XkbKeyKeyType(3) XKB FUNCTIONS XkbKeyKeyType(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

XkbKeyKeyType - Obtain the index of a key type or the pointer to a key type

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**XkbKeyTypePtr XkbKeyKeyType** **(XkbDescPtr xkb,** **KeyCode keycode,** **int group);**

# [ARGUMENTS](#ARGUMENTS)

[*xkb*](#xkb)

Xkb description of interest

[*keycode*](#keycode)

keycode of interest

[*group*](#group)

group index

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

*XkbKeyKeyType* returns a pointer to the key type in the *types* vector of the client map in *xkb* corresponding to the given *keycode* and *group* index.

# [STRUCTURES](#STRUCTURES)

```
typedef struct {                             /* Key Type */
	XkbModsRec              mods;           /* modifiers used to compute shift level */
	unsigned char           num_levels;     /* total # shift levels, do not modify directly */
	unsigned char           map_count;      /* # entries in map, preserve (if non-NULL) */
	XkbKTMapEntryPtr        map;            /* vector of modifiers for each shift level */
	XkbModsPtr              preserve;       /* mods to preserve for corresponding map entry */
	Atom                    name;           /* name of key type */
	Atom *                  level_names;    /* array of names of each shift level */
} XkbKeyTypeRec, *XkbKeyTypePtr;
```

libX11 1.8.13 X Version 11

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Document: XkbKeyKeyType(3) from libx11 1.8.13-r7 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libx11.git