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xkbkeytype(3)

XkbKeyType – Obtain the index of a key type or the pointer to a key type

Synopsis

XkbKeyTypePtr XkbKeyType (XkbDescPtr xkb, KeyCode keycode, int group);
     

Arguments

– xkb

Xkb description of interest

– keycode

keycode of interest

– group

group index

Description

XkbKeyType returns a pointer to the key type in the types vector of the client map in xkb corresponding to the given keycode and group index.

Structures

typedef struct { /* Key Type */
 XkbModsRec mods; /* modifiers used to compute shift level */
 unsigned char num_levels; /* total # shift levels, do not modify directly */
 unsigned char map_count; /* # entries in map, preserve (if non-NULL) */
 XkbKTMapEntryPtr map; /* vector of modifiers for each shift level */
 XkbModsPtr preserve; /* mods to preserve for corresponding map entry */
 Atom name; /* name of key type */
 Atom * level_names; /* array of names of each shift level */
} XkbKeyTypeRec, *XkbKeyTypePtr;