XkbLatchGroup(3) XKB FUNCTIONS XkbLatchGroup(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

XkbLatchGroup - Latches the keysym group

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**Bool XkbLatchGroup** **(Display \*display,** **unsigned int device\_spec,** **unsigned int group);**

# [ARGUMENTS](#ARGUMENTS)

[*display*](#display)

connection to the X server

[*device\_spec*](#device_spec)

device ID, or XkbUseCoreKbd

[*group*](#group)

index of the keysym group to latch

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

*XkbLatchGroup* sends a request to the server to latch the specified *group* and does not wait for a reply. It returns True if the request was sent and False otherwise.

Reference the keysym group indices with these symbolic constants:

Table 1 Symbolic Group Names Symbolic Name Value XkbGroup1Index 0 XkbGroup2Index 1 XkbGroup3Index 2 XkbGroup4Index 3

# [RETURN VALUES](#RETURN_VALUES)

[True](#True)

The *XkbLatchGroup* function returns True if a request was sent to the server to latch the specified *group.*

[False](#False)

The *XkbLatchGroup* function returns False if the request was not sent.

libX11 1.8.14 X Version 11

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Document: XkbLatchGroup(3) from libx11 1.8.14-r1 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libx11.git