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How do I switch the Command key and Control key on a MacBook Pro?

rated 0 times [ 86] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 131201 / 1 Year ago, thu, march 16, 2023, 11:10:11

I have scoured the web, and I can't seem to get Xmodmap / anything to work properly. I want to swap BOTH my Command keys with my Control key - in essence, inverting what they do currently.

How would I do that?

I tried xmodmap -e "keycode 133 = Control_L" and corresponding commands for keycodes 134 (right command) and 37 (control left). I even tried these commands, plus xmodmap -pke > ~/.Xmodmap and xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap in .xinitrc.

My end goal is I want HUD / Dash to come up when I click control and command to functional control, i.e., control-v is a commond shortcut to paste, i would click command-v

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answered 1 Year ago utilitere · Accepted Answer

I figured it out. Put the following in ~/.Xmodmap:

clear control

clear mod4



keycode 105 =

keycode 206 =



keycode 133 = Control_L NoSymbol Control_L

keycode 134 = Control_R NoSymbol Control_R

keycode 37 = Super_L NoSymbol Super_L



add control = Control_L

add control = Control_R

add mod4 = Super_L

To test, run the command:

xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap

To make it run every time, add it to Startup Applications.

This should work on any MacBook Pro; the issue was that Xmodmap was assigning Super_L to the left and right command keys, and Control_L to the left control key. For some reason, by default, Ubuntu thinks that the MacBook Pro has a standard 105 key keyboard (probably thinking about the full Apple Keyboard) but that is wrong. Anyway, I reassigned the keycodes to the right keysims, then assigned the keysims to control and mod4.