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CAPS LOCK BEHAVIOUR DISABLED IN GNOME

 Posted on Tue, Sep 26, 2023  |  ALAN POPE

SOMETIMES I PRESS THE CAPS LOCK KEY BY ACCIDENT, USUALLY WHILE
PLAYING A VIDEO GAME. I THEN FIND MYSELF UNABLE TO TYPE A PASSWORD OR
I AM ACCUSED OF SHOUTING ONLINE.

OVER COFFEE, MY FRIEND MARTIN EXPLAINED THAT IT'S POSSIBLE TO DISABLE
THE CAPS LOCK KEY COMPLETELY IN LINUX. I'D NEVER CONSIDERED DOING
THIS, MISTAKENLY THINKING THE ONLY OPTIONS WERE TO REMAP IT TO
SOMETHING ELSE.

IT TURNS OUT GNOME TWEAKS HAS AN OPTION. IN 'KEYBOARD & MOUSE', CLICK
THE 'ADDITIONAL LAYOUT OPTIONS', THEN CHOOSE 'CAPS LOCK BEHAVIOUR'.

I WAS SOMEWHAT CONFUSED FOR A WHILE THOUGH. IT ALREADY HAS THE
'DISABLED' OPTION CHOSEN. THUS:

CAPSLOCK

THAT DOESN'T MEAN 'CAPS LOCK IS DISABLED', IT MEANS 'CAPS LOCK
BEHAVIOUR IS DISABLED', WHICH IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, APPARENTLY.

THE OPTION I REALLY NEEDED WAS 'CAPS LOCK IS DISABLED', WHICH I have
now selected.

Caps lock disabled

That's better.

UBUNTU  LINUX  GNOME  CAPSLOCK 

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