indicator-xkbmod (Unity XKB Modifier Indicator)
Keyboard modifiers state indicator for Ubuntu Unity desktop. As current state, it's just a prototype.
Unity lacks such accessibility tools which most likely needed when sticky keys is activated.
See How to add a keyboard modifier state applet to Unity panel?.
Related Bugs Report
- lp#773078 Should display the StickyKeys status in some way (a11y)
- lp#1306584 No keyboard state applet in Unity
Install
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From daily build PPA
https://code.launchpad.net/~sneetsher/+recipe/indicator-xkbmod-daily
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From source
autoreconf -vif ./configure make sudo make install -
From locally built Debian package
(much cleanner then make install)
debuild -us -uc
sudo dpkg -i ../indicator-xkbmod*.deb
Running Options
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Icon mode (Default):
indicator-xkbmod -
Label mode:
indicator-xkbmod -l -
Filter needed modifiers (10110011 binary = 205 decimal, Default: 255)
indicator-xkbmod -f 205shows only shift,control,alt,super,altgr
Gnome-Shell/Gnome3 Support
Note: May be better if you look for native extention, so try first https://github.com/sneetsher/Keyboard-Modifiers-Status
Currently, it can be run only in label mode (-l) using gnome-shell-extension-appindicator which integrates Ubuntu AppIndicators and KStatusNotifierItems into Gnome Shell.
The extension could be installed easily from https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/615/appindicator-support/ .