Where do names for keys come from?

[itazurasuki]

Hi. Is there a list for all names for keyboard keys that can be used in jay's config? Particularly, I struggle to find the right name for arrow keys and Enter. I've tried mod4-left and mod4-Enter, but they don't work. Thanks

[mahkoh]

The autoritative source is https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/blob/master/include/xkbcommon/xkbcommon-keysyms.h. Note that these names are case-sensitive.

But you can also run kbvm test-wayland (https://github.com/mahkoh/kbvm) and then press the keys in question. This will give you the following output.

[0454559.450] key down ENTER
[0454559.450]   sym Return '\r'
[0454559.573] key up   ENTER
[0454560.592] ------------
[0454560.592] key down LEFT
[0454560.592]   sym Left
[0454560.673] key up   LEFT

The name next to sym is the name you should use in the config.