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I had the following problem:

I wanted to make use of some Hotkeys on my keyboard (I am using Openbox, but it should not make a difference.)

Most of my keybinds worked just fine (XF86AudioRaiseVolume, XF86AudioLowerVolume, etc.).

However, I got no response to
XF86Mail

keyboard-layout xkb

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1

I had the following problem:

I wanted to make use of some Hotkeys on my keyboard (I am using Openbox, but it should not make a difference.)

Most of my keybinds worked just fine (XF86AudioRaiseVolume, XF86AudioLowerVolume, etc.).

However, I got no response to
XF86Mail

keyboard-layout xkb

share|improve this question

edited Apr 5 at 20:49

Rui F Ribeiro

42k1483142

asked Apr 5 at 17:07

Zoltan K.Zoltan K.

1726

add a comment | 

I had the following problem:

I wanted to make use of some Hotkeys on my keyboard (I am using Openbox, but it should not make a difference.)

Most of my keybinds worked just fine (XF86AudioRaiseVolume, XF86AudioLowerVolume, etc.).

However, I got no response to
XF86Mail

keyboard-layout xkb

share|improve this question

edited Apr 5 at 20:49

Rui F Ribeiro

42k1483142

asked Apr 5 at 17:07

Zoltan K.Zoltan K.

1726

share|improve this question

edited Apr 5 at 20:49

Rui F Ribeiro

42k1483142

asked Apr 5 at 17:07

Zoltan K.Zoltan K.

1726

share|improve this question

edited Apr 5 at 20:49

Rui F Ribeiro

42k1483142

asked Apr 5 at 17:07

Zoltan K.Zoltan K.

1726

edited Apr 5 at 20:49

Rui F Ribeiro

42k1483142

edited Apr 5 at 20:49

Rui F Ribeiro

42k1483142

asked Apr 5 at 17:07

Zoltan K.Zoltan K.

1726

asked Apr 5 at 17:07

Zoltan K.Zoltan K.

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1) Using xev I found that the key does work.

2) Inspecting the output of xev for known "good" keys, and not-working ones (XF86Mail), I found a difference:

Works in keybind:

KeyRelease event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x2000001,
 root 0x1e3, subw 0x0, time 70102367, (1618,-868), root:(3219,29),
 state 0x10, keycode 158 (keysym 0x1008ff2e, XF86WWW), same_screen YES,
 XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
 XFilterEvent returns: False

Does not work in keybind:

KeyRelease event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x2000001,
 root 0x1e3, subw 0x0, time 70103895, (1618,-868), root:(3219,29),
 state 0x10, keycode 223 (keysym 0x1008ff19, XF86Mail), same_screen YES,
--> XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 163
 XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
 XFilterEvent returns: False

So, there is a plethora of options to choose from:

1. keycode: 163 (0xA3)


2. keycode: 223 (0xDF)


3. "XF86Mail"

Tried all of them, and the only one working was 0xDF. (<keybind key="0xDF"> in the openbox config)

Judging by the numbers, since the XF86WWW has the keycode 158, XF86Mail, the key next to it on the keyboard would probably had originally the keycode 163, but then a software layer changed it.

I started to dig into stuff like xmodmap, and an archwiki guide, but then I did not have to understand whatever is going on, xev alone gave me the solution, once I was able to understand it.

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answered Apr 5 at 17:20

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1) Using xev I found that the key does work.

2) Inspecting the output of xev for known "good" keys, and not-working ones (XF86Mail), I found a difference:

Works in keybind:

KeyRelease event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x2000001,
 root 0x1e3, subw 0x0, time 70102367, (1618,-868), root:(3219,29),
 state 0x10, keycode 158 (keysym 0x1008ff2e, XF86WWW), same_screen YES,
 XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
 XFilterEvent returns: False

Does not work in keybind:

KeyRelease event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x2000001,
 root 0x1e3, subw 0x0, time 70103895, (1618,-868), root:(3219,29),
 state 0x10, keycode 223 (keysym 0x1008ff19, XF86Mail), same_screen YES,
--> XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 163
 XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
 XFilterEvent returns: False

So, there is a plethora of options to choose from:

1. keycode: 163 (0xA3)


2. keycode: 223 (0xDF)


3. "XF86Mail"

Tried all of them, and the only one working was 0xDF. (<keybind key="0xDF"> in the openbox config)

Judging by the numbers, since the XF86WWW has the keycode 158, XF86Mail, the key next to it on the keyboard would probably had originally the keycode 163, but then a software layer changed it.

I started to dig into stuff like xmodmap, and an archwiki guide, but then I did not have to understand whatever is going on, xev alone gave me the solution, once I was able to understand it.

share|improve this answer

answered Apr 5 at 17:20

Zoltan K.Zoltan K.

1726

add a comment | 

0

1) Using xev I found that the key does work.

2) Inspecting the output of xev for known "good" keys, and not-working ones (XF86Mail), I found a difference:

Works in keybind:

KeyRelease event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x2000001,
 root 0x1e3, subw 0x0, time 70102367, (1618,-868), root:(3219,29),
 state 0x10, keycode 158 (keysym 0x1008ff2e, XF86WWW), same_screen YES,
 XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
 XFilterEvent returns: False

Does not work in keybind:

KeyRelease event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x2000001,
 root 0x1e3, subw 0x0, time 70103895, (1618,-868), root:(3219,29),
 state 0x10, keycode 223 (keysym 0x1008ff19, XF86Mail), same_screen YES,
--> XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 163
 XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
 XFilterEvent returns: False

So, there is a plethora of options to choose from:

1. keycode: 163 (0xA3)


2. keycode: 223 (0xDF)


3. "XF86Mail"

Tried all of them, and the only one working was 0xDF. (<keybind key="0xDF"> in the openbox config)

Judging by the numbers, since the XF86WWW has the keycode 158, XF86Mail, the key next to it on the keyboard would probably had originally the keycode 163, but then a software layer changed it.

I started to dig into stuff like xmodmap, and an archwiki guide, but then I did not have to understand whatever is going on, xev alone gave me the solution, once I was able to understand it.

share|improve this answer

answered Apr 5 at 17:20

Zoltan K.Zoltan K.

1726

add a comment | 

1) Using xev I found that the key does work.

2) Inspecting the output of xev for known "good" keys, and not-working ones (XF86Mail), I found a difference:

Works in keybind:

KeyRelease event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x2000001,
 root 0x1e3, subw 0x0, time 70102367, (1618,-868), root:(3219,29),
 state 0x10, keycode 158 (keysym 0x1008ff2e, XF86WWW), same_screen YES,
 XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
 XFilterEvent returns: False

Does not work in keybind:

KeyRelease event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x2000001,
 root 0x1e3, subw 0x0, time 70103895, (1618,-868), root:(3219,29),
 state 0x10, keycode 223 (keysym 0x1008ff19, XF86Mail), same_screen YES,
--> XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 163
 XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
 XFilterEvent returns: False

So, there is a plethora of options to choose from:

1. keycode: 163 (0xA3)


2. keycode: 223 (0xDF)


3. "XF86Mail"

Tried all of them, and the only one working was 0xDF. (<keybind key="0xDF"> in the openbox config)

Judging by the numbers, since the XF86WWW has the keycode 158, XF86Mail, the key next to it on the keyboard would probably had originally the keycode 163, but then a software layer changed it.

I started to dig into stuff like xmodmap, and an archwiki guide, but then I did not have to understand whatever is going on, xev alone gave me the solution, once I was able to understand it.

share|improve this answer

answered Apr 5 at 17:20

Zoltan K.Zoltan K.

1726

KeyRelease event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x2000001,
 root 0x1e3, subw 0x0, time 70102367, (1618,-868), root:(3219,29),
 state 0x10, keycode 158 (keysym 0x1008ff2e, XF86WWW), same_screen YES,
 XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
 XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x2000001,
 root 0x1e3, subw 0x0, time 70103895, (1618,-868), root:(3219,29),
 state 0x10, keycode 223 (keysym 0x1008ff19, XF86Mail), same_screen YES,
--> XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 163
 XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
 XFilterEvent returns: False

share|improve this answer

answered Apr 5 at 17:20

Zoltan K.Zoltan K.

1726

answered Apr 5 at 17:20

Zoltan K.Zoltan K.

1726

answered Apr 5 at 17:20

Zoltan K.Zoltan K.

1726