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Command: xkeyboard-config | Section: 7 | Source: OpenBSD | File: xkeyboard-config.7
XKEYBOARD-CONFIG(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual XKEYBOARD-CONFIG(7)
NAME
xkeyboard-config - XKB data description files
DESCRIPTION
xkeyboard-config provides the description files for the X Keyboard Ex-
tension (XKB). The configuration options below are usually applied with
setxkbmap(1).
MODELS
left,box; lB lB ___ lB l. Model Description pc101 Generic
101-key PC pc102 Generic 102-key (Intl) PC pc104 Generic
104-key PC pc105 Generic 105-key (Intl) PC dell101 Dell 101-key
PC latitude Dell Latitude series laptop dellm65 Dell Precision M65
everex Everex STEPnote flexpro Keytronic FlexPro microsoft Mi-
crosoft Natural omnikey101 Northgate OmniKey 101 winbook Winbook
Model XP5 pc98 PC-98xx Series a4techKB21 A4Tech KB-21
a4techKBS8 A4Tech KBS-8 a4_rfkb23 A4Tech Wireless Desktop RFKB-23
airkey Acer AirKey V azonaRF2300 Azona RF2300 wireless Internet
Keyboard scorpius Advance Scorpius KI brother Brother Internet Key-
board btc5113rf BTC 5113RF Multimedia btc5126t BTC 5126T
btc6301urf BTC 6301URF btc9000 BTC 9000 btc9000a BTC 9000A
btc9001ah BTC 9001AH btc5090 BTC 5090 btc9019u BTC 9019U
btc9116u BTC 9116U Mini Wireless Internet and Gaming cherry-
blue Cherry Blue Line CyBo@rd cherryblueb Cherry CyMotion Master
XPress cherrybluea Cherry Blue Line CyBo@rd (alternate option) cher-
rycyboard Cherry CyBo@rd USB-Hub cherrycmexpert Cherry CyMotion Expert
cherrybunlim Cherry B.UNLIMITED chicony Chicony Internet Keyboard
chicony0108 Chicony KU-0108 chicony0420 Chicony KU-0420
chicony9885 Chicony KB-9885 compaqeak8 Compaq Easy Access Key-
board compaqik7 Compaq Internet Keyboard (7 keys) compaqik13 Compaq
Internet Keyboard (13 keys) compaqik18 Compaq Internet Keyboard (18
keys) cymotionlinux Cherry CyMotion Master Linux armada Lap-
top/notebook Compaq (eg. Armada) Laptop Keyboard presario Laptop/note-
book Compaq (eg. Presario) Internet Keyboard ipaq Compaq iPaq Keyboard
dell Dell dellsk8125 Dell SK-8125 dellsk8135 Dell SK-8135 del-
lusbmm Dell USB Multimedia Keyboard inspiron Dell Laptop/notebook In-
spiron 6xxx/8xxx precision_m Dell Laptop/notebook Precision M series
dexxa Dexxa Wireless Desktop Keyboard diamond Diamond 9801 / 9802
series dtk2000 DTK2000 ennyah_dkb1008 Ennyah DKB-1008 fs-
caa1667g Fujitsu-Siemens Computers AMILO laptop genius Genius
Comfy KB-16M / Genius MM Keyboard KWD-910 geniuscomfy Genius Comfy
KB-12e geniuscomfy2 Genius Comfy KB-21e-Scroll geniuskb19e Genius
KB-19e NB geniuskkb2050hs Genius KKB-2050HS gyration Gyration htc-
dream HTC Dream kinesis Kinesis logitech_base Logitech Generic Key-
board logitech_g15 Logitech G15 extra keys via G15daemon
hpi6 Hewlett-Packard Internet Keyboard hp250x Hewlett-Packard
SK-250x Multimedia Keyboard hpxe3gc Hewlett-Packard Omnibook XE3 GC
hpxe3gf Hewlett-Packard Omnibook XE3 GF hpxt1000 Hewlett-Packard Om-
nibook XT1000 hpdv5 Hewlett-Packard Pavilion dv5 hpzt11xx Hewlett-
Packard Pavilion ZT11xx hp500fa Hewlett-Packard Omnibook 500 FA
hp5xx Hewlett-Packard Omnibook 5xx hpnx9020 Hewlett-Packard nx9020
hp6000 Hewlett-Packard Omnibook 6000/6100 honeywell_euroboard Honey-
well Euroboard hpmini110 Hewlett-Packard Mini 110 Notebook rapidac-
cess IBM Rapid Access rapidaccess2 IBM Rapid Access II
thinkpad IBM ThinkPad 560Z/600/600E/A22E thinkpad60 IBM ThinkPad
R60/T60/R61/T61 thinkpadz60 IBM ThinkPad Z60m/Z60t/Z61m/Z61t
ibm_spacesaver IBM Space Saver logiaccess Logitech Access Keyboard
logiclx300 Logitech Cordless Desktop LX-300 logii350 Logitech In-
ternet 350 Keyboard logimel Logitech Media Elite Keyboard log-
icd Logitech Cordless Desktop logicd_it Logitech Cordless Desktop
iTouch logicd_nav Logitech Cordless Desktop Navigator log-
icd_opt Logitech Cordless Desktop Optical logicda Logitech Cord-
less Desktop (alternate option) logicdpa2 Logitech Cordless Desktop Pro
(alternate option 2) logicfn Logitech Cordless Freedom/Desktop Navi-
gator logicdn Logitech Cordless Desktop Navigator logiitc Logitech
iTouch Cordless Keyboard (model Y-RB6) logiik Logitech Internet Key-
board itouch Logitech iTouch logicink Logitech Internet Navigator
Keyboard logiex110 Logitech Cordless Desktop EX110 logiinkse Logitech
iTouch Internet Navigator Keyboard SE logiinkseusb Logitech iTouch
Internet Navigator Keyboard SE (USB) logiultrax Logitech Ultra-X
Keyboard logiultraxc Logitech Ultra-X Cordless Media Desktop Key-
board logidinovo Logitech diNovo Keyboard logidinovoedge Logitech
diNovo Edge Keyboard mx1998 Memorex MX1998 mx2500 Memorex MX2500
EZ-Access Keyboard mx2750 Memorex MX2750 microsoft4000 Microsoft
Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 microsoft7000 Microsoft Natural Wire-
less Ergonomic Keyboard 7000 microsoftinet Microsoft Internet Keyboard
microsoftpro Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro / Microsoft Internet Key-
board Pro microsoftprousb Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro USB / Mi-
crosoft Internet Keyboard Pro microsoftprooem Microsoft Natural
Keyboard Pro OEM vsonku306 ViewSonic KU-306 Internet Keyboard mi-
crosoftprose Microsoft Internet Keyboard Pro, Swedish microsoftof-
fice Microsoft Office Keyboard microsoftmult Microsoft Wireless
Multimedia Keyboard 1.0A microsoftelite Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Elite microsoftccurve2k Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000
oretec Ortek MCK-800 MM/Internet keyboard propeller Propeller Voy-
ager (KTEZ-1000) qtronix QTronix Scorpius 98N+ samsung4500 Samsung
SDM 4500P samsung4510 Samsung SDM 4510P sanwaskbkg3 Sanwa Supply
SKB-KG3 sk1300 SK-1300 sk2500 SK-2500 sk6200 SK-6200
sk7100 SK-7100 sp_inet Super Power Multimedia Keyboard sven SVEN
Ergonomic 2500 sven303 SVEN Slim 303 symplon Symplon PaceBook
(tablet PC) toshiba_s3000 Toshiba Satellite S3000 trust Trust
Wireless Keyboard Classic trustda Trust Direct Access Keyboard
trust_slimline Trust Slimline tm2020 TypeMatrix EZ-Reach 2020
tm2030PS2 TypeMatrix EZ-Reach 2030 PS2 tm2030USB TypeMatrix EZ-Reach
2030 USB tm2030USB-102 TypeMatrix EZ-Reach 2030 USB (102/105:EU mode)
tm2030USB-106 TypeMatrix EZ-Reach 2030 USB (106:JP mode) yahoo Ya-
hoo! Internet Keyboard macbook78 MacBook/MacBook Pro macbook79 Mac-
Book/MacBook Pro (Intl) macintosh Macintosh macintosh_old Macintosh
Old macintosh_hhk Happy Hacking Keyboard for Mac acer_c300 Acer C300
acer_ferrari4k Acer Ferrari 4000 acer_laptop Acer Laptop asus_lap-
top Asus Laptop apple Apple apple_laptop Apple Laptop ap-
plealu_ansi Apple Aluminium Keyboard (ANSI) applealu_iso Apple Alu-
minium Keyboard (ISO) applealu_jis Apple Aluminium Keyboard (JIS)
silvercrest SILVERCREST Multimedia Wireless Keyboard emachines Lap-
top/notebook eMachines m68xx benqx BenQ X-Touch benqx730 BenQ X-
Touch 730 benqx800 BenQ X-Touch 800 hhk Happy Hacking Keyboard class-
mate Classmate PC olpc OLPC sun_type7_usb Sun Type 7 USB
sun_type7_euro_usb Sun Type 7 USB (European layout)
sun_type7_unix_usb Sun Type 7 USB (Unix layout)
sun_type7_jp_usb Sun Type 7 USB (Japanese layout) / Japanese 106-key
sun_type6_usb Sun Type 6/7 USB sun_type6_euro_usb Sun Type 6/7 USB
(European layout) sun_type6_unix_usb Sun Type 6 USB (Unix layout)
sun_type6_jp_usb Sun Type 6 USB (Japanese layout) sun_type6_jp Sun
Type 6 (Japanese layout) targa_v811 Targa Visionary 811
unitekkb1925 Unitek KB-1925 compalfl90 FL90 creativedw7000 Cre-
ative Desktop Wireless 7000 htcdream Htc Dream phone teck227 Truly
Ergonomic Computer Keyboard Model 227 (Wide Alt keys) teck229 Truly
Ergonomic Computer Keyboard Model 229 (Standard sized Alt keys, addi-
tional Super and Menu key)
LAYOUTS
left,box; lB lB ____ lB l. Layout(Variant) Description us Eng-
lish (US) us(chr) Cherokee us(euro) English (US, with euro on 5)
us(intl) English (US, international with dead keys) us(alt-
intl) English (US, alternative international) us(colemak) English
(Colemak) us(dvorak) English (Dvorak) us(dvorak-intl) English
(Dvorak, international with dead keys) us(dvorak-alt-intl) English
(Dvorak alternative international no dead keys) us(dvorak-l) English
(left handed Dvorak) us(dvorak-r) English (right handed Dvorak)
us(dvorak-classic) English (classic Dvorak) us(dvp) English (Pro-
grammer Dvorak) us(rus) Russian (US, phonetic) us(mac) English
(Macintosh) us(altgr-intl) English (international AltGr dead keys)
us(olpc2) English (the divide/multiply keys toggle the layout)
us(hbs) Serbo-Croatian (US) us(workman) English (Workman) us(work-
man-intl) English (Workman, international with dead keys)
_ af Afghani af(ps) Pashto af(uz) Uzbek (Afghanistan) af(olpc-
ps) Pashto (Afghanistan, OLPC) af(fa-olpc) Persian (Afghanistan,
Dari OLPC) af(uz-olpc) Uzbek (Afghanistan, OLPC)
_ ara Arabic ara(azerty) Arabic (azerty) ara(azerty_digits) Arabic
(azerty/digits) ara(digits) Arabic (digits) ara(qwerty) Arabic
(qwerty) ara(qwerty_digits) Arabic (qwerty/digits) ara(buckwal-
ter) Arabic (Buckwalter) ara(mac) Arabic (Macintosh)
_ al Albanian al(plisi) Albanian (Plisi)
_ am Armenian am(phonetic) Armenian (phonetic) am(phonetic-
alt) Armenian (alternative phonetic) am(eastern) Armenian (east-
ern) am(western) Armenian (western) am(eastern-alt) Armenian
(alternative eastern)
_ at German (Austria) at(nodeadkeys) German (Austria, eliminate dead
keys) at(sundeadkeys) German (Austria, Sun dead keys)
at(mac) German (Austria, Macintosh)
_ au English (Australian)
_ az Azerbaijani az(cyrillic) Azerbaijani (Cyrillic)
_ by Belarusian by(legacy) Belarusian (legacy) by(latin) Belaru-
sian (Latin)
_ be Belgian be(oss) Belgian (alternative) be(oss_latin9) Belgian
(alternative, Latin-9 only) be(oss_sundeadkeys) Belgian (alternative,
Sun dead keys) be(iso-alternate) Belgian (ISO alternate) be(nodead-
keys) Belgian (eliminate dead keys) be(sundeadkeys) Belgian (Sun
dead keys) be(wang) Belgian (Wang model 724 azerty)
_ in Indian in(urd-phonetic) Urdu (phonetic) in(urd-pho-
netic3) Urdu (alternative phonetic) in(urd-winkeys) Urdu
(WinKeys) in(eng) English (India, with rupee sign)
_ ba Bosnian ba(alternatequotes) Bosnian (with guillemets for quotes)
ba(unicode) Bosnian (with Bosnian digraphs) ba(unicodeus) Bosnian
(US keyboard with Bosnian digraphs) ba(us) Bosnian (US keyboard with
Bosnian letters)
_ br Portuguese (Brazil) br(nodeadkeys) Portuguese (Brazil, eliminate
dead keys) br(dvorak) Portuguese (Brazil, Dvorak) br(na-
tivo) Portuguese (Brazil, Nativo) br(nativo-us) Portuguese
(Brazil, Nativo for US keyboards) br(nativo-epo) Esperanto (Brazil, Na-
tivo) br(thinkpad) Portuguese (Brazil, IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad)
_ bg Bulgarian bg(phonetic) Bulgarian (traditional phonetic)
bg(bas_phonetic) Bulgarian (new phonetic)
_ dz Berber (Algeria, Latin characters) dz(ber) Berber (Algeria,
Tifinagh characters) dz(ar) Arabic (Algeria)
_ ma Arabic (Morocco) ma(french) French (Morocco) ma(tifi-
nagh) Berber (Morocco, Tifinagh) ma(tifinagh-alt) Berber (Morocco,
Tifinagh alternative) ma(tifinagh-alt-phonetic) Berber (Morocco,
Tifinagh alternative phonetic) ma(tifinagh-extended) Berber (Mo-
rocco, Tifinagh extended) ma(tifinagh-phonetic) Berber (Morocco, Ti-
finagh phonetic) ma(tifinagh-extended-phonetic) Berber (Morocco,
Tifinagh extended phonetic)
_ cm English (Cameroon) cm(french) French (Cameroon) cm(qw-
erty) Cameroon Multilingual (qwerty) cm(azerty) Cameroon Multi-
lingual (azerty) cm(dvorak) Cameroon Multilingual (Dvorak)
cm(mmuock) Mmuock
_ mm Burmese
_ ca French (Canada) ca(fr-dvorak) French (Canada, Dvorak) ca(fr-
legacy) French (Canada, legacy) ca(multix) Canadian Multilingual
ca(multi) Canadian Multilingual (first part) ca(multi-2gr) Canadian
Multilingual (second part) ca(ike) Inuktitut ca(eng) English
(Canada)
_ cd French (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
_ cn Chinese cn(tib) Tibetan cn(tib_asciinum) Tibetan (with
ASCII numerals) cn(ug) Uyghur
_ hr Croatian hr(alternatequotes) Croatian (with guillemets for
quotes) hr(unicode) Croatian (with Croatian digraphs) hr(uni-
codeus) Croatian (US keyboard with Croatian digraphs) hr(us) Croat-
ian (US keyboard with Croatian letters)
_ cz Czech cz(bksl) Czech (with <> key) cz(qwerty) Czech (qw-
erty) cz(qwerty_bksl) Czech (qwerty, extended Backslash)
cz(ucw) Czech (UCW layout, accented letters only) cz(dvorak-
ucw) Czech (US Dvorak with CZ UCW support) cz(rus) Russian (Czech,
phonetic)
_ dk Danish dk(nodeadkeys) Danish (eliminate dead keys)
dk(winkeys) Danish (Winkeys) dk(mac) Danish (Macintosh)
dk(mac_nodeadkeys) Danish (Macintosh, eliminate dead keys) dk(dvo-
rak) Danish (Dvorak)
_ nl Dutch nl(sundeadkeys) Dutch (Sun dead keys) nl(mac) Dutch
(Macintosh) nl(std) Dutch (standard)
_ bt Dzongkha
_ ee Estonian ee(nodeadkeys) Estonian (eliminate dead keys) ee(dvo-
rak) Estonian (Dvorak) ee(us) Estonian (US keyboard with Eston-
ian letters)
_ ir Persian ir(pes_keypad) Persian (with Persian keypad)
ir(ku) Kurdish (Iran, Latin Q) ir(ku_f) Kurdish (Iran, F)
ir(ku_alt) Kurdish (Iran, Latin Alt-Q) ir(ku_ara) Kurdish
(Iran, Arabic-Latin)
_ iq Iraqi iq(ku) Kurdish (Iraq, Latin Q) iq(ku_f) Kurdish (Iraq,
F) iq(ku_alt) Kurdish (Iraq, Latin Alt-Q) iq(ku_ara) Kurdish
(Iraq, Arabic-Latin)
_ fo Faroese fo(nodeadkeys) Faroese (eliminate dead keys)
_ fi Finnish fi(classic) Finnish (classic) fi(nodeadkeys) Finnish
(classic, eliminate dead keys) fi(winkeys) Finnish (Winkeys)
fi(smi) Northern Saami (Finland) fi(mac) Finnish (Macintosh)
_ fr French fr(nodeadkeys) French (eliminate dead keys) fr(sundead-
keys) French (Sun dead keys) fr(oss) French (alternative)
fr(oss_latin9) French (alternative, Latin-9 only) fr(oss_nodead-
keys) French (alternative, eliminate dead keys) fr(oss_sundead-
keys) French (alternative, Sun dead keys) fr(latin9) French
(legacy, alternative) fr(latin9_nodeadkeys) French (legacy, alterna-
tive, eliminate dead keys) fr(latin9_sundeadkeys) French (legacy, al-
ternative, Sun dead keys) fr(bepo) French (Bepo, ergonomic, Dvorak
way) fr(bepo_latin9) French (Bepo, ergonomic, Dvorak way, Latin-9
only) fr(dvorak) French (Dvorak) fr(mac) French (Macintosh)
fr(azerty) French (Azerty) fr(bre) French (Breton) fr(oci) Occ-
itan fr(geo) Georgian (France, AZERTY Tskapo)
_ gh English (Ghana) gh(generic) English (Ghana, multilingual)
gh(akan) Akan gh(ewe) Ewe gh(fula) Fula gh(ga) Ga
gh(hausa) Hausa gh(avn) Avatime gh(gillbt) English (Ghana,
GILLBT)
_ gn French (Guinea)
_ ge Georgian ge(ergonomic) Georgian (ergonomic) ge(mess) Georgian
(MESS) ge(ru) Russian (Georgia) ge(os) Ossetian (Georgia)
_ de German de(deadacute) German (dead acute) de(deadgravea-
cute) German (dead grave acute) de(nodeadkeys) German (eliminate dead
keys) de(T3) German (T3) de(ro) Romanian (Germany) de(ro_nodead-
keys) Romanian (Germany, eliminate dead keys) de(dvorak) German
(Dvorak) de(sundeadkeys) German (Sun dead keys) de(neo) German
(Neo 2) de(mac) German (Macintosh) de(mac_nodeadkeys) German (Macin-
tosh, eliminate dead keys) de(dsb) Lower Sorbian de(dsb_qwertz) Lower
Sorbian (qwertz) de(qwerty) German (qwerty) de(tr) Turkish (Ger-
many) de(ru) Russian (Germany, phonetic) de(deadtilde) German (dead
tilde)
_ gr Greek gr(simple) Greek (simple) gr(extended) Greek (ex-
tended) gr(nodeadkeys) Greek (eliminate dead keys) gr(polytonic) Greek
(polytonic)
_ hu Hungarian hu(standard) Hungarian (standard) hu(nodead-
keys) Hungarian (eliminate dead keys) hu(qwerty) Hungarian (qwerty)
hu(101_qwertz_comma_dead) Hungarian (101/qwertz/comma/dead keys)
hu(101_qwertz_comma_nodead) Hungarian (101/qwertz/comma/eliminate
dead keys) hu(101_qwertz_dot_dead) Hungarian (101/qwertz/dot/dead
keys) hu(101_qwertz_dot_nodead) Hungarian (101/qwertz/dot/eliminate
dead keys) hu(101_qwerty_comma_dead) Hungarian (101/qw-
erty/comma/dead keys) hu(101_qwerty_comma_nodead) Hungarian (101/qw-
erty/comma/eliminate dead keys) hu(101_qwerty_dot_dead) Hungarian
(101/qwerty/dot/dead keys) hu(101_qwerty_dot_nodead) Hungarian
(101/qwerty/dot/eliminate dead keys) hu(102_qwertz_comma_dead) Hun-
garian (102/qwertz/comma/dead keys) hu(102_qwertz_comma_nodead) Hun-
garian (102/qwertz/comma/eliminate dead keys) hu(102_qw-
ertz_dot_dead) Hungarian (102/qwertz/dot/dead keys) hu(102_qw-
ertz_dot_nodead) Hungarian (102/qwertz/dot/eliminate dead keys)
hu(102_qwerty_comma_dead) Hungarian (102/qwerty/comma/dead keys)
hu(102_qwerty_comma_nodead) Hungarian (102/qwerty/comma/eliminate
dead keys) hu(102_qwerty_dot_dead) Hungarian (102/qwerty/dot/dead
keys) hu(102_qwerty_dot_nodead) Hungarian (102/qwerty/dot/eliminate
dead keys)
_ is Icelandic is(Sundeadkeys) Icelandic (Sun dead keys)
is(nodeadkeys) Icelandic (eliminate dead keys) is(mac_legacy) Icelandic
(Macintosh, legacy) is(mac) Icelandic (Macintosh) is(dvorak) Ice-
landic (Dvorak)
_ il Hebrew il(lyx) Hebrew (lyx) il(phonetic) Hebrew (phonetic)
il(biblical) Hebrew (Biblical, Tiro)
_ it Italian it(nodeadkeys) Italian (eliminate dead keys)
it(winkeys) Italian (Winkeys) it(mac) Italian (Macintosh)
it(us) Italian (US keyboard with Italian letters) it(geo) Georgian
(Italy) it(ibm) Italian (IBM 142)
_ jp Japanese jp(kana) Japanese (Kana) jp(kana86) Japanese (Kana
86) jp(OADG109A) Japanese (OADG 109A) jp(mac) Japanese (Macintosh)
jp(dvorak) Japanese (Dvorak)
_ kg Kyrgyz kg(phonetic) Kyrgyz (phonetic)
_ kh Khmer (Cambodia)
_ kz Kazakh kz(ruskaz) Russian (Kazakhstan, with Kazakh)
kz(kazrus) Kazakh (with Russian) kz(ext) Kazakh (extended)
_ la Lao la(stea) Lao (STEA proposed standard layout)
_ latam Spanish (Latin American) latam(nodeadkeys) Spanish (Latin
American, eliminate dead keys) latam(deadtilde) Spanish (Latin Amer-
ican, include dead tilde) latam(sundeadkeys) Spanish (Latin American,
Sun dead keys) latam(dvorak) Spanish (Latin American, Dvorak)
_ lt Lithuanian lt(std) Lithuanian (standard) lt(us) Lithuanian
(US keyboard with Lithuanian letters) lt(ibm) Lithuanian (IBM LST
1205-92) lt(lekp) Lithuanian (LEKP) lt(lekpa) Lithuanian (LEKPa)
_ lv Latvian lv(apostrophe) Latvian (apostrophe variant)
lv(tilde) Latvian (tilde variant) lv(fkey) Latvian (F variant) lv(mod-
ern) Latvian (modern) lv(ergonomic) Latvian (ergonomic, GJRMV)
lv(adapted) Latvian (adapted)
_ mao Maori
_ me Montenegrin me(cyrillic) Montenegrin (Cyrillic) me(cyrilli-
cyz) Montenegrin (Cyrillic, ZE and ZHE swapped) me(latinuni-
code) Montenegrin (Latin Unicode) me(latinyz) Montenegrin (Latin
qwerty) me(latinunicodeyz) Montenegrin (Latin Unicode qwerty)
me(cyrillicalternatequotes) Montenegrin (Cyrillic with guillemets)
me(latinalternatequotes) Montenegrin (Latin with guillemets)
_ mk Macedonian mk(nodeadkeys) Macedonian (eliminate dead keys)
_ mt Maltese mt(us) Maltese (with US layout)
_ mn Mongolian
_ no Norwegian no(nodeadkeys) Norwegian (eliminate dead keys)
no(winkeys) Norwegian (Winkeys) no(dvorak) Norwegian (Dvorak)
no(smi) Northern Saami (Norway) no(smi_nodeadkeys) Northern Saami
(Norway, eliminate dead keys) no(mac) Norwegian (Macintosh)
no(mac_nodeadkeys) Norwegian (Macintosh, eliminate dead keys) no(cole-
mak) Norwegian (Colemak)
_ pl Polish pl(legacy) Polish (legacy) pl(qwertz) Polish (qw-
ertz) pl(dvorak) Polish (Dvorak) pl(dvorak_quotes) Polish (Dvo-
rak, Polish quotes on quotemark key) pl(dvorak_altquotes) Polish
(Dvorak, Polish quotes on key 1) pl(csb) Kashubian pl(szl) Silesian
pl(ru_phonetic_dvorak) Russian (Poland, phonetic Dvorak)
pl(dvp) Polish (programmer Dvorak)
_ pt Portuguese pt(nodeadkeys) Portuguese (eliminate dead keys)
pt(sundeadkeys) Portuguese (Sun dead keys) pt(mac) Portuguese
(Macintosh) pt(mac_nodeadkeys) Portuguese (Macintosh, eliminate dead
keys) pt(mac_sundeadkeys) Portuguese (Macintosh, Sun dead keys) pt(na-
tivo) Portuguese (Nativo) pt(nativo-us) Portuguese (Nativo for US
keyboards) pt(nativo-epo) Esperanto (Portugal, Nativo)
_ ro Romanian ro(cedilla) Romanian (cedilla) ro(std) Romanian
(standard) ro(std_cedilla) Romanian (standard cedilla)
ro(winkeys) Romanian (WinKeys)
_ ru Russian ru(phonetic) Russian (phonetic) ru(pho-
netic_winkeys) Russian (phonetic WinKeys) ru(typewriter) Russian
(typewriter) ru(legacy) Russian (legacy) ru(typewriter-
legacy) Russian (typewriter, legacy) ru(tt) Tatar
ru(os_legacy) Ossetian (legacy) ru(os_winkeys) Ossetian (WinKeys)
ru(cv) Chuvash ru(cv_latin) Chuvash (Latin) ru(udm) Udmurt
ru(kom) Komi ru(sah) Yakut ru(xal) Kalmyk ru(dos) Russian (DOS)
ru(mac) Russian (Macintosh) ru(srp) Serbian (Russia)
ru(bak) Bashkirian ru(chm) Mari ru(phonetic_azerty) Russian (pho-
netic azerty) ru(phonetic_dvorak) Russian (phonetic dvorak) ru(pho-
netic_fr) Russian (phonetic French)
_ rs Serbian rs(yz) Serbian (Cyrillic, ZE and ZHE swapped)
rs(latin) Serbian (Latin) rs(latinunicode) Serbian (Latin Unicode)
rs(latinyz) Serbian (Latin qwerty) rs(latinunicodeyz) Serbian
(Latin Unicode qwerty) rs(alternatequotes) Serbian (Cyrillic with
guillemets) rs(latinalternatequotes) Serbian (Latin with guillemets)
rs(rue) Pannonian Rusyn
_ si Slovenian si(alternatequotes) Slovenian (with guillemets for
quotes) si(us) Slovenian (US keyboard with Slovenian letters)
_ sk Slovak sk(bksl) Slovak (extended Backslash) sk(qwerty) Slo-
vak (qwerty) sk(qwerty_bksl) Slovak (qwerty, extended Backslash)
_ es Spanish es(nodeadkeys) Spanish (eliminate dead keys)
es(winkeys) Spanish (Winkeys) es(deadtilde) Spanish (include dead
tilde) es(sundeadkeys) Spanish (Sun dead keys) es(dvorak) Span-
ish (Dvorak) es(ast) Asturian (Spain, with bottom-dot H and bottom-
dot L) es(cat) Catalan (Spain, with middle-dot L) es(mac) Spanish
(Macintosh)
_ se Swedish se(nodeadkeys) Swedish (eliminate dead keys) se(dvo-
rak) Swedish (Dvorak) se(rus) Russian (Sweden, phonetic)
se(rus_nodeadkeys) Russian (Sweden, phonetic, eliminate dead keys)
se(smi) Northern Saami (Sweden) se(mac) Swedish (Macintosh) se(svd-
vorak) Swedish (Svdvorak) se(swl) Swedish Sign Language
_ ch German (Switzerland) ch(legacy) German (Switzerland, legacy)
ch(de_nodeadkeys) German (Switzerland, eliminate dead keys)
ch(de_sundeadkeys) German (Switzerland, Sun dead keys)
ch(fr) French (Switzerland) ch(fr_nodeadkeys) French (Switzerland,
eliminate dead keys) ch(fr_sundeadkeys) French (Switzerland, Sun dead
keys) ch(fr_mac) French (Switzerland, Macintosh)
ch(de_mac) German (Switzerland, Macintosh)
_ sy Arabic (Syria) sy(syc) Syriac sy(syc_phonetic) Syriac (pho-
netic) sy(ku) Kurdish (Syria, Latin Q) sy(ku_f) Kurdish (Syria, F)
sy(ku_alt) Kurdish (Syria, Latin Alt-Q)
_ tj Tajik tj(legacy) Tajik (legacy)
_ lk Sinhala (phonetic) lk(tam_unicode) Tamil (Sri Lanka, Uni-
code) lk(tam_TAB) Tamil (Sri Lanka, TAB Typewriter) lk(us) Sin-
hala (US keyboard with Sinhala letters)
_ th Thai th(tis) Thai (TIS-820.2538) th(pat) Thai (Pattachote)
_ tr Turkish tr(f) Turkish (F) tr(alt) Turkish (Alt-Q) tr(sun-
deadkeys) Turkish (Sun dead keys) tr(ku) Kurdish (Turkey, Latin
Q) tr(ku_f) Kurdish (Turkey, F) tr(ku_alt) Kurdish (Turkey, Latin
Alt-Q) tr(intl) Turkish (international with dead keys)
tr(crh) Crimean Tatar (Turkish Q) tr(crh_f) Crimean Tatar (Turkish F)
tr(crh_alt) Crimean Tatar (Turkish Alt-Q)
_ tw Taiwanese tw(indigenous) Taiwanese (indigenous)
tw(saisiyat) Saisiyat (Taiwan)
_ ua Ukrainian ua(phonetic) Ukrainian (phonetic) ua(type-
writer) Ukrainian (typewriter) ua(winkeys) Ukrainian (WinKeys)
ua(legacy) Ukrainian (legacy) ua(rstu) Ukrainian (standard RSTU)
ua(rstu_ru) Russian (Ukraine, standard RSTU) ua(homophonic) Ukrain-
ian (homophonic)
_ gb English (UK) gb(extd) English (UK, extended WinKeys)
gb(intl) English (UK, international with dead keys) gb(dvo-
rak) English (UK, Dvorak) gb(dvorakukp) English (UK, Dvorak with
UK punctuation) gb(mac) English (UK, Macintosh) gb(mac_intl) Eng-
lish (UK, Macintosh international) gb(colemak) English (UK, Colemak)
_ uz Uzbek uz(latin) Uzbek (Latin)
_ vn Vietnamese
_ kr Korean kr(kr104) Korean (101/104 key compatible)
_ nec_vndr/jp Japanese (PC-98xx Series)
_ ie Irish ie(CloGaelach) CloGaelach ie(UnicodeExpert) Irish (Uni-
codeExpert) ie(ogam) Ogham ie(ogam_is434) Ogham (IS434)
_ pk Urdu (Pakistan) pk(urd-crulp) Urdu (Pakistan, CRULP) pk(urd-
nla) Urdu (Pakistan, NLA) pk(ara) Arabic (Pakistan)
pk(snd) Sindhi
_ mv Dhivehi
_ za English (South Africa)
_ epo Esperanto epo(legacy) Esperanto (displaced semicolon and
quote, obsolete)
_ np Nepali
_ ng English (Nigeria) ng(igbo) Igbo ng(yoruba) Yoruba
ng(hausa) Hausa
_ et Amharic
_ sn Wolof
_ brai Braille brai(left_hand) Braille (left hand)
brai(right_hand) Braille (right hand)
_ tm Turkmen tm(alt) Turkmen (Alt-Q)
_ ml Bambara ml(fr-oss) French (Mali, alternative) ml(us-
mac) English (Mali, US Macintosh) ml(us-intl) English (Mali, US
international)
_ tz Swahili (Tanzania)
_ tg French (Togo)
_ ke Swahili (Kenya) ke(kik) Kikuyu
_ bw Tswana
_ ph Filipino ph(qwerty-bay) Filipino (QWERTY Baybayin) ph(capewell-
dvorak) Filipino (Capewell-Dvorak Latin) ph(capewell-dvorak-bay) Fil-
ipino (Capewell-Dvorak Baybayin) ph(capewell-qwerf2k6) Filipino
(Capewell-QWERF 2006 Latin) ph(capewell-qwerf2k6-bay) Filipino
(Capewell-QWERF 2006 Baybayin) ph(colemak) Filipino (Colemak Latin)
ph(colemak-bay) Filipino (Colemak Baybayin) ph(dvorak) Filipino
(Dvorak Latin) ph(dvorak-bay) Filipino (Dvorak Baybayin)
_ md Moldavian md(gag) Moldavian (Gagauz)
_ id Indonesian (Jawi)
_ my Malay (Jawi)
_ bn Malay (Jawi)
_
OPTIONS
Switching to another layout
left,box; lB lB ___ lB l. Option Description grp:switch Right
Alt (while pressed) grp:lswitch Left Alt (while pressed)
grp:lwin_switch Left Win (while pressed) grp:rwin_switch Right
Win (while pressed) grp:win_switch Any Win key (while pressed)
grp:caps_switch Caps Lock (while pressed), Alt+Caps Lock does the
original capslock action grp:rctrl_switch Right Ctrl (while pressed)
grp:toggle Right Alt grp:lalt_toggle Left Alt grp:caps_tog-
gle Caps Lock grp:shift_caps_toggle Shift+Caps Lock
grp:shift_caps_switch Caps Lock (to first layout), Shift+Caps Lock
(to last layout) grp:win_menu_switch Left Win (to first layout), Right
Win/Menu (to last layout) grp:lctrl_rctrl_switch Left Ctrl (to first
layout), Right Ctrl (to last layout) grp:alt_caps_toggle Alt+Caps Lock
grp:shifts_toggle Both Shift keys together grp:alts_toggle Both
Alt keys together grp:ctrls_toggle Both Ctrl keys together
grp:ctrl_shift_toggle Ctrl+Shift grp:lctrl_lshift_toggle Left
Ctrl+Left Shift grp:rctrl_rshift_toggle Right Ctrl+Right Shift
grp:ctrl_alt_toggle Alt+Ctrl grp:alt_shift_toggle Alt+Shift
grp:lalt_lshift_toggle Left Alt+Left Shift grp:alt_space_tog-
gle Alt+Space grp:menu_toggle Menu grp:lwin_toggle Left Win
grp:win_space_toggle Win Key+Space grp:rwin_toggle Right Win
grp:lshift_toggle Left Shift grp:rshift_toggle Right Shift
grp:lctrl_toggle Left Ctrl grp:rctrl_toggle Right Ctrl
grp:sclk_toggle Scroll Lock grp:lctrl_lwin_rctrl_menu LeftC-
trl+LeftWin (to first layout), RightCtrl+Menu (to second layout)
grp:lctrl_lwin_toggle LeftCtrl+LeftWin
Key to choose 3rd level
left,box; lB lB ___ lB l. Option Description lv3:switch Right
Ctrl lv3:menu_switch Menu lv3:win_switch Any Win key
lv3:lwin_switch Left Win lv3:rwin_switch Right Win
lv3:alt_switch Any Alt key lv3:lalt_switch Left Alt
lv3:ralt_switch Right Alt lv3:ralt_switch_multikey Right Alt,
Shift+Right Alt key is Compose lv3:ralt_alt Right Alt key never
chooses 3rd level lv3:enter_switch Enter on keypad
lv3:caps_switch Caps Lock lv3:bksl_switch Backslash
lv3:lsgt_switch <Less/Greater> lv3:caps_switch_latch Caps Lock
chooses 3rd level, acts as onetime lock when pressed together with an-
other 3rd-level-chooser lv3:bksl_switch_latch Backslash chooses 3rd
level, acts as onetime lock when pressed together with another 3rd-
level-chooser lv3:lsgt_switch_latch <Less/Greater> chooses 3rd
level, acts as onetime lock when pressed together with another 3rd-
level-chooser
Ctrl key position
left,box; lB lB ___ lB l. Option Description ctrl:nocaps Caps
Lock as Ctrl ctrl:lctrl_meta Left Ctrl as Meta ctrl:swapcaps Swap
Ctrl and Caps Lock ctrl:ac_ctrl At left of 'A' ctrl:aa_ctrl At bot-
tom left ctrl:rctrl_ralt Right Ctrl as Right Alt ctrl:menu_rc-
trl Menu as Right Ctrl ctrl:swap_lalt_lctl Swap Left Alt key with
Left Ctrl key ctrl:swap_lwin_lctl Swap Left Win key with Left Ctrl key
ctrl:swap_rwin_rctl Swap Right Win key with Right Ctrl key
ctrl:swap_lalt_lctl_lwin Left Alt as Ctrl, Left Ctrl as Win, Left Win
as Alt
Use keyboard LED to show alternative layout
left,box; lB lB ___ lB l. Option Description grp_led:num Num
Lock grp_led:caps Caps Lock grp_led:scroll Scroll Lock
Layout of numeric keypad
left,box; lB lB ___ lB l. Option Description keypad:legacy Legacy
keypad:oss Unicode additions (arrows and math operators) keypad:fu-
ture Unicode additions (arrows and math operators; math operators on
default level) keypad:legacy_wang Legacy Wang 724 key-
pad:oss_wang Wang 724 keypad with Unicode additions (arrows and
math operators) keypad:future_wang Wang 724 keypad with Unicode addi-
tions (arrows and math operators; math operators on default level) key-
pad:hex Hexadecimal keypad:atm ATM/phone-style
Numeric keypad delete key behaviour
left,box; lB lB ___ lB l. Option Description kpdl:dot Legacy key
with dot kpdl:comma Legacy key with comma kpdl:dotoss Four-level
key with dot kpdl:dotoss_latin9 Four-level key with dot, Latin-9 only
kpdl:commaoss Four-level key with comma kpdl:momayyezoss Four-level
key with momayyez kpdl:kposs Four-level key with abstract separa-
tors kpdl:semi Semicolon on third level
Caps Lock key behavior
left,box; lB lB ___ lB l. Option Description caps:internal Caps
Lock uses internal capitalization; Shift "pauses" Caps Lock caps:inter-
nal_nocancel Caps Lock uses internal capitalization; Shift doesn't
affect Caps Lock caps:shift Caps Lock acts as Shift with locking;
Shift "pauses" Caps Lock caps:shift_nocancel Caps Lock acts as Shift
with locking; Shift doesn't affect Caps Lock caps:capslock Caps Lock
toggles normal capitalization of alphabetic characters caps:shift-
lock Caps Lock toggles ShiftLock (affects all keys)
caps:swapescape Swap ESC and Caps Lock caps:escape Make Caps
Lock an additional ESC caps:backspace Make Caps Lock an additional
Backspace caps:super Make Caps Lock an additional Super caps:hy-
per Make Caps Lock an additional Hyper caps:menu Make Caps Lock an
additional Menu key caps:numlock Make Caps Lock an additional Num
Lock caps:ctrl_modifier Caps Lock is also a Ctrl caps:none Caps Lock
is disabled
Alt/Win key behavior
left,box; lB lB ___ lB l. Option Description altwin:menu Add the
standard behavior to Menu key altwin:meta_alt Alt and Meta are on
Alt keys altwin:alt_win Alt is mapped to Win keys (and the usual Alt
keys) altwin:ctrl_win Ctrl is mapped to Win keys (and the usual
Ctrl keys) altwin:ctrl_alt_win Ctrl is mapped to Alt keys, Alt is
mapped to Win keys altwin:meta_win Meta is mapped to Win keys al-
twin:left_meta_win Meta is mapped to Left Win altwin:hy-
per_win Hyper is mapped to Win keys altwin:alt_super_win Alt is
mapped to Right Win, Super to Menu altwin:swap_lalt_lwin Left Alt is
swapped with Left Win altwin:swap_alt_win Alt is swapped with Win al-
twin:prtsc_rwin Win is mapped to PrtSc (and the usual Win key)
Position of Compose key
left,box; lB lB ___ lB l. Option Description compose:ralt Right
Alt compose:lwin Left Win compose:lwin-altgr 3rd level of Left Win
compose:rwin Right Win compose:rwin-altgr 3rd level of Right Win
compose:menu Menu compose:menu-altgr 3rd level of Menu com-
pose:lctrl Left Ctrl compose:lctrl-altgr 3rd level of Left Ctrl com-
pose:rctrl Right Ctrl compose:rctrl-altgr 3rd level of Right Ctrl com-
pose:caps Caps Lock compose:caps-altgr 3rd level of Caps Lock com-
pose:102 <Less/Greater> compose:102-altgr 3rd level of
<Less/Greater> compose:paus Pause compose:prsc PrtSc com-
pose:sclk Scroll Lock
Miscellaneous compatibility options
left,box; lB lB ___ lB l. Option Description numpad:pc Default nu-
meric keypad keys numpad:mac Numeric keypad keys always enter dig-
its (as in Mac OS) numpad:microsoft NumLock on: digits, Shift
switches to arrow keys, Numlock off: always arrow keys (as in MS Win-
dows) numpad:shift3 Shift does not cancel Num Lock, chooses 3rd level
instead srvrkeys:none Special keys (Ctrl+Alt+<key>) handled in a
server apple:alupckeys Apple Aluminium Keyboard: emulate PC keys
(Print, Scroll Lock, Pause, Num Lock) shift:breaks_caps Shift cancels
Caps Lock misc:typo Enable extra typographic characters shift:both_cap-
slock Both Shift keys together toggle Caps Lock shift:both_cap-
slock_cancel Both Shift keys together activate Caps Lock, one Shift
key deactivates shift:both_shiftlock Both Shift keys together tog-
gle ShiftLock keypad:pointerkeys Shift + NumLock toggles PointerKeys
grab:break_actions Allow breaking grabs with keyboard actions (warn-
ing: security risk) grab:debug Allow grab and window tree logging
Adding currency signs to certain keys
left,box; lB lB ___ lB l. Option Description eurosign:e Euro on
E eurosign:2 Euro on 2 eurosign:4 Euro on 4 eurosign:5 Euro
on 5 rupeesign:4 Rupee on 4
Key to choose 5th level
left,box; lB lB ___ lB l. Option Description
lv5:lsgt_switch_lock <Less/Greater> chooses 5th level, locks when
pressed together with another 5th-level-chooser
lv5:ralt_switch_lock Right Alt chooses 5th level, locks when
pressed together with another 5th-level-chooser
lv5:lwin_switch_lock Left Win chooses 5th level, locks when pressed
together with another 5th-level-chooser lv5:rwin_switch_lock Right
Win chooses 5th level, locks when pressed together with another 5th-
level-chooser
Using space key to input non-breakable space character
left,box; lB lB ___ lB l. Option Description nbsp:none Usual space
at any level nbsp:level2 Non-breakable space character at second
level nbsp:level3 Non-breakable space character at third level
nbsp:level3s Non-breakable space character at third level, nothing at
fourth level nbsp:level3n Non-breakable space character at third
level, thin non-breakable space character at fourth level
nbsp:level4 Non-breakable space character at fourth level
nbsp:level4n Non-breakable space character at fourth level, thin non-
breakable space character at sixth level nbsp:level4nl Non-breakable
space character at fourth level, thin non-breakable space character at
sixth level (via Ctrl+Shift) nbsp:zwnj2 Zero-width non-joiner char-
acter at second level nbsp:zwnj2zwj3 Zero-width non-joiner character at
second level, zero-width joiner character at third level
nbsp:zwnj2zwj3nb4 Zero-width non-joiner character at second level,
zero-width joiner character at third level, non-breakable space charac-
ter at fourth level nbsp:zwnj2nb3 Zero-width non-joiner character at
second level, non-breakable space character at third level
nbsp:zwnj2nb3s Zero-width non-joiner character at second level, non-
breakable space character at third level, nothing at fourth level
nbsp:zwnj2nb3zwj4 Zero-width non-joiner character at second level,
non-breakable space character at third level, zero-width joiner at
fourth level nbsp:zwnj2nb3nnb4 Zero-width non-joiner character at
second level, non-breakable space character at third level, thin non-
breakable space at fourth level nbsp:zwnj3zwj4 Zero-width non-joiner
character at third level, zero-width joiner at fourth level
Japanese keyboard options
left,box; lB lB ___ lB l. Option Description
japan:kana_lock Kana Lock key is locking
japan:nicola_f_bs NICOLA-F style Backspace japan:hztg_escape Make
Zenkaku Hankaku an additional ESC
Korean Hangul/Hanja keys
left,box; lB lB ___ lB l. Option Description korean:hw_keys Hard-
ware Hangul/Hanja keys korean:ralt_rctrl Right Alt as Hangul, right
Ctrl as Hanja korean:rctrl_ralt Right Ctrl as Hangul, right Alt as
Hanja
Adding Esperanto supersigned letters
left,box; lB lB ___ lB l. Option Description esperanto:qwerty To
the corresponding key in a Qwerty layout esperanto:dvorak To the
corresponding key in a Dvorak layout esperanto:colemak To the corre-
sponding key in a Colemak layout
Maintain key compatibility with old Solaris keycodes
left,box; lB lB ___ lB l. Option Description solaris:sun_com-
pat Sun Key compatibility
Key sequence to kill the X server
left,box; lB lB ___ lB l. Option Description termi-
nate:ctrl_alt_bksp Ctrl + Alt + Backspace
FILES
/usr/X11R6/share/X11/xkb/compat
/usr/X11R6/share/X11/xkb/compiled
/usr/X11R6/share/X11/xkb/geometry
/usr/X11R6/share/X11/xkb/keycodes
/usr/X11R6/share/X11/xkb/rules
/usr/X11R6/share/X11/xkb/symbols
/usr/X11R6/share/X11/xkb/types
SEE ALSO
setxkbmap(1)
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