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Gnome-Shell extension that shows keyboard modifiers status. It's useful when sticky keys are active.

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Keyboard Modifiers Status - Gnome-Shell Extension

A Gnome-Shell extension that shows keyboard modifiers status. It is more useful when accessibility feature - sticky keys is active.

Current supported features:

  • Indicates status of these modifiers: Shift, Caps, Control, Alt, AltGr, Meta/Cmd, Num, (Scroll?)
  • Shows these states: (Off, Latched, Locked) in Wayland, (Off, Active) in Xorg

Install

Choose a method

  • Simply, from Gnome extensions portal site

    https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/975/keyboard-modifiers-status/

  • Manually

    1. Extract it into a subfolder keyboard_modifiers_status@sneetsher in ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/

       unzip [email protected] -d ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/keyboard_modifiers_status@sneetsher
      

      or

       make install
      
    2. Restart gnome-shell, using Alt+F2 then r+Enter with Xorg or logout/login with Wayland.

    3. Enable it

       gnome-extensions enable keyboard_modifiers_status@sneetsher
      

Extras

Alternatives

Modifier indication (Push to a fix upstream in Gnome-shell)

Developer hints

For anyone looking to modify it or creating anternative solution. Check HACKING.md file.