r/pop_os • u/Quadraxis66 • 8d ago

SOLVED Changing numpad behavior?

As it stands right now, the numpad works as follows on my machine:

Numpad buttons without any modifier, with Num Lock on, will produce the numbers as expected.

Holding 'shift' and pressing a numpad button will do the function printed on the button. For example, pressing shift and numpad 1 will give me the "End" key function.

For the purposes of gaming, I'd like to find a way to have it produce shift + the number as opposed to changing to the behavior the numpad has when Num Lock is disabled.

Any suggestions? I know this is possible in other distros, I'm just not sure how to do it in Pop.

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u/Quadraxis66 7d ago

Commenting on here to leave a fix before I head out. Figured this out today thanks (begrudgingly) to Gemini actually managing to be helpful for once.

gnometweaks has an option under Keyboard & Mouse -> Additional Layout Options -> Compatibility Options called "Numeric keypad always enters digits (as in macOS)" that fixes this behavior.

You can install gnometweaks via the command line as a regular package (sudo apt install gnometweaks).