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Remapping Ctrl to Caps Lock keyboard problems
Hi there. I'm an owner of a 2016 Dell XPS 13. It's a wonderful machine except for some issues I'm running into remapping the Caps Lock with Ctrl.
I'm a developer and I by far use Ctrl way more than Caps Lock, so over the years I have grown used to remapping the key. Right now I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 and through Gnome Tweaks > Typing there's a few ways to remap or swap the Caps Lock key.
For the most part, it works just fine. However I have run into some weird issues.
* Certain key combinations just aren't registered. Such as Shift-Ctrl-2, Shift-Ctrl-W, Shift-Ctrl-S, and Shift-Ctrl-X (using the physical Caps Lock remapped key). I noticed this when some keyboard mappings weren't recognized. They work just fine with the original Shift-Ctrl-key but when I remap Ctrl, nothing is happens. I can also test this out in Ubuntu's console by running the `xev` command.
* Sometimes Ctrl-whateverkey sticks and repeats indefinitely, even when I pull my fingers from the keyboard. One example I randomly run into is Ctrl-S which I do throughout the day to save a document.
I've searched the internet, and I've made sure my BIOS is fully updated through the Windows partition and the dell update utilities, but I haven't found any fixes to this.
yangby
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March 20th, 2019 23:00
I bought a Precision 7530 a month ago, I had the same issue.
Caps Lock and Left Shift can not work well with 2, w, s or x.
I have test them in Windows, they can't work well, too.
Ref: Reddit: XPS 13 problems when remapping Ctrl to CapsLock
y.h.
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December 27th, 2023 10:59
I bought a laptop (Inspiron) and experienced the same issue with Windows.
It might be a problem with Dell's keyboard.