Understanding/Modifying xkb grp's

imanj · 14 October 2018 22:58

Hello,

I have two questions about xkb grp's. First, when I look at the defined grp's, I see a description for some that says "while pressed". What exactly does this mean? Aren't all of these shortcuts based on key pressed? See attached image for what I mean. Screenshot_2018-10-14_18-50-11

Second, I'd like to add a grp. I am using the XFCE build, and when I try to configure the keyboard shortcut used for switching my keyboard layout, I'd like to use a key combo that is not listed in the pre-defined grp's, but the only options available (through the GUI) are the pre-defined grp's. For example, I'd like to have a group like "ctrl+shift+L".

Thanks,

xircon · 14 October 2018 23:03

I struggled with xkb, in the end I went back to xmodmap for my very simple needs. I found this:

https://www.charvolant.org/doug/xkb/html/index.html

Which may help

system · 12 January 2019 23:03

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