Config option to swap Backspace and Shift keys

[Baron-23]

Hi,

I’d like to request a configuration option to swap the Backspace and Shift keys at the compositor level.

This would be useful for users who want to improve keyboard ergonomics.
Having an explicit Hyprland option for this would make such setups easier to manage and keep the configuration centralized, instead of relying on external tools or complex keyboard definitions.

Example of a possible config option:
input {
kb_options = backspace:swapshift
}

Use cases:

• Ergonomic and custom keyboard layouts
• Cleaner, compositor-level configuration
• Consistent behavior across the session

Thanks for considering this feature.

[fufexan]

If this isn't already possible through xkb, I doubt Hyprland can implement it. This also sounds like an external program's job, such as kanata/kmonad/keyd.