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cajhin / capsicain

Powerful low-level keyboard remapping tool for Windows
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Is it possible to rewire a single key to a combination of key without a modifier? #58

Closed PhyphenS closed 2 years ago

PhyphenS commented 2 years ago

I have a dedicated number pad and wanted to use it to single key presses to complete a unique combined key press for hotkeys in various software (e.g pressing 1 would press F13 + Shift)

Would this be possible without having to press an additional modifier key?

cajhin commented 2 years ago

it's probably possible, assuming that your number pad sends "normal" key presses and not proprietary USB codes that only the manufacturer's driver understands. There's an inconvenience since you cannot configure "this config only for the pad", so it is active on the main keyboard, too. The workaround is Option "processOnlyFirstKeyboard". See https://github.com/cajhin/capsicain/wiki/Keyword%3A-OPTION

PhyphenS commented 2 years ago

Thanks for getting back to me so quick. I was able it to activate on just the keypad using the processOnlyFirstKeyboard if I REWIRE 1 to F13. What I am having difficulty with is using REWIRE (or should it be COMBO?) to trigger a combination of key presses when just the 1 key was pressed (all the examples seemed to show multiple key presses to trigger different key presses) Thank you for the help

cajhin commented 2 years ago

REWIRE only maps plain keys. You need a COMBO.

1 key to shift-F13: COMBO 1 [] > moddedKey ( F13 + ...& )

If you want to produce more than one alphanumeric key (like 1 -> T E S T), look into function sequence()

PhyphenS commented 2 years ago

That worked perfectly!

I think my formatting was off but that is great, thank you so much for your help!