[opensuse] in KDE can you stop the [shift] key from affecting the numpad?
Listmates, The new laptop I have comes with a full 104 key keyboard, including the separate numeric keypad. Somewhat awkwardly, the key 6-pack of: [INS] [HOME] [PGUP] [DEL] [END] [PGDN] is placed at the far top-right corner of the keyboard. With this layout the use of the numpad [home] [end] [pgup] [pgdn] is the most convenient. The difficulty with this comes when you need to select ranges of text with [shift]+ any of the keys on the keypad because of the alternate binding of 7, 1, 9 and 3 for those keys. Hitting the 'num lock' and then going back to the keypad to shift+select works, but it isn't workable from a hand-motion, efficiency standpoint. The burning question is "is there a way to modify the manner that the keypad responds to the shift key so that I can make range selection possible without turning numlock on? Some keyboard binding editor or something like it? The ultimate goal would be to prevent the keypad from recognizing that shift had been pressed unless numlock is turned on. Weird question, I know, but I have confident that Linux is flexible enough to do it, I just have to find out how and where to look. Thanks. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
David C. Rankin wrote:
Listmates,
The new laptop I have comes with a full 104 key keyboard, including the separate numeric keypad. Somewhat awkwardly, the key 6-pack of:
[INS] [HOME] [PGUP] [DEL] [END] [PGDN]
is placed at the far top-right corner of the keyboard. With this layout the use of the numpad [home] [end] [pgup] [pgdn] is the most convenient. The difficulty with this comes when you need to select ranges of text with [shift]+ any of the keys on the keypad because of the alternate binding of 7, 1, 9 and 3 for those keys. Hitting the 'num lock' and then going back to the keypad to shift+select works, but it isn't workable from a hand-motion, efficiency standpoint.
The burning question is "is there a way to modify the manner that the keypad responds to the shift key so that I can make range selection possible without turning numlock on? Some keyboard binding editor or something like it?
The ultimate goal would be to prevent the keypad from recognizing that shift had been pressed unless numlock is turned on.
Weird question, I know, but I have confident that Linux is flexible enough to do it, I just have to find out how and where to look. Thanks.
My solution for this sort of situation -- I keep a cheap (US $6) separate standard layout USB keyboard with my laptop, and I just lay it on top of the built-in keyboard on the laptop. I can still use the mouse-pad. Bonus -- I put very little wear and tear on the laptop's built-in keyboard -- which would be much more expensive to replace. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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