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.TH XkbChangeTypesOfKey __libmansuffix__ __xorgversion__ "XKB FUNCTIONS"
.SH NAME
XkbChangeTypesOfKey \- Change the number of groups and the types bound to a key 
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B Status XkbChangeTypesOfKey
(
.I xkb,
.I key,
.I n_groups,
.I groups,
.I new_types_in,
.I p_changes
)
.br
      XkbDescPtr \fIxkb\fP\^;
.br
      int \fIkey\fP\^;
.br
      int \fIn_groups\fP\^;
.br
      unsigned int \fIgroups\fP\^;
.br
      int * \fInew_types_in\fP\^;
.br
      XkbMapChangesPtr \fIp_changes\fP\^;
.if n .ti +5n
.if t .ti +.5i
.SH ARGUMENTS
.TP
.I \- xkb
keyboard description to be changed
.TP
.I \- key
keycode for key of interest
.TP
.I \- n_groups
new number of groups for key
.TP
.I \- groups
mask indicating groups to change
.TP
.I \- new_types_in
indices for new groups specified in groups
.TP
.I \- p_changes
notes changes made to xkb
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
.I XkbChangeTypesOfKey 
reallocates the symbols and actions bound to the key, if necessary, and 
initializes any new symbols 
or actions to NoSymbol or NoAction, as appropriate. If the p_changes parameter 
is not NULL, 
.I XkbChangeTypesOfKey 
adds the XkbKeySymsMask to the changes field of 
.I p_changes 
and modifies the 
.I first_key_sym 
and 
.I num_key_syms 
fields of 
.I p_changes 
to include the 
.I key 
that was changed. See STRUCTURE for more information on the XkbMapChangesPtr 
structure. If 
successful, 
.I XkbChangeTypesOfKey 
returns Success.

The 
.I n_groups 
parameter specifies the new number of groups for the key. The 
.I groups 
parameter is a mask specifying the groups for which new types are supplied and 
is a bitwise 
inclusive OR of the following masks: XkbGroup1Mask, XkbGroup2Mask, 
XkbGroup3Mask, and XkbGroup4Mask.

The 
.I new_types_in 
parameter is an integer array of length 
.I n_groups. 
Each entry represents the type to use for the associated group and is an index 
into 
.I xkb->map->types. 
The 
.I new_types_in 
array is indexed by group index; if 
.I n_groups 
is four and 
.I groups 
only has Group1Mask and Group3Mask set, 
.I new_types_in 
looks like this:
.nf

    new_types_in[0] = type for Group1
    new_types_in[1] = ignored
    new_types_in[2] = type for Group3
    new_types_in[3] = ignored
    
.fi    
For convenience, Xkb provides the following constants to use as indices to the 
groups:

.TS
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Table 1 Group Index Constants
_
Constant Name	Value
_
XkbGroup1Index	0
XkbGroup2Index	1
XkbGroup3Index	2
XkbGroup4Index	3
.TE

If the Xkb extension has not been properly initialized, 
.I XkbChangeTypesOfKey 
returns BadAccess. If the 
.I xkb 
parameter it not valid (that is, it is NULL or it does not contain a valid 
client map), 
.I XkbChangeTypesOfKey 
returns BadMatch. If the 
.I key 
is not a valid keycode, 
.I n_groups 
is greater than XkbNumKbdGroups, or the 
.I groups 
mask does not contain any of the valid group mask bits, 
.I XkbChangeTypesOfKey 
returns BadValue. If it is necessary to resize the key symbols or key actions 
arrays and any 
allocation errors occur, 
.I XkbChangeTypesOfKey 
returns BadAlloc.
.SH STRUCTURES
.LP
Use the XkbMapChangesRec structure to identify and track partial modifications 
to the mapping 
components and to reduce the amount of traffic between the server and clients.
.nf

typedef struct _XkbMapChanges {
    unsigned short   changed;            /\(** identifies valid components in 
structure */
    KeyCode          min_key_code;       /\(** lowest numbered keycode for device 
*/
    KeyCode          max_key_code;       /\(** highest numbered keycode for device 
*/
    unsigned char    first_type;         /\(** index of first key type modified */
    unsigned char    num_types;          /\(** # types modified */
    KeyCode          first_key_sym;      /\(** first key whose key_sym_map changed 
*/
    unsigned char    num_key_syms;       /\(** # key_sym_map entries changed */
    KeyCode          first_key_act;      /\(** first key whose key_acts entry 
changed */
    unsigned char    num_key_acts;       /\(** # key_acts entries changed */
    KeyCode          first_key_behavior; /\(** first key whose behaviors changed */
    unsigned char    num_key_behaviors;  /\(** # behaviors entries changed */
    KeyCode          first_key_explicit; /\(** first key whose explicit entry 
changed */
    unsigned char    num_key_explicit;   /\(** # explicit entries changed */
    KeyCode          first_modmap_key;   /\(** first key whose modmap entry changed 
*/
    unsigned char    num_modmap_keys;    /\(** # modmap entries changed */
    KeyCode          first_vmodmap_key;  /\(** first key whose vmodmap changed */
    unsigned char    num_vmodmap_keys;   /\(** # vmodmap entries changed */
    unsigned char    pad1;               /\(** reserved */
    unsigned short   vmods;              /\(** mask indicating which vmods changed 
*/
} XkbMapChangesRec,*XkbMapChangesPtr;

.fi
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
.TP 15
.B BadAccess
The Xkb extension has not been properly initialized
.TP 15
.B BadAlloc
Unable to allocate storage
.TP 15
.B BadMatch
A compatible version of Xkb was not available in the server or an argument has 
correct type and 
range, but is otherwise invalid
.TP 15
.B BadValue
An argument is out of range