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Questions tagged [capslock]

Questions about the CAPS LOCK KEY, its usage, and customizing its use.

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Map capslock to control in Windows 10

In Windows 8 I used to remap my capslock key to control using the registry script REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout] "Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,1d,00,3a,00,00,00,00,00 After…
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Using CapsLock to switch the keyboard language layout on Windows-7

Currently I am using Recaps for switching between keyboard layouts. But I am looking for a replacement, because it is a little buggy and not updated for years. Do you know any replacement?
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Upgraded office to Logitech K235 kbd/mice. How can I help my users who are complaining that there is no caps lock light?

The question is in the title. I just upgraded an office from older keyboards which were starting to fail from overuse. The new K235 units have a nice feel and am hearing no complaints about the decision to go with this less-expensive model. But…
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How can I remap the Caps Lock key in Mac OS X Lion?

I would like to remap the Caps Lock key to some other unused key (in a system-wide fashion). Being a MacVim.app user, I always liked to idea of remapping the Caps Lock key to some other key such as the "Help" key or the "End" key in order to use…
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How to toggle Caps Lock status on remote Windows system?

Sometimes people turned on the Caps Lock on a remote Windows system which is running VNC service. When I connect to the remote system through VNC Viewer, the Caps Lock status on the local and remote machines is inverted. Everything that I typed…
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What determines whether or not Caps Lock responds while the computer is frozen?

When a computer is not responding in some way, there are different levels of "frozen". For example, let's say I'm browsing the web on my PC... If the current browser tab stops responding (clicking/typing does nothing), perhaps the browser still…
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How do I disable the CAPS LOCK function WITHOUT disabling the key or remapping it?

I was looking for a way to disable the CAPS LOCK functionality in windows. Unfortunately all solutions are about remapping it to NOTHING or other keys. I am a gamer and want to use the CAPS LOCK key for in-game function but I don't want Windows to…
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How can I toggle caps lock when the Caps Lock key is remapped?

I have a Das Keyboard plugged into a ThinkPad running Linux. For some reason, sometimes Ubuntu requires me to re-run xmodmap when I unlock my screen, which swaps my Caps Lock key with Control, as I desire. This happens so often that I usually leave…
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Map caps lock to control. In linux. Without X

I'm trying to map caps lock to control in a terminal. X is not enabled. Distro is Arch linux. Is this possible?
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Vim - Is Capslock on?

When I work with Vim I almost never look at my keyboard (like it should be!) and this is great, but sometimes, unknowingly I hit the CapsLock key and causes me to yell at my screen. Because, you know, j is not the same as J in normal mode (and so…
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How to swap ctrl and caps lock using xmodmap

Or any other tool, but I prefer xmodmap. I tried this: remove Lock = Caps_Lock remove Control = Control_L keysym Control_L = Caps_Lock keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L add Lock = Caps_Lock add Control = Control_L I also tried this: xmodmap -e "keycode…
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Typing numbers on a MacBook Pro with AZERTY keyboard with Caps Lock — possible?

I have a Belgian AZERTY keyboard on my MacBook Pro. Sadly, it appears to be impossible to use Caps Lock to type numbers — I still need to hold Shift for every number I want to type. Is it possible to change the Caps Lock key’s function to Shift Lock…
Mathias Bynens
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How to remap double shift keystroke to caps lock key?

I'm using vim, so I've remapped caps lock to Esc key. But sometimes I still need caps lock to type long upper case characters. So I'm wondering whether it's possible to remap quick double Shift keystrokes to caps lock? Please kindly consider Windows…
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Map CapsLock key to ESC in Mac OS X

At work on my windows machine I've used Autohotkey to remap the CapsLock key to ESC. I've gotten used to it and on my personal machines (mac) I keep hitting CapsLock out of habit when I want ESC. How do I do the mapping on the Mac? The keyboard &…
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Remap CapsLock(tap) to ESC and CapsLock(hold) to CTRL in OS X Lion

For vim purposes, I'd like to remap CapsLock to CTRL when used in combination with other keys and ESC when used in isolation. None of the existing solutions give both functionality - only one or the other. Thanks!
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