Starting vscode clears *system* settings from ~/.Xmodmap

[sjmduncan]

• VS Code Version: 1.76.1 (installed via snap)
• OS Version: Xubuntu 22.04

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Fresh installation of Xubuntu 22.04
2. Remap some keys by adding ~/.Xmodmap (i.e. like this)
3. Fresh installation vscode using this command: snap install code --classic, or by downloading the .deb file and using sudo dpkg -i. Don't install extensions. Don't change any settings (except maybe keyboard.dispatch). Don't sign in.
4. Remapped keys work until you start vscode, whereupon the remapped keys are reset back to their default keycodes for the whole system

I don't think this is the same as #23991 or other xmodmap/keymap issues because:

• I have setxkbmap -option 'caps:ctrl_modifier' in ~/.profile and this remapping is not cleared, it's just the ones defined in ~/.Xmodmap
• Setting "keyboard.dispatch": "keyCode" does not change anything (i.e. the keymap/troubleshooting wiki page doesn't have an answer)
• My remapped keys are cleared at a system level
• I can reinstate my keymap by running xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap and it works fine until I start vscode again (either restart existing instance or start another one)

I have two questions:

1. What does vscode think it's doing, messing with the users global keymap in the first place?
2. How do I stop it from doing this?

[deepak1556]

Please share a sample Xmodmap file that helps demonstrate the issue and also commands for how you are validating the keycodes are reset at the system level. Additionally, a recording would help us better to understand the issue.

/gifPlease

[vscodenpa]

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[vscodenpa]

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