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KeyState Plasmoid

An accessibility Plasmoid that shows the status of various key on your keyboard (for example if "Caps Lock" is enabled or "Meta" is pressed).

Layout

The Plasmoid currently provides three layouts:

  • A "key name" based layout, in this case part of the taskbar:
    KeyState Plasmoid with the "Text" layout in the taskbar
  • A "symbol" based layout (where every key has it's own symbol assigned) - works horizontally and vertically:
    KeyState Plasmoid with the "Horizontal Symbols" layout KeyState Plasmoid with the "Vertical Symbols" layout
  • A "rectangle" based layout (where every key shows a colored rectangle) - works horizontally and vertically:
    KeyState Plasmoid with the "Horizontal Rectangles" layout KeyState Plasmoid with the "Vertical Rectangles" layout

Installation

Download this git repository, then run:

plasmapkg2 -i <path/to/keystate-plasmoid>/package/

Updating it is very similar: update to the latest git version and run:

plasmapkg2 -u <path/to/keystate-plasmoid>/package/

Questions + Answers

Q: Where does the plasmoid get it's data from?
A: It gets it's data from the 'keystatus' DataEngine (which is shipped with Plasma)

Q: Ok, I've installed it but how do I uninstall it?
A: plasmapkg2 -r eu.blumenstingl.martin.keystateplasmoid

Q: Scroll Lock is not working for me (in X.Org)
A: This is a limitation of X.Org's default configuration. A workaround is available at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94226:

xmodmap -e "add mod3 = Scroll_Lock"

Todo's

  • Maybe add a SVG layout that uses files shipped with the Plasma theme?
  • A better KConfig default value for the font

License

See LICENSE file.

Copyright (c) 2010-2016 Martin Blumenstingl