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Akshay Alva
Asked: 2020-11-08 06:42:36 +0800 CST

How do I disable all the keys of the keyboard except for three?

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So I want to disable all the keys on my keyboard except for 'ctrl', 'alt', and 'E'. How do I do this with the help of a command that I can bind to a keyboard shortcut. I figured out how to disable the entire keyboard using the following command xinput float 17.

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keyboard 20.04

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  1. Best Answer

    Try xmodmap:

    xmodmap - utility for modifying keymaps and pointer button mappings in X

    1. Use xmodmap -pke to find out which keys have which keycode on your keyboard.
    2. Disable a key by using xmodmap -e 'keycode 24 = 0x0000' replacing 24 with the respective keycode of the key which you want to disable.
    3. Repeat step 2 for all listed keycodes to disable all keys. You can for example use a for loop to do so quickly:
    #!/bin/bash
 
for i in {8..255}
do
    echo "Disabling keycode $i ..."
    xmodmap -e "keycode $i = 0x0000"
done
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