Configure Mod key

[xiro-codes]

// "Mod" is a special modifier equal to Super when running on a TTY, and to Alt
// when running as a winit window. 

Why...., I literally need the reverse behavior

[YaLTeR]

Super is generally viewed as a key for compositor / windowing system. Most applications won't have any default binds that include Super, making it a natural choice as the TTY Mod key.

On the contrary, Alt frequently appears in default bindings in apps, and also it is the standard key for mnemonics in UI toolkits. This is when you hold Alt in GTK apps, and underlines appear on one letter of every button or menu row, and you can press Alt + that letter to activate it.

[bittin]

would be nice if you could configure the keys, had problems with running Manjaro awesome in a gnome-boxes where mod + r was eaten by Niri

[YaLTeR]

For this one we just need to implement the shortcut inhibit portal / protocol, then it'll work.

[bittin]

then i request that to be done ;)

[YaLTeR]

Made an issue: #198

[ghost]

Just in case less experienced users get confused when arriving to this thread: you can still change Mod (the function) to Alt by changing the "Mod" keyword to "Alt" in the config file (I've done it and works fine). You may need to change some other bindings as "Alt+Alt+something" is not valid.

This discussion is about being able to configure the "Mod" keyword to mean "Alt" or something else.

[Quackdoc]

I have a somewhat related question, Instead of just rebinding Mod, I would like to also be able to define my own

I use some custom input devices that have hard coded buttons, Reading the docs it seems like Niri only supports the below for modifiers. I would like to be able to set something like Mod = Menu Mod1 = XF86HomePage. I could rebind the device inside of linux with something like input-remapper for Mod, but ideally this wouldn't be needed, and it wouldn't help the second mod situation.

[YaLTeR]

There's a bit of a problem here in that niri can currently only use modifiers that XKB thinks are modifiers (so only the usual ones like Ctrl, Shift, Alt, Super, and also ISO Level3/5 Shift). So you might be better off rebinding via XKB.