Questions tagged [microsoft-keyboard]

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how to get Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000's zoom slider (and other buttons) to work?

I use a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 on Ubuntu 10.10. The multimedia keys (Volume, Play/Pause) work, the Mail and Calculator button as well. Now I would love to use the zoom slider, if it were possible I'd like to use page scrolling…
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How to remap Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard 2019 model the Office and the Emoji keys?

Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard the 2019 model (not the old one 4000 model) generates several keystrokes for the new keys. It is well known how to remap the Zoom slider of the old version however the question is how to do that for the new keys. The…
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How can I get media keys working on my keyboard?

Just got a new keyboard, the Microsoft comfort curve 2000, and everything seems to work fine except for the 'back' and 'forward' multimedia keys. I am running Ubuntu 11.10 and have tried going into system settings -> keyboard -> shortcuts, then I…
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How to recognize special function keys on keyboard

I have a Microsoft Digital Media 3000 Keyboard. None of the function keys or other special keys seem to do anything, what do I need to do to get them working (at the very least F2, as not having a shortcut to rename a file is driving me mad) If I…
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Rebinding "Office" key combination to act as Ctrl-R or another modifier

I have a Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard which I am generally enjoying. Unfortunately, it comes with a premade Office key for use in Windows in place of a right Ctrl or Super. I used xev to record what the Office key actually outputs, and it acts as a…
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Is there an Ubuntu version of the software for the Microsoft Ergonomic Natural 4000 kb?

I am looking for an updated answer to this question and this question. After reading those two posts, I have no idea if any of the suggestions will apply to 18.04 because they're rather old. Also, while those posts request help for only certain…
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Can't remap keys on a Microsoft Keyboard with HWDB

I'm trying to remap LCtrl and CapsLock on my Microsoft Wired Keyboard 600 with HWDB but for whatever reason the system does not see the changes that I make. This is how my hwdb rule looks like: evdev:input:b*v045Ep07F8* KEYBOARD_KEY_3a=leftctrl …
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