Bug 30481

Summary:	Ability to customise the keyboard layout
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	pvz
Component:	kcm_keyboard	Assignee:	Andriy Rysin <arysin>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	abrahams, andydecleyre, butirsky, chaofeng111, esigra, estellnb, kdebugs, likivik, nate
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=432750 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=432818
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Description pvz 2001-08-09 22:04:39 UTC

(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***)

Package:           kcmkeyboard
Version:           2.0 (using KDE 2.2.0 beta1)
Severity:          wishlist
Installed from:    Debian Package 4:2.2.0-0.1beta1-2 (testing/unstable)
Compiler:          gcc version 2.95.4 20010703 (Debian prerelease)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.2.19
OS/Compiler notes: 

It would be nice if it were possible to make changes to the keyboard layout in KDE. For example I use a Belgian keyboard on my laptop and I still want to be able to type Swedish letters like Ã.

Right now I've made a little xmodmap script which maps AltGr+A to Ã¥ and AltGr+Shift+A to Ã and it would be nice to be able to do that via a GUI.

(Submitted via bugs.kde.org)
(Called from KBugReport dialog)

Comment 1 pvz 2002-07-20 23:50:51 UTC

Version:           2.0 (using KDE 3.0.2 )
Installed from:     (3.0)
Compiler:          gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.4.18
OS/Compiler notes: 

People also have the same problem with web keyboards (with exotic keys such as WWW Mail and Search) and usually want to be able to teach KDE about these keys.

(Submitted via bugs.kde.org)
(Called from KBugReport dialog)

Comment 2 Aaron J. Seigo 2003-08-23 13:28:42 UTC

*** Bug 28186 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2021-02-11 04:14:00 UTC

Right now we do kind of have the ability with a loooooong list of modifications you can make under the "Advanced" tab. However this is a pretty poor user experience overall. For the common case of wanting to make one key do something different (e.g. turn Caps Lock into Compose) or swap two keys (e.g. swap the position of the Fn and Ctrl keys), the UI is overwhelming and inflexible; if the exact thing you want to do is not listed, it can't be done at all.

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2021-02-11 04:15:34 UTC

*** Bug 228289 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2021-02-11 04:19:17 UTC

*** Bug 359400 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Andrey 2021-03-04 21:17:51 UTC

FYI, Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator is an example of Windows program with such abilities.
I'm not aware of any other examples.