i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Fri, 24 May 2013 10:28:35 +0000disable Menu key action and use it as i3bar modifierhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/1824/disable-menu-key-action-and-use-it-as-i3bar-modifier/hi everybody I set my Menu key to Mod3 with `xmodmap -e 'add mod3 = Menu'` and then set i3bar modifier to Mod3 and it's works fine the problem is that it still bring up the focused program menu how can I disable it's action ( but not i3bar action of course ) thanksThu, 16 May 2013 19:14:15 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1824/disable-menu-key-action-and-use-it-as-i3bar-modifier/Answer by sLite for <p>hi everybody</p> <p>I set my Menu key to Mod3 with <code>xmodmap -e 'add mod3 = Menu'</code></p> <p>and then set i3bar modifier to Mod3 and it's works fine</p> <p>the problem is that it still bring up the focused program menu </p> <p>how can I disable it's action ( but not i3bar action of course ) </p> <p>thanks</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1824/disable-menu-key-action-and-use-it-as-i3bar-modifier/?answer=1828#post-id-1828my solution to that problem: http://imgur.com/V4T6GD6 but my case was a bit more tricky, i have a "FN" key instead of windows key on the left side and that "FN" doesn't send a keycode. So i wired it to the windows key on the left side :D Only possible with keyboards that have hardware switches obviously. Quite hard to do that on a rubberdome keyboard.Thu, 16 May 2013 20:46:29 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1824/disable-menu-key-action-and-use-it-as-i3bar-modifier/?answer=1828#post-id-1828Comment by raoof for <p>my solution to that problem:</p> <p><a href="http://imgur.com/V4T6GD6">http://imgur.com/V4T6GD6</a></p> <p>but my case was a bit more tricky, i have a "FN" key instead of windows key on the left side and that "FN" doesn't send a keycode. So i wired it to the windows key on the left side :D</p> <p>Only possible with keyboards that have hardware switches obviously. Quite hard to do that on a rubberdome keyboard.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1824/disable-menu-key-action-and-use-it-as-i3bar-modifier/?comment=1830#comment-1830:D I don't think I would do that to my laptopThu, 16 May 2013 21:03:01 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1824/disable-menu-key-action-and-use-it-as-i3bar-modifier/?comment=1830#comment-1830Answer by vandannen for <p>hi everybody</p> <p>I set my Menu key to Mod3 with <code>xmodmap -e 'add mod3 = Menu'</code></p> <p>and then set i3bar modifier to Mod3 and it's works fine</p> <p>the problem is that it still bring up the focused program menu </p> <p>how can I disable it's action ( but not i3bar action of course ) </p> <p>thanks</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1824/disable-menu-key-action-and-use-it-as-i3bar-modifier/?answer=1881#post-id-1881I got my i3bar configured to use the Menu key. Therefore, I also added the Menu key to mod3. Afterwards, you also need to change the keysym of the Menu key to prevent the contextmenu action. This worked for me: `xmodmap -e "keysym Menu = Hyper_L"`. Maybe you need to additionally remove Hyper_L from other modifiers to make this work.Fri, 24 May 2013 10:28:35 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1824/disable-menu-key-action-and-use-it-as-i3bar-modifier/?answer=1881#post-id-1881