Implement Karabiner's features (complex configurations)

[iryan2]

Hi @tekezo,

Firstly, thanks so much for Karabiner, I've been using it for years and it's amazing.

I was wondering if you're planning to reimplement the multi-touch addon stuff? I love being able to left and right click with one finger on my trackpad + F/D respectively. I've gone back to using a mouse since this functionality wasn't available in Sierra.

I'm really just curious if it's worth waiting for, or should I just find an alternative?

Thanks!

[ghost]

HI @tekezo Could you help me in mapping space-key to Ctrl-Left only on long press so that normal space works as is on a normal press? This was available in the old version. Thanks

[nikitavoloboev]

It's amazing to hear that more complex mappings are being added to Karabiner Elements. For me personally the most needed feature needed before I can switch to Sierra, would be to be able to make a key 'launcher key' and add custom mappings to the key easily. The way I can do it in Karabiner here.

I also really wish I could move my mouse with launcher key d.

I hope these would be added soon to Karabiner Elements. Thank you a lot for this utility.

[prohtex]

Also adding my gratitude for all the work so far and anticipation for complex key remapping. I have downgraded 2 machines to 10.11 to be able to use the old Karabiner.

[natemcintyre]

So stoked to see that this is on the radar as it is the single reason that I loved Karabiner+Seil in the past. 👍

[samw3]

Woot! I'm waiting as well for my caps lock to cmd-space mapping. Haven't gone to Sierra yet because of it.

[ipetepete]

I'll add one more request. This "complex" feature set might solve it, but I'll detail it here incase it's different.

I use to have my spacebar act as a function key when held down, mapping FN+[I,J,K,L] to arrow keys (up, left down, right) respectively. I had this because I have two arrow keys on my laptop that don't work. And it is so efficient that I had this same mapping across all my macs, I miss this feature so much.

So my request is to allow mapping key combos or "layer" style mapping.

[raulchen]

Hi, could you share a roadmap of implementing these features?

[franciscolourenco]

Will Elements ever be able to support Homerow Arrows and Modifiers Mode? Do you know any other toold who might be able to emulate this setup? Thanks!

[kryten68]

Hello! Thank you so much for Karabiner elements.

Please help me. How can I map something like this:-

"non_us_backslash": "left_option_3"

I really need to map the section key to the '#' key on my UK keyboard. It is option+3. I really miss this functionality. I have tried for ages to achieve this and I know I am not alone.

Would be very grateful for any suggestions. Please!

[horen20]

Hello, Karabiner elements disables all function keys of the mechanical keyboard Cherry MX 6.0

[prohtex]

Here it is for those who have been waiting, complex key remapping: https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements/issues/16#issuecomment-271907994

[kryten68]

Wow! Yes!! That works. Using:

"one_to_many_mappings": {
                "non_us_backslash": [
                    "left_option",
                    "3"
                ]
            },

In 00.90.75

it ... works! Oh joy unbounded!! Thank you!

Does NOT work in 00.90.76 strangely enough...

[dndrsn]

Does this add support "many to one mappings" as well? E.g. shift + delete to forward delete. I assume no.

[martinweiss]

I would also like to know the answer to dndrsn's question.

[prohtex]

no, this is only "one to many"

[maplebed]

I too am hoping for a many-to-many mapping. I bound j+l to CTRL-B so that chording those two keys on the home row triggered my tmux control character.

[sinewave]

Just adding my +10 for homerow_mode support.

Any ideas on when this might be implemented? It's the only thing currently holding me back from upgrading to macOS 10.12.

[franciscolourenco]

@sinewave I'm working on an app which implements homerow mode and tab mode. its already working, will let you know when it is finished.

[nathanielescribano]

Adding votes for multi-touch extension functionality. Not sure why @iryan2 's post is getting downvoted. this is the only thing holding me back from updating to the latest macos.

[braham-snyder]

@nathanielescribano

I suspect it's because

I'm really just curious if it's worth waiting for, or should I just find an alternative?

comes off as a little entitled

Tangentially, I'd guess that at least a hundred people are subscribed to this issue in hopes of receiving updates on the much-awaited implementations of "complex configurations" (including multi-touch)--myself included--and I suspect many of us are only on El Capitan because Karabiner is that amazing. Given that, I think most of those subscribers would greatly appreciate it if you (and everyone else) expressed your "adding votes" by just adding a thumbs up to the relevant post (iryan2's in this case) instead of posting a comment saying the same thing (which notifies everyone subscribed).

[yjqg6666]

upvote for new release.

[spinlock]

Hello everyone ~

I'm using HHKB on macOS Sierra but we know that Karabiner-Elements doesn't support complex configuration yet. So I have to modify the source code to implement some hard code mappings for my keyboard.

Here's my fork https://github.com/spinlock/Karabiner-Elements and here's my patch https://github.com/spinlock/Karabiner-Elements/commit/d7f56ecd9d1b665f316a7230f98ceadb3f4c4f2c .

// Shift_L+Esc => ~
// Shift_R+Esc => ~
// Option_L+Esc => `
// Option_L+Tab => CapsLock
// Command_L+Esc => Command_L+`
// Command_L+F => PageDown
// Command_L+B => PageUp
// Shift_L+Backspace => Shift_L+Backslash
// Shift_R+Backspace => Shift_L+Backslash
// Option_L+HJKL => Left/Down/Up/Right
// Option_L+1~12 => F1~F12

It really works !!

[quangbuule]

Hi @spinlock, I found that using JSON can be enough for your need. For example:

{
  "description": "Change Cmd+Esc to Cmd+`",
  "manipulators": [
    {
      "type": "basic",
      "from": {
        "key_code": "escape",
        "modifiers": {
          "mandatory": [
            "command"
          ],
          "optional": [
            "any"
          ]
        }
      },
      "to": [
        {
          "key_code": "grave_accent_and_tilde",
          "modifiers": [
            "command"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

[tch399]

Was the multi-touch functionality specifically, trackpad + F/D, ever solved by karabiner or any other method?

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