Possible to remap the Fn+C/V to Ctrl+C/V key combinations on a Thinkpad?

Question

I know remapping the Fn key alone seems like its impossible, but what about the actual combination?

Fn+C, Fn+V and Fn+A to be remapped to theCtrl+C, Ctrl+V and Ctrl+A

Doable?

Answer 1

Not only does Fn usually not generate a usable keycode, but it will also not generate a usable keycode unless used with specific keys, as determined by the hardware. It does not generally act as a modifier. You can try to use xmodmap to remap its raw scancode to an actual modifier, but this will not work on all laptops.

Answer 2

Fn is a key that doesn't generate a scancode, thus there's no way to remap it, except on some hardware that allows generating a scancode for it like Mac.

If you only want to swap Fn and Ctrl then look for the function in BIOS setup, most laptops that have Fn on the left of Ctrl have this option