keys that it currently ignores?
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Recently, I tried to map various key strokes on my keyboard and mouse to useful commands, such as switch desktop or press and hold CTRL. Unfortunately, I've been unsuccessful up to this point in reaching anything here.
Situation: I have a Dell XPS 17 laptop and a Microsoft Wireless Desktop 3000 keyboard and mouse. I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 with the Cinnamon desktop.
Besides the usual FN keys, the laptop also has special hotkeys. I've found out those special hotkeys are mapped to other keys, such as "Brightness down". However, I'd like to use those keys for special purposes. Furthermore, the Microsoft keyboard and mouse have media keys. Most of them work already as intended (e.g., music play), but some are not recognized at all (e.g., the favourite keys (1), (2), ..., are not recognized by either xev or xinput). The additional mouse buttons are mapped to the history commands "go back" and "go forth" (e.g., in browser).
Problem: I tried with xbindkeys, keytouch-editor and the built-in "Keyboard shortcuts" application to re-map those keys. Unfortunately, nothing of those worked.
Furthermore, I also didn't found the definitions of this default behaviour. This brings me to my
Question: Where can I find the definitions of this default behaviour? What are the actors in handling keyboard/mouse shortcuts. I guess, ultimately, X11 will handle keyboard/mouse events. So, what does for example xbindkeys do in order to override the X11 settings? How can I achieve that X11 also receives signals from those keys that it currently ignores?
keyboard shortcut-keys mouse
asked Jan 6 at 15:00
GreenGreen
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Recently, I tried to map various key strokes on my keyboard and mouse to useful commands, such as switch desktop or press and hold CTRL. Unfortunately, I've been unsuccessful up to this point in reaching anything here.
Situation: I have a Dell XPS 17 laptop and a Microsoft Wireless Desktop 3000 keyboard and mouse. I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 with the Cinnamon desktop.
Besides the usual FN keys, the laptop also has special hotkeys. I've found out those special hotkeys are mapped to other keys, such as "Brightness down". However, I'd like to use those keys for special purposes. Furthermore, the Microsoft keyboard and mouse have media keys. Most of them work already as intended (e.g., music play), but some are not recognized at all (e.g., the favourite keys (1), (2), ..., are not recognized by either xev or xinput). The additional mouse buttons are mapped to the history commands "go back" and "go forth" (e.g., in browser).
Problem: I tried with xbindkeys, keytouch-editor and the built-in "Keyboard shortcuts" application to re-map those keys. Unfortunately, nothing of those worked.
Furthermore, I also didn't found the definitions of this default behaviour. This brings me to my
Question: Where can I find the definitions of this default behaviour? What are the actors in handling keyboard/mouse shortcuts. I guess, ultimately, X11 will handle keyboard/mouse events. So, what does for example xbindkeys do in order to override the X11 settings? How can I achieve that X11 also receives signals from those keys that it currently ignores?
keyboard shortcut-keys mouse
asked Jan 6 at 15:00
GreenGreen
215
Recently, I tried to map various key strokes on my keyboard and mouse to useful commands, such as switch desktop or press and hold CTRL. Unfortunately, I've been unsuccessful up to this point in reaching anything here.
Situation: I have a Dell XPS 17 laptop and a Microsoft Wireless Desktop 3000 keyboard and mouse. I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 with the Cinnamon desktop.
Besides the usual FN keys, the laptop also has special hotkeys. I've found out those special hotkeys are mapped to other keys, such as "Brightness down". However, I'd like to use those keys for special purposes. Furthermore, the Microsoft keyboard and mouse have media keys. Most of them work already as intended (e.g., music play), but some are not recognized at all (e.g., the favourite keys (1), (2), ..., are not recognized by either xev or xinput). The additional mouse buttons are mapped to the history commands "go back" and "go forth" (e.g., in browser).
Problem: I tried with xbindkeys, keytouch-editor and the built-in "Keyboard shortcuts" application to re-map those keys. Unfortunately, nothing of those worked.
Furthermore, I also didn't found the definitions of this default behaviour. This brings me to my
Question: Where can I find the definitions of this default behaviour? What are the actors in handling keyboard/mouse shortcuts. I guess, ultimately, X11 will handle keyboard/mouse events. So, what does for example xbindkeys do in order to override the X11 settings? How can I achieve that X11 also receives signals from those keys that it currently ignores?
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keyboard shortcut-keys mouse
asked Jan 6 at 15:00
GreenGreen
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asked Jan 6 at 15:00
GreenGreen
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asked Jan 6 at 15:00
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asked Jan 6 at 15:00
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asked Jan 6 at 15:00
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