Keycode for "main hardware button" on slate?

Keycode for "main hardware button" on slate?

[Bastien Nocera]

Heya,

I've installed Fedora 15 onto a WeTab slate, and it has 2 "hardware"
buttons. One is power (already used to come in and out of suspend), and
another one that I'd like to use to get the interface running on it to
go back to its "home" screen.

Any ideas what KEY_* I should use for this functionality?

Cheers

Re: Keycode for "main hardware button" on slate?

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On Mon, Mar 07, 2011 at 05:47:54PM +0000, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> Heya,
> 
> I've installed Fedora 15 onto a WeTab slate, and it has 2 "hardware"
> buttons. One is power (already used to come in and out of suspend), and
> another one that I'd like to use to get the interface running on it to
> go back to its "home" screen.
> 
> Any ideas what KEY_* I should use for this functionality?
> 

Hmm, I am not sure. This will probably device specific, but I guess you
could use KEY_COMPUTER or KEY_HOMEPAGE for this. Not ideal, but should
do.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry

Re: Keycode for "main hardware button" on slate?

[Bastien Nocera]

On Thu, 2011-03-10 at 00:00 -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 07, 2011 at 05:47:54PM +0000, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> > Heya,
> > 
> > I've installed Fedora 15 onto a WeTab slate, and it has 2 "hardware"
> > buttons. One is power (already used to come in and out of suspend), and
> > another one that I'd like to use to get the interface running on it to
> > go back to its "home" screen.
> > 
> > Any ideas what KEY_* I should use for this functionality?
> > 
> 
> Hmm, I am not sure. This will probably device specific, but I guess you
> could use KEY_COMPUTER or KEY_HOMEPAGE for this. Not ideal, but should
> do.

The problem is that I'd like that particular key to be used on devices,
which means 1) adding a XKeySym for that key 2) adding it to the default
keymaps, and 3) adding code in gnome-shell to handle that key.

KEY_COMPUTER is used to get to the "Computer" part of the file manager,
and KEY_HOMEPAGE to the home page in a web browser.

I think I'll go with Antonio's KEY_FRONT suggestion instead.

Cheers

Re: Keycode for "main hardware button" on slate?

[Antonio Ospite]

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On Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:47:54 +0000
Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net> wrote:

> Heya,
> 
> I've installed Fedora 15 onto a WeTab slate, and it has 2 "hardware"
> buttons. One is power (already used to come in and out of suspend), and
> another one that I'd like to use to get the interface running on it to
> go back to its "home" screen.
>

Is there any emblem near the button on the case? IMHO the first choice
would be to assign a code following the visual hint given by the
manufacturer if any.

> Any ideas what KEY_* I should use for this functionality?
>

If KEY_HOMEPAGE is meant specifically for the web browser maybe
KEY_FRONT can represent the home screen of the main UI: it makes me
think to "front desk", but I am not sure about what its intended use
actually is.

Regards,
   Antonio

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Re: Keycode for "main hardware button" on slate?

[Bastien Nocera]

On Fri, 2011-03-11 at 08:29 +0100, Antonio Ospite wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:47:54 +0000
> Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net> wrote:
> 
> > Heya,
> > 
> > I've installed Fedora 15 onto a WeTab slate, and it has 2 "hardware"
> > buttons. One is power (already used to come in and out of suspend), and
> > another one that I'd like to use to get the interface running on it to
> > go back to its "home" screen.
> >
> 
> Is there any emblem near the button on the case? IMHO the first choice
> would be to assign a code following the visual hint given by the
> manufacturer if any.
> 
> > Any ideas what KEY_* I should use for this functionality?
> >
> 
> If KEY_HOMEPAGE is meant specifically for the web browser maybe
> KEY_FRONT can represent the home screen of the main UI: it makes me
> think to "front desk", but I am not sure about what its intended use
> actually is.

KEY_FRONT could be the one, yes.