Release 2.49

xkeyboard-config 2.49 was released on 2026-10-21.

Release highlights

This release fixes the follow regressions:

Numpad: all numpad options were fixed to enable the following behavior:

Option	No modifier	Shift	NumLock	Shift + NumLock
`numpad:numlock_only`	Level 1	Level 1	Level 2	Level 2
`numpad:microsoft`	Level 1	Level 1	Level 2	Level 1
`numpad:pc`	Level 1	Level 2	Level 2	Level 1
`numpad:mac`	Level 2	Level 2	Level 2	Level 2
`numpad:shift3`	Level 1	Level 1	Level 2	Level 2 (KEYPAD)
				or 3 (*_KEYPAD)

The default behaviour is numpad:numlock_only.

Added BlackBerry KEY2 model and its corresponding vendor-specific US English layout.

Contributed by Paul Sajna !856

Fixed Apple Aluminium models not using the macOS numpad behavior by default for FOUR_LEVEL_KEYPAD and FOUR_LEVEL_MIXED_KEYPAD key types.

Added a Belarusian layout with typography symbols.
Added a Brahui keyboard layout for Pakistan.
Added a Croatian layout variant for writing Glagolitic Script.
Added the Azerbaijani standard layout az(standard), which implements the Azerbaijani national standard AZS 495-2010 “Language-dependent keyboard layout of letters of the alphabet of Azerbaijan”, known locally as PÜŞUD and shipped by Microsoft as “Azerbaijani (Standard)” since Windows 8.1.
Updated the Sindhi keyboard layout to match the MB-Sindhi SK 2.0 keyboard layout.
- Adds missing Unicode mappings for Normal, Shift, and AltGr levels.
- Updates paired and bidirectional punctuation mappings, including parentheses, square brackets, and angle brackets.
- Aligns punctuation mappings with their standard Unicode code points.
- Updates the layout description to identify it as “Sindhi (M.B. Sindhi)”.
- Updated the MB Sindhi keyboard layout's paired punctuation mappings by interchanging the Unicode assignments on the corresponding physical keys. This adjustment aims to improve the visual presentation of parentheses, square brackets, and angle brackets when typing right-to-left Sindhi text.

am(eastern-alt): Fixed key name typo resulting in missing ‘տ’ and swapped ‘գ’/‘ք’. (#603)
pl: Replaced mu and periodcentered with same-looking but more appropriate characters

Contributed by Michał Górny

Generalized numpad:pc to enable the classical “Shift cancels NumLock” behavior to all keypad types:

NumLock Shift Level Description

Off Off 1 Navigation and editing

Off On 2 Digits

On Off 2 Digits

On On 1 Navigation and editing

(#594)
Generalized numpad:mac to enable the following numpad behavior for all keypad key types: neither NumLock nor Shift affects digits selection.
Generalized numpad:microsoft to enable the following behavior to all keypad key types:
- NumLock enables digits;
- Shift cancels NumLock but never enables digits.
Generalized numpad:shift3 to enable the following numpad behavior for all keypad key types:
- NumLock enables digits;
- NumLock+Shift enables digits for KEYPAD and auxiliary symbols for the other *_KEYPAD types.
Added numpad:numlock_only to enable the following numpad behavior:
- NumLock enables digits;
- Shift does not interact with NumLock.
Add option caps:shift_shifted_capslock to use <CAPS> as a Shift key.

It keeps Caps_Lock on its Shift level as many similar options do.
Added hyper:mod5 to complete the hyper:mod{2–4} family, to enable users to select themselves the trade-offs regarding conflicting modifiers.
Added meta:mod{2–5} to enable users to select themselves the trade-offs regarding conflicting modifiers.

NumLock	Shift	Level	Description
Off	Off	1	Navigation and editing
Off	On	2	Digits
On	Off	2	Digits
On	On	1	Navigation and editing

types: Mitigated NumLock + Shift not selecting the corresponding keypad navigation and editing symbols, e.g. Shift + KP_0 acting as Shift (consumed) + KP_Insert.

Users wanting this behavior should enable the option numpad:pc or numpad:microsoft (#594).
types: Fixed missing mapping NumLock+Shift = Level1 in numpad(microsoft).

This was a regression introduced in xkeyboard-config 2.48.
types: Fixed regression where F1–F12 keys were indistinguishable from Shift + F1–F12. (#599).
inet: Restored XF86TouchpadOff on the base level of <F23>.

This regression has affected xkeyboard-config 2.47 and 2.48.
compat: Fixed missing interpret for Scroll_Lock.

Contrary to an X11 session, on a Wayland session and with xkbcommon 1.11+, this enables to lock the ScrollLock modifier and to control the corresponding LED without requiring the scrolllock:mod3 option or a custom modifier_map entry (#194).