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How to change the functionality of keyboard special keys?

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Different keyboards come with different special keys. For example mine has a key for bringing up the calculator, another for putting the to sleep, another for opening email client and so on...

My question is, how can I change what these keys do? For instance I want my email key (since I never use it) perform as the Next key on my music player?

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answered 3 Years ago howesale · Accepted Answer

In your special case go to System Settings → Keyboard → Shortcuts → Sound and Media. Click onto "Next track ... Audio next" and press your ✉ email key:

edit shortcuts

This is the right place for connecting keys or key combinations with actions; it is possible to set up custom commands, too.

If you wish to configure several keys on your keyboard, go to System Settings and check out Keyboard Layout → Options. There you can edit the Caps Lock ⇪ behaviour, for example:

keyboard layout