I got a new laptop for christmas, and it turns out that Microsoft is forcing manufacturers to get right of the right-ctrl or context menu key and replace it with an "AI Copilot" key. Their implementation of this feature is weird and messed up too - when you press the key it's acting like a hard-coded key combination, sending three keyboard events at once.
I actually use the context menu key, so I put the effort into working out how to fix this properly. Here is a solution I found that works well for me on XFCE.
Install 'keyd':Create the configuration file for keyd at /etc/keyd/default.conf, and put this in it:After saving the configuration file for keyd, restart keyd:Create the file '~/.Xmodmap' and put this in it:Log out of your xfce and log back in, or if you don't want to do that, just open a terminal and run this xmodmap command:Let me know if this works for you.
I actually use the context menu key, so I put the effort into working out how to fix this properly. Here is a solution I found that works well for me on XFCE.
Install 'keyd':
Code:
sudo apt-get install keydCode:
[ids]*[main]leftmeta+leftshift+f23 = menuCode:
sudo systemctl restart keydCode:
keycode 147 = MenuCode:
xmodmap -e "keycode 147 = Menu"Statistics: Posted by dust hill resident — 2025-12-26 16:57