NAME¶

XkbLatchModifiers - Latches and unlatches any of the eight real keyboard modifiers

SYNOPSIS¶

Bool XkbLatchModifiers (Display *display, unsigned int device_spec, unsigned int affect, unsigned int values);

ARGUMENTS¶

display

connection to the X server

device_spec

device ID, or XkbUseCoreKbd

affect

mask of real modifiers whose lock state is to change

values

1 => lock, 0 => unlock; only for modifiers selected by affect

DESCRIPTION¶

XkbLatchModifiers sends a request to the server to latch the real modifiers selected by both affect and values and to unlatch the real modifiers selected by affect , but not selected by values.

XkbLatchModifiers does not wait for a reply from the server. It returns True if the request was sent, and False otherwise.

The functions in this section that change the use of modifiers use a mask in the parameter affect. It is a bitwise inclusive OR of the legal modifier masks:

RETURN VALUES¶

True

The XkbLatchModifiers function returns True if a request was sent to the server to latch the real modifiers selected by both affect and values and to unlatch the real modifiers selected by affect , but not selected by values.

False

The XkbLatchModifiers function returns False if the request was not sent.