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[GH-ISSUE #1737] Hotkey listening not accepting my hotkey #1282

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opened 2026-05-05 07:41:39 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 2 comments

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2026-05-05 07:41:39 -06:00

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Originally created by @Queuecumber on GitHub (Aug 5, 2022).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/debauchee/barrier/issues/1737

What happened?

I have a keyboard with a few extra keys on it, I've bound these to some of the "high" F keys.

I'd like to use F14 as a hotkey in the barrier server but it isn't accepting the keystroke when I try to create a new hotkey. I'm going to poke around the source code but I'm curious if you know what might be going wrong here and if you can recommend a fix for it. F12 worked fine.

showkey -k reports this key as keycode 184

xev reports it as

KeyRelease event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x4a00001,
    root 0x7de, subw 0x4a00002, time 1083094719, (41,52), root:(3034,1025),
    state 0x10, keycode 192 (keysym 0x1008ff45, XF86Launch5), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

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v2.4.0

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What OSes are you seeing the problem on? (Check all that apply)

Linux

What OS versions are you using?

Arch linux server

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Originally created by @Queuecumber on GitHub (Aug 5, 2022). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/debauchee/barrier/issues/1737 ### What happened? I have a keyboard with a few extra keys on it, I've bound these to some of the "high" F keys. I'd like to use F14 as a hotkey in the barrier server but it isn't accepting the keystroke when I try to create a new hotkey. I'm going to poke around the source code but I'm curious if you know what might be going wrong here and if you can recommend a fix for it. F12 worked fine. `showkey -k` reports this key as keycode 184 `xev` reports it as ``` KeyRelease event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x4a00001, root 0x7de, subw 0x4a00002, time 1083094719, (41,52), root:(3034,1025), state 0x10, keycode 192 (keysym 0x1008ff45, XF86Launch5), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False ``` ### Version v2.4.0 ### Git commit hash (if applicable) _No response_ ### If applicable, where did you install Barrier from? _No response_ ### What OSes are you seeing the problem on? (Check all that apply) Linux ### What OS versions are you using? Arch linux server ### Relevant log output _No response_ ### Any other information _No response_

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2026-05-05 07:41:40 -06:00

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 07:41:43 -06:00

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@Queuecumber commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2022):

Found some relevant code here:

https://github.com/debauchee/barrier/blob/master/src/gui/src/KeySequence.cpp#L228

Seems to me like it should be working

@Queuecumber commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2022): Found some relevant code here: https://github.com/debauchee/barrier/blob/master/src/gui/src/KeySequence.cpp#L228 Seems to me like it should be working

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 07:41:45 -06:00

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@Queuecumber commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2022):

Found the answer here, sorry for the noise

https://github.com/debauchee/barrier/issues/197

@Queuecumber commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2022): Found the answer here, sorry for the noise https://github.com/debauchee/barrier/issues/197

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