indicator-xkbmod

indicator-xkbmod (Unity XKB Modifier Indicator) Keyboard modifiers state indicator for Ubuntu Unity desktop. As current state, it's just a prototype. Unity lacks such accessibility tools which most likely needed when sticky keys is activated. See How to add a keyboard modifier state applet to Unity panel?. Related Bugs Report lp#773078 Should display the StickyKeys status in some way (a11y) lp#1306584 No keyboard state applet in Unity Install ### From daily build PPA https://code.launchpad.net/sneetsher/+recipe/indicator-xkbmod-daily ### From source autoreconf -vif ./configure make sudo make install ### From locally built Debian package (much cleanner then make install) debuild -us -uc sudo dpkg -i ../indicator-xkbmod.deb Running Options Icon mode (Default): indicator-xkbmod Label mode: indicator-xkbmod -l Filter needed modifiers (10110011 binary = 205 decimal, Default: 255) indicator-xkbmod -f 205 shows only shift,control,alt,super,altgr Gnome-Shell/Gnome3 Support Note: May be better if you look for native extention, so try first https://github.com/sneetsher/Keyboard-Modifiers-Status