Suggestions - G keys and M keys functionality

[fulvouscoder]

Hello,

at the moment, the MR key does not have any functionality, the G keys are limited to opening applications and M keys profiles only store the G keys settings.

a) Would it be possible to allow the MR key to be programmable, just like the G keys, in the GUI?

b) Is it possible to assign keystrokes to the G keys, for example:

• G3 = Key Press 'Shift' + Key Press 'K' + Key Release 'K' + Key Press 'O' + Key Release 'O' + Key Release 'Shift'
• Pressing G3 executes the Hold Shift and types KO

c) While using the M1,M2,M3 keys the user has effectively 36 G keys at his disposal. c.1) to increase this number, a user could use a modifier key:

• while M1 active press G1 = open firefox
• while M1 active press Shift + G1 = open brave
• while M2 active press G1 = open chrome
• while M2 active press Shift + G1 = open calculator

c.2) to have direct access to functionalities saved on a different profile, without actually switch the entire profile:

M1 profile has the following settings;

• press G1 key = open clock

M2 profile has the following settings;

• press G1 key = open calculator

If the user presses a modifier key, e.g. CTRL:

• while M1 active press CTRL + G1 = open calculator

c.3) to bind key lightning settings to each profile:

M1 profile has the following settings;

• key lightning set to R=255,G=0,B=0 M2 profile has the following settings;
• key lightning set to R=55,G=65,B=149

Thanks

[jimmyd-be]

The key colors for every profile is possible and a great added value. I was already thinking to make it possible to change keyboard colors from the gui instead of the plugin.

Adding keystrokes is also possible but it will be limited to one key combinatie for a g key. For example cntrl + shift + K.

Mr key can also be programable like the g Keys. Gui need to be change for this. Adding this is a few minutes work.

Combining gkeys with other Keys like shift or cntrl isnt posible to the way the deamon works. When I was programming the g key functionality I tried to use the g Keys to send a keystroke to the Linux kernel but x11 does not supporting custom Keys and I need to bind the gkeys to already existing Keys like Phone Keys or Something like that.

[fulvouscoder]

That is some great insight into the limitations/inner workings, Thank you.

Again, absolutely no pressure. I am pretty happy with how it is working so far. This was just a couple suggestions that popped to mind, while we discussed the bug and troubleshooting.

[jimmyd-be]

I placed all the suggestions to the project page Also I added some of my own (like game switch support).

[jimmyd-be]

For the MR-key. I will make it like a profile. So you have 4 profiles with 12 keys = 46 combos.

[fulvouscoder]

Great work! Just to let you know I am downloading and will provide an update on the tests asap.

[jimmyd-be]

@fulvouscoder if you also have suggestions for new plugins. Please shoot.

[jimmyd-be]

For the keystrokes I recommend using xdotool in a shell script and call that script when pressing the G-key. I have looking for a way to implement this in the application but it is complex and don't think it will be user friendly to add it to the GUI part of the application.