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Map menu key to menu in XFCE - Pander - 06-29-2016
When booting Ubuntu, the default terminal with CTRL+SHIT+F1 is too large for my screen. I cannot read the line I am typing on and miss also the beginning of the lines on the left side. This needs to be fixed, but as a safe fallback, I would like to use the terminal in XFCE.
However, with only two USB ports, many times I have the keyboard in one and a USB wifi dongle in the other. This prevents me from adding a mouse. The mouse I will only use to start a terminal in XFCE. To overcome this problem, please by default map the menu key on the keyboard to the menu action, that is the same as a right click with a mouse. Then with the keyboard I can select a terminal and do what I need to to.
I know this is for some a very specific case, but this mapping will make it so much more easy to work with the systems without the screen is fitted properly and a mouse is connected.
RE: Map menu key to menu in XFCE - pineacle - 06-29-2016
slightly off topic, but may help you if you're not aware....
often the missing border is a result of the monitor doing overscan when it thinks the plugged in cable is a video feed from a dvd or set top box. You should be able to go into your monitor and tell it not to do this. I've had a monitor setup like this by default in the past.
https://www.katescomment.com/tv-monitor-how-to-fix-overscan-zoom/
RE: Map menu key to menu in XFCE - Pander - 06-29-2016
Good pointer. My LG TV offers this.
Aspect Ratio:
- 16:9 [currently selected]
- Original
- 4:3
- 14:9
- Zoom
- Cinema Zoom (Level 1)
RE: Map menu key to menu in XFCE - Boring - 06-29-2016
It is not always in aspect ratio. For me (Panasonic) it was not in aspect ratio but hidden somewhere deep in a system submenu
RE: Map menu key to menu in XFCE - Pander - 08-10-2016
To come back to the initial bug, the menu key is not working in XFCE when I boot without a mouse. Can someone reproduce this?
RE: Map menu key to menu in XFCE - MarkHaysHarris777 - 08-10-2016
Key mapping and keyboard short-cuts are the responsibility of the individual user; if the distro vendor got into the business of building key mappings or keyboard short-cuts there would be chaos.
One tip I have for you is to use a logitech keyboard and mouse. You could use the K400r which is a keyboard with built-in track pad, or you could use the K360 keyboard and the M570 track marble (paired on a single usb receiver) which uses only one usb port (your choice).
RE: Map menu key to menu in XFCE - Pander - 08-10-2016
Thanks for the tip. the menu key behavior is not clear to me, as it works only in when I have a mouse connected. Which should not be relevant, I think.