Release 2.45
Table of Contents
xkeyboard-config 2.45 was released on 2025-06-08.
Models
Fixes
-
Norwegian Macintosh layout: Fixed the
apostrophe
key to actually outputapostrophe
instead ofbar
.Contributed by Håvard Bærug (!801)
Layouts
Breaking changes
- Deleted obsolete
jp(kana86)
layout. (#502)
New
-
Added Colemak variant for Swedish:
se(colemak)
.Contributed by satricus (!761)
-
French (AZERTY, AFNOR): Implemented the “European character” dead key on
AltGr+H
, as documented at the offical web page. Also fixed the missing upper Theta Θ onQ
. -
ru(typo)
: Added bar symbol on the<BKSL>
key.Contributed by Boolat Kamalov (!814)
Fixes
-
us(colemak_dh)
: Fix the CapsLock remapping being difficult to override. (#490) -
Japanese layouts: Fix Eisu toggle triggering CapsLock when the layout is not in the first position. (#512)
-
Apple: fix ISO keyboards International English layout (
<TLDE>
,<LSGT>
keys permutation).Contributed by Andrey Butirsky (!793)
-
Faroese
fo
: use comma as the decimal separator for the numpad.Contributed by Ragnar Kruse (!815)
Options
New
- Added two compatibility options related to
Hyper
:hyper:mod3
: maps the virtual modifierHyper
toMod3
; conflicts withLevelFive
. Loaded by default when using any option withHyper
.hyper:mod4
: maps the virtual modifierHyper
toMod3
; conflicts withSuper
. Use this option if using bothHyper
andLevelFive
, e.g. for layouts with 5+ levels.
Fixes
shift:breaks_caps
: Fix missingShift_{L,R}
keysyms that prevented keyboard shortcuts to work correctly in some setups.
Miscellaneous
Breaking changes
-
Added
KEY_ZENKAKUHANKAKU
mapping for touchpad toggle.Pressing the touchpad toggle key on some notebooks produces the key sequence
Super + Control + KEY_ZENKAKUHANKAKU
. Actual Japanese Hankaku/Zenkaku keys however do not use this keycode, but theone instead. Contributed by Werner Sembach (!810)
-
The default mapping of the virtual modifier
Hyper
toMod3
is now deactivated by default, because it conflicts withLevelFive
, which is used in various layouts with 5+ levels.It is now enabled only when using any option binding
Hyper
keysyms or when using the new optionhyper:mod3
. However, if one one want to useLevelFive
andHyper
simultaneously (e.g. for layouts with 5+ levels), then the new alternative optionhyper:mod4
should be used instead.
Build system
Breaking changes
-
Switched to versioned install directories and files, to enable installing multiple versions of xkeyboard-config to be installed in parallel.
- Moved the keyboard keymap data to a namespace dedicated to xkeyboard-config:
<prefix>/<datadir>/xkeyboard-config-2
. - Created symbolic link to maintain backward-compatibility with the X11 namespace:
<prefix>/<datadir>/X11/xkb
→<prefix>/<datadir>/xkeyboard-config-2
. - Renamed
pkg-config
, translation and manual files to include a version:<prefix>/<datadir>/pkgconfig/xkeyboard-config-2.pc
<prefix>/<mandir>/man7/xkeyboard-config-2.7
<prefix>/<localedir>/**/xkeyboard-config-2.mo
- Created unversioned symbolic links to the previous files for backward-compatibility:
<prefix>/<datadir>/pkgconfig/
:xkeyboard-config.pc
→xkeyboard-config-2.pc
<prefix>/<mandir>/man7/
:xkeyboard-config.7
→xkeyboard-config-2.7
<prefix>/<localedir>/**/
:xkeyboard-config.mo
→xkeyboard-config-2.mo
See our versioning documentation for further information.
- Moved the keyboard keymap data to a namespace dedicated to xkeyboard-config: