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@notfound In case you don't know how to, here it is for you (you can even create a new, dedicated panel and do it there if you like) :

Right click on panel: "Add New" ...

Command:

notfound wrote: Sat Nov 11, 2023 1:14 pm I recently did a new install of MX 23.1 because it was time to upgrade from 19... and I used to use "indicator-keylock" to show a notification whenever Caps Lock was pressed. It showed whether it was on or off, and was extremely useful. Although it seems to not be available any longer. I can't get the repository to work.

Is there any way to have a simple indicator for if Caps Lock is on or off?

Yes. Use Xfce's builtin keyboard-layout panel plugin.
And do change properties (right-click on the icon in the panel): * to display caps-lock indicator
WIth caps-locked: w/o caps-lock: HTH

nice one fehlix. thanks for pointing that out.

Caps lock keystate is somewhere in the system;
i say that because any pkexec Launcher window shows a caps lock on indicator in the text box.
Can that be grabbed from the pkexec indicator and put into system tray?

It's in the xset -q output

Hello everyone
MXRobo gave the download link to indicator-keylock Version: 3.1.1-0~mx21+1
by MXRobo » Sat Nov 11, 2023 5:06 pm
https://mxrepo.com/MX21packages.html

install 3.1.1-0~mx21+1 this .deb onto MX23; it did not indicate any needed dependencies; it went right on, on its own.

tried it; it works. it is on two mxfluxbox that have one xfce4-notifyd and one ukui notifications, so it is pretty.

conky can use $key_caps_lock
caps lock ${key_caps_lock}

i_ri wrote: Sat Nov 11, 2023 10:51 pm Hello everyone
MXRobo gave the download link to indicator-keylock Version: 3.1.1-0~mx21+1
by MXRobo » Sat Nov 11, 2023 5:06 pm
https://mxrepo.com/MX21packages.html

install 3.1.1-0~mx21+1 this .deb onto MX23; it did not indicate any needed dependencies; it went right on, on its own.

tried it; it works. it is on two mxfluxbox that have one xfce4-notifyd and one ukui notifications, so it is pretty.

conky can use $key_caps_lock
caps lock ${key_caps_lock}

Good found:

Conky Variables [https://conky.cc/variables] wrote:
${key_caps_lock}

An indicator for Capital Lock key.

${key_num_lock}

An indicator for Number Lock key.

I have not tried this, but possibly, and if it works, it should supply true notifications.
https://www.reddit.com/r/wayland/commen ... ?rdt=45177

MXRobo wrote: Sun Nov 12, 2023 9:16 am I have not tried this, but possibly, and if it works, it should supply true notifications.
https://www.reddit.com/r/wayland/commen ... ?rdt=45177

For Wayland.
It might work in MX-23 KDE, but Xfce has not yet moved to Wayland it still uses X11, and Fluxbox would need to be completely rebuilt from scratch.

Fluxbox would need to be completely rebuilt from scratch

In addtion to the xfce-builtin Caps-Lock indicator on the panel as mentioned in #12,
one could also bind a "send notification" action to the Caps_Lock key itself:
E.g. To bind the send-notification event in Xfce on command line with this one-liner: or alternatively within Keyboard-Settings add new applications shortcut,
with the command: and press Caps_Lock for the key to bind.
This gives a nice notification on the desktop when the Caps Lock key is pressed:
Caps Lock on Caps Lock off