XkbLatchGroup(3)

NAME
XkbLatchGroup - Latches the keysym group

SYNOPSIS

Bool XkbLatchGroup (Display *display, unsigned int device_spec, unsigned int group);

ARGUMENTS

display
    connection to the X server

device_spec
    device ID, or XkbUseCoreKbd

group
    index of the keysym group to latch

DESCRIPTION

XkbLatchGroup sends a request to the server to latch the specified group and does not wait for a reply. It returns True if the request was sent and False otherwise.

Reference the keysym group indices with these symbolic constants:

Table 1 Symbolic Group Names
Symbolic Name | Value
XkbGroup1Index | 0
XkbGroup2Index | 1
XkbGroup3Index | 2
XkbGroup4Index | 3

RETURN VALUES

True
    The XkbLatchGroup function returns True if a request was sent to the server to latch the specified group.

False
    The XkbLatchGroup function returns False if the request was not sent.