XKeyEvent and the mode_switch (AltGr) modifier

LonelyStar · 10-04-2007, 12:08 PM

Hello together,

I am sending key events to an application using XSendEvent.
I creating an event like this as described on this page: http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/events.html

It all works, except if I want to set the mode_switch (it's called AltGr on my keyboard) modifier state. xmodmap tells me, that Mode_switch is placed on mod5. So I do something like this:

Code:

if(Want_shift)
  event.state|=ShiftMask;
if(Want_Alt)
  event.state|=Mod1Mask;
...
if(Want_Mode_switch)
  event.state|=Mod5Mask;

This works for all modifier except for Mode_switch

.

What else do I need to do?
Thanks!
Nathan

LonelyStar · 10-04-2007, 02:35 PM

I discovered, that the error was somewhere else. My AltGR key produces the XK_ISO_Level3_Shift keysym. It works now. Thanks for reading!