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bel3atar

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Registered: 2012-07-02

Posts: 26

Shift+Numpad behavior

Hi,
in my quest that consists of exploring alternative desktop environments, I had an issue setting the Shift+numpad key behavior.
What I would do normally under Gnome configuration is to check Shift with numpad keys works as in MS Windows.
Same thing is available on KDE under Misc Compatibility Options.
Now I'm running XFCE, and since there is no way to do the same within a GUI, I'm looking for another way for doing it (probably X config files??).
Thanks for helping.

Last edited by bel3atar (2012-07-06 15:01:20)

EasySly

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Registered: 2012-03-25

Posts: 35

Re: Shift+Numpad behavior

You need to add to xorg config to keyboard device XkbOptions numpad:microsoft
E.g. my config location /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/01-keyboard-layout.conf
=== content ===
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "keyboard-layout"
        Driver "evdev"
        MatchIsKeyboard "yes"
        Option "XkbModel" "acer_laptop"                                                                                                                                   
        Option "XkbLayout" "us,ru"
        Option "XkbOptions" "grp:ctrl_shift_toggle,numpad:microsoft,ctrl:nocaps"
EndSection
=== end ===

MoonSwan

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From: Great White North

Registered: 2008-01-23

Posts: 881

Re: Shift+Numpad behavior

Off-topic --  what does this bit "ctrl:nocaps" do, if I may ask Easysly?

bel3atar

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Registered: 2012-07-02

Posts: 26

Re: Shift+Numpad behavior

EDIT: It worked for a while then it stopped.
Help >_<
EDIT2:
Does XFCE override keyboard settings or something?
EDIT3: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xf … ings_issue

Last edited by bel3atar (2012-07-06 19:17:14)