Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:45:12 -0400 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Jes=C3=BAs_Daniel_Colmenares_Oviedo?= <dtxdf@freebsd.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Knowing keyboard layout Message-ID: <8afd54f2-4ccb-4b21-b53b-d968c69684e0@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAGwOe2Y-ux%2BrvWWk3nJL2bdbTiCsttzN92cvMsoaiBOKr2uPfg@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi,
On 11/26/25 17:37, Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Is there a way to know from a script what keyboard layout is currently
> in use?
> I use setxkbmap to switch between different layouts, but I don't know
> how to actually query about the current one in use.
>
> TIA
Use -print flag:
```
$ setxkbmap -print
xkb_keymap {
xkb_keycodes { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)" };
xkb_types { include "complete" };
xkb_compat { include "complete" };
xkb_symbols { include "pc+es+inet(evdev)" };
xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc104)" };
};
```
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