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Mapping the menu key to meta on Linux

AskMozi
AskMozi
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Since Firefox 13, it was not possible to use the meta key as a modifier on Linux. According to https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=751749, this was fixed in Firefox 17.

I am trying to find a xmodmap setting that does the job in order to use the menu key plus some nearby keys (forward and backward on a Thinkpad keyboard) to the "Next, please" command of the Nextplease addon using keyconfig. - I am using KDE 4.10 and Firefox 22.

Mapping the keycode of the menu key (135) to the Keysym Meta_R and adding the Mod4 modifier Meta_R only leads to keyconfig detecting "Meta+VK_META", any simultaneously pressed second key is not detected at all.

I would be really thankful if you could help me to use my old keyconfigs again.

Since Firefox 13, it was not possible to use the meta key as a modifier on Linux. According to https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=751749, this was fixed in Firefox 17. I am trying to find a xmodmap setting that does the job in order to use the menu key plus some nearby keys (forward and backward on a Thinkpad keyboard) to the "Next, please" command of the Nextplease addon using keyconfig. - I am using KDE 4.10 and Firefox 22. Mapping the keycode of the menu key (135) to the Keysym Meta_R and adding the Mod4 modifier Meta_R only leads to keyconfig detecting "Meta+VK_META", any simultaneously pressed second key is not detected at all. I would be really thankful if you could help me to use my old keyconfigs again.

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Gingerbread Man
Gingerbread Man
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If you don't get an answer on this forum, ask in the keyconfig support thread on Mozillazine.

Or try the Customizable Shortcuts add-on instead of keyconfig.