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I have just started using Linux Mint with Cinnamon Desktop Environment, but I have come accross an annoying feature that I can't find out how to remove. When the num lock is off, the right numpad acts as direction keys, but when I press shift with the numpad, it acts like a numpad, unless the num lock is off, then it is the opposite. I was wondering how to disable the shift + inverting the functionality

topherg
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Based on the Ask Ubuntu post XUbuntu: Make Shift+NumPad work like Windows, and especially this answer and its comments, making Linux Mint 18 (Cinnamon) make the NumPad work like in Windows is in:

System Settings > Hardware > Keyboard > Layouts > Miscellaneous compatibility options

Expand the option and check "Numlock on: digits, Shift switches to arrow keys, Numlock off: always arrow keys (as in MS Windows)".

For other Linux distributions, some more advice can be found in the above linked post and in the article Fixing wrong Shift+Numpad (keypad) behaviour in Emacs

harrymc
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You should probably change the setting

Control Center -> Keyboard -> Layouts -> Options -> Miscellaneous Compatibility Options -> Shift with Numeric Keypads works as in MS Windows

Note that this feature has some limitations. For example, I'm used to clipboard operation Ctrl-Insert/Shift-Insert using insert on the numpad. But the known bug prevents from using them.

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Maksee
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  • This only addresses the issue when numlock is on, it works under that condition, but then HOME and END don't work, you have to turn numlock off for HOME and END to work. How can this be addressed with numlock OFF? – davidparks21 Jun 15 '19 at 17:22
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Just in case someone needs the solution for Mint Olivia:

In the menu, search for 'Region & Language', and then you can go to the solution that was suggested by Maksee: Layouts -> Options -> Miscellaneous Compatibility Options -> Shift with Numeric Keypads works as in MS Windows

Good luck!

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  • Same as the the other answer, this only addresses when numlock is ON, the question is how to address this when numlock is OFF. – davidparks21 Jun 15 '19 at 17:26