Linux 6.14 Adds Support For The Microsoft Copilot Key Found On New Laptops

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  • phoronix
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    • Jan 2007
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    Linux 6.14 Adds Support For The Microsoft Copilot Key Found On New Laptops

    Phoronix: Linux 6.14 Adds Support For The Microsoft Copilot Key Found On New Laptops

    Newer laptops pre-loaded with Microsoft Windows have begun adding a "Copilot" key for launching Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant or other "chatbot" software. With the upcoming Linux 6.14 kernel, that key will be mapped out correctly so that user-space software can determine the behavior for handling that key's action on the Linux desktop...

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  • waxhead
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    • Jul 2014
    • 1148

    #2
    I would like to use this key for toggling between applications (like alt+tab)

    ​​​​Or... Switch to another tty where htop runs
    Last edited by waxhead; 23 January 2025, 07:47 AM.

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    • yoshi314
      Senior Member
      • Sep 2006
      • 1299

      #3
      new standardized keys are never a bad thing.

      keys that are unique to a device are problematic.

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      • billyswong
        Senior Member
        • Aug 2020
        • 708

        #4
        Copilot mapped to Meta+Shift+F23 in Windows... So what is supposed to happen when a user press Shift+Copilot? Using Meta is fine as there is no real "Meta" key in those Copilot key keyboards, but adding Shift there looks trouble-making to me.

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        • Espionage724
          Senior Member
          • Sep 2024
          • 354

          #5
          That key would be bound to my usual OS update scripts on Linux (I used to use the Thinkpad button, or in-lieu of any other special key F6)

          On Fedora 41 I have this bound to F6:

          Code:
          ptyxis --standalone --title='Fedora Updater — ' -- bash -c "sudo dnf clean 'all' && sudo dnf update -y && sync && sudo flatpak update && flatpak update && sync && sudo restorecon -F -I -R ~ && sudo fstrim --all --verbose && sync && read -n '1' -s -r -p 'Done. Press any key to exit.' && sleep '1'"

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          • curfew
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            • Aug 2010
            • 634

            #6
            Originally posted by waxhead View Post
            I would like to use this key for toggling between applications (like alt+tab)

            ​​​Or... Switch to another tty where htop runs
            You can map any physical button to any action. There is no need to wait for a manufacturer to add bogus physical keys that have no real purpose.

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            • furtadopires
              Senior Member
              • Mar 2019
              • 150

              #7
              Don't mind me, I'm just commenting before the 6th page.

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              • DumbFsck
                Senior Member
                • Dec 2023
                • 331

                #8
                Originally posted by billyswong View Post
                Copilot mapped to Meta+Shift+F23 in Windows... So what is supposed to happen when a user press Shift+Copilot? Using Meta is fine as there is no real "Meta" key in those Copilot key keyboards, but adding Shift there looks trouble-making to me.
                What happens if you press both shoft keys at the same time in some shortcut? (You can test with anything, like ctrl + shift + c/v)


                Exactly, it makes no difference.


                Also, since maybe this is not common knowledge, left shift and right shift have different scancodes, so the computer knows you have two shifts pressed.

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                • Weasel
                  Senior Member
                  • Feb 2017
                  • 4500

                  #9
                  Originally posted by DumbFsck View Post
                  What happens if you press both shoft keys at the same time in some shortcut? (You can test with anything, like ctrl + shift + c/v)


                  Exactly, it makes no difference.


                  Also, since maybe this is not common knowledge, left shift and right shift have different scancodes, so the computer knows you have two shifts pressed.
                  But now you'll have three shifts pressed… and we all know that's when stuff breaks! /s

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                  • Espionage724
                    Senior Member
                    • Sep 2024
                    • 354

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Weasel View Post
                    But now you'll have three shifts pressed… and we all know that's when stuff breaks! /s
                    Diablo 2 at some point got me going into Ease & Access settings on Windows and disabling that sticky key shortcut soon after fresh installs

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