XkbLockModifiers(3) XKB FUNCTIONS XkbLockModifiers(3)NAMEXkbLockModifiers - Locks and unlocks any of the eight real keyboard
modifiers
SYNOPSIS
Bool XkbLockModifiers (Display *display, unsigned int device_spec,
unsigned int affect, unsigned int values);
ARGUMENTS
display
connection to the X server
device_spec
device ID, or XkbUseCoreKbd
affect mask of real modifiers whose lock state is to change
values 1 => lock, 0 => unlock; only for modifiers selected by affect
DESCRIPTIONXkbLockModifiers sends a request to the server to lock the real modi‐
fiers selected by both affect and values and to unlock the real modi‐
fiers selected by affect, but not selected by values. XkbLockModifiers
does not wait for a reply from the server. It returns True if the
request was sent, and False otherwise.
The functions in this section that change the use of modifiers use a
mask in the parameter affect. It is a bitwise inclusive OR of the legal
modifier masks:
Table 1 Real Modifier Masks
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Mask
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ShiftMask
LockMask
ControlMask
Mod1Mask
Mod2Mask
Mod3Mask
Mod4Mask
Mod5Mask
RETURN VALUES
True The XkbLockModifiers function returns True if a request
is sent to the server to lock the real modifiers
selected by both affect and values and to unlock the
real modifiers selected by affect, but not selected by
values.
False The XkbLockModifiers function returns False if the
request was not sent.
X Version 11 libX11 1.6.2 XkbLockModifiers(3)
