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koekeishiya / skhd

Simple hotkey daemon for macOS
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key blocked? #64

Closed nolledge closed 5 years ago

nolledge commented 5 years ago

Hi, this should be a common problem, but I could not find an answer to it:

I am using this configuration to navigate between windows:


# Navigation
alt - h : chunkc tiling::window --focus west
alt - j : chunkc tiling::window --focus south
alt - k : chunkc tiling::window --focus north
alt - l : chunkc tiling::window --focus east

The configuration for alt + l seems to block my "@" key. Do I need to use a different key mapping to make it available again?

dominiklohmann commented 5 years ago

If alt - l is how you usually type the character @—yes, you would have to remap either @ or the command. You cannot expect skhd to know when to execute the mapped command versus forwarding the key so you get the desired input.

Personally, this is why I stay away from alt and cmd modifier only mappings and mostly use fn, cmd + ctrl or shift + ctrl, since neither of these have system default mappings (except for ctrl + left mouse button being right mouse button, which cannot be remapped, and fn + arrow key being home/end/pgup/pgdown, where you need to remap the latter).

nolledge commented 5 years ago

Thank you. That makes sense. I was just a little confused because this mapping is part of the sample skhdrc.

dominiklohmann commented 5 years ago

The example is just that—an example. And it's a bad one for US and german mac keyboard layouts in my experience, after having tested both. Best just start with an empty configuration and go through this file and create your mappings based on your needs: https://github.com/koekeishiya/chunkwm/blob/master/src/plugins/tiling/README.md

koekeishiya commented 5 years ago

Closing this as a non-issue.

Thanks again for continued support @dominiklohmann, much appreciated!