I want my numpad back!


Dear LazyWeb,
  Every time I log into GNOME I have to disable the “Allow to control the pointer using the keyboard” option in “Keyboard Preferences” if I want to be able to use the numpad on my external keyboard. Why disabling it once is not enough? How can I permanently disable this option?

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April 9th, 2008
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I want my numpad back!
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April 9, 2008 at 12:53 pm

[...] http://www.barisione.org/blog.html/p=125 asks Hoosgot, [...]

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bkor
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April 9, 2008 at 12:55 pm

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/

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Sven Neumann
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April 9, 2008 at 1:55 pm

And why would the keypad control the mouse pointer when NumLock is pressed?

Being able to move the mouse pointer using the keyboard seems like a nice feature. But when NumLock is on, then the user certainly wants to use the keypad for entering numbers. And GNOME should respect that.

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Matt (msw) Wilson
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April 9, 2008 at 2:47 pm

Shift+NumLock activates mouse keys. Unfortunately, on my Thinkpad, Shift+ScrollLock emits the NumLock keysym, and X sees that Shift is down when Numlock is pressed and turns on mouse keys.

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nona
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April 9, 2008 at 2:56 pm

Ahaaaa, that’s what it was! I thought it was because of some weird Apple Keyboard Layout issue or something - at last I’ve got my numpad back.

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Sven Arvidsson
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April 9, 2008 at 10:24 pm

See http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=521197

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Jose Antonio
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April 10, 2008 at 12:20 am

Thanks!, I’ve problem with my keypad (Logitech Wireless).. it was so easy: Shift+ Num Lock.

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Andy
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May 21, 2008 at 11:51 pm

Thanks to Barisione for his Blog and Jose Antonio for the perfect solution!!! What can be better than be able quickly to choose between different modes! Super. I thought already that I’ve broken somewhere somewhat, but that is a feature :)

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Andy
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May 21, 2008 at 11:59 pm

And all other of course!