I got a big keyboard with F13-F24 keys. So here is the thing:

If you want to use e.g.: F22 as a shortcut in e.g.: Plasma settings it will get regonized as Touchpad On instead of as F22: https://imgur.com/a/GiyhBwD

The same goes for F13-F24:

F13 -> Tools
F14 -> Launch(7)
F20 -> Microphone Mute
F21 -> Touchpad Toggle
…

The shortcuts do work but the key name is just not correct.

I’d imagine that’s because of the function keys on laptops…? But I am not using a laptop.

Anways one way to “fix” this in X11 was to create a .Xmodmap file:

keycode 191 = F13 F13 F13
keycode 192 = F14 F14 F14
[...]
keycode 202 = F24 F24 F24

and afterwars the system will regonize e.g.: F22 as F22: https://imgur.com/a/LB29wgo

A .Xmodmap file does not work in Wayland. What are my options here?

Thank you for your help.

PS: I found a simliar question here: https://discuss.kde.org/t/remapping-keys-such-as-f13/10275/3 but not answer.
I also found https://old.reddit.com/r/wayland/comments/x3tff6/adding_f13_f24_keys/kf36xa0/ but I want a real solution that works on the “user level” (like a .Xmodmap file in my home directory)…

  • D_Air1@lemmy.ml
    4·
    10 months ago

    I don’t know much about this kind of thing, but one thought that I had is that if you go to system settings -> keyboard -> keyboard. Is there any similar keyboard model that you can select that would essentially give you access to those keys?

    • sputge@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      10 months ago

      I have not found any… I guess I would need to select: “Generic | Generic 121-key PC” as the keyboard model, which does not exist.
      This is the keyboard: https://github.com/bluepylons/Boston

      But it’s running QMK so one would have the same problem e.g.: with a 36-key keyboard which is programmed to send F13-F24 in some way…

      • D_Air1@lemmy.ml
        1·
        10 months ago

        Sorry, not sure what else to do. I couldn’t even find much information regarding a 121 key keyboard. I do wonder if there is a way to create a custom layout.

  • souperk@reddthat.com
    3·
    10 months ago

    I cannot help, but your post got me wondering can you share your keyboard or a picture?

    I cannot understand how some many fkeys could be useful. Why not use regural shortcuts?

    • sputge@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      10 months ago

      I don’t think that’s possible since I have this issue with all my costume keyboards.
      Some of them have only 36-keys. Such keyboard layouts do not exist in the Plasma keyboard settings.
      They all use QMK as a firmware so I can program the keys to do anything I want.

    • pacjo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      4·
      10 months ago

      Ok, It took some time by I finally found my writeup: https://github.com/agustinmista/positron/issues/15

      … and on further inspection it’s the same as you already posted. If it helps I can say it’s been really stable, never breaking since I set it up (well apart from this week, but it’s more of a I fucked up KDE and ignored all issues for the past few months, so a reinstall was necessary type of problem.

    • Lenni@fosstodon.org
      1·
      10 months ago

      @Pantherina @sputge I think the F[number] stuff gets directly passed to the OS, just the [Fn] stuff (those extra features to change the display brightness, volume, etc.) is managed by the Keyboard (?) or BIOS

      • Pantherina@feddit.de
        1·
        10 months ago

        Hm, so on my Thinkpad I had “sticky keys” which made the keys do the Fn function instead of the normal one, I had to change that in BIOS. But in KDE I can still assign F2=volUp (which is an OS feature and not the actually assigned Fn+F2 button)