Remap Infinix Air Pro+ Copilot Key in Linux

Re-using Copilot key for something else more useful

Honestly, even on Windows I never once pressed that Copilot key intentionally. It just sat there, taking up prime keyboard real estate. Moving to Linux gave me the perfect excuse to finally do something about it.

What you’ll need

  • A laptop with a Copilot key (I’m on the Infinix Air Pro+)
  • keyd installed

Finding out what the key actually sends

Start by running sudo keyd monitor in your terminal. It will print keyboard events as you press keys. Hit the Copilot key and watch the output.

On my machine, it printed:

Terminal window
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard  0001:0001:70533846  leftmeta down
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard  0001:0001:70533846  leftshift down
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard  0001:0001:70533846  f23 down

So the key fires leftmeta + leftshift + f23 — a modifier combo plus a function key. The problem is KDE’s shortcut dialog only picks up meta + shift, completely ignoring f23. Binding it there is a dead end.

Remapping with keyd

Edit /etc/keyd/default.conf and add:

[ids]
0001:0001:70533846


[main]
f23 = f13

The ids section targets this specific keyboard. The last line remaps f23 to f13 — a key that doesn’t physically exist, which means KDE sees a clean, unambiguous keypress with no conflicting modifiers.

Reload keyd with sudo keyd reload, then head to KDE’s shortcut settings and bind the Copilot key to whatever you want. I mapped mine to Yakuake’s show/hide toggle.

A dedicated dropdown terminal, one keypress away — much better than launching Copilot.