backslash on JIS keyboard

[Lizzix]

Hi, there. I want to remap yen key (international 3) to backslash; however, when I map yen key to backslash, it prints close bracket ( ] ). If I set yen key to non us backslash, it prints section ( § ). Is there any way to solve this issue?

[griffin-stewie]

same here. I'm using JIS keyboard that builtin with MacBook Pro Late 2016. It's working when I set Virtual Keyboard Keyboard Type to ISO or ANSI, but it doesn't work when I set it as JIS.

Does anyone has a solution about this issue?

[hirakujira]

First, open this link in Safari to import JIS to ASCII settings.

karabiner://karabiner/assets/complex_modifications/import?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpqrs.org%2Fosx%2Fkarabiner%2Fcomplex_modifications%2Fjson%2Fjis_to_ascii.json

Then, modify the config file, you can cmd+shift+G to ~/.config/karabiner/assets/complex_modifications/ and you can see a json file.

Find "バッククオートとチルダを割り当てる。" in that file, and modify that part to

{ "description": "バッククオートとチルダを割り当てる。", "manipulators": [ { "type": "basic", "from": { "key_code": "international3", "modifiers": { "optional": [ "any" ] } }, "to": [ { "key_code": "international3", "modifiers": [ "option" ] } ] } ] }

That's all. remember to reopen karabiner-elements to apply

[griffin-stewie]

@hirakujira
Thank you. I could get behavior that I expect.

@tekezo I think @hirakujira's way is one of workaround and it's not straightforward. I wish I could remap that I expect via "Simple Modifications" instead of "Complex Modifications".

[hirakujira]

@griffin-stewie

I think this is not very possible unless theres a GUI for complex modifications. Because the symbol \ in JIS keyboard should be option + yen (international 3), which is not configurable in simple modification.

An easier way to do this is asking @tekezo consider to add sample config like what I modified in the sample list, so you can just add this feature by adding configuration file

[griffin-stewie]

We could remap Yen to backslash simply Karabiner(previous version of Karabiner-Elements) so I thought current behavior is not expected behavior.

[terry182]

Same here. But my problem with my JIS keyboard is that it has a backslash key right next to the slash key. The event viewer shows the key was International1 but I can't remap it to backslash.

I tried the remapping and it gives the same result as @ambieneuphoria

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[Kuniwak]

This problem still occurred on 12.10.0.

That was the event logs when I typed ] by a built-in keyboard on MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018). It seems the ] was recognized as \, but I could type ] by the same key on other apps like TextEdit as correctly.

I assumed the problem caused by keyboard type mismatch (expected JIS but it might be recognized as US). So I had tried following steps:

1. Try the comment
   1. I confirmed that the problem was not solved on EventViewer
2. Explicitly set a keyboard type
   1. I modified the country code of VirtualKeyboard to 45 from 0
   2. Then I selected JIS on the presented keyboard detection dialogs
   3. I restarted my computer
   4. I Confirmed that the problem was not solved on EventViewer
3. Re-install Karabiner-Elements
   1. I uninstalled Karabiner-Elements
   2. I removed /Library/Application\ Support/org.pqrs and ~/.config/karabiner
   3. I re-installed Karabiner-Elements v12.10.0
   4. I confirmed that the problem was not solved on EventViewer

(and why I used v12.10.0 is I could not activate the driver of 13.13.0 on Catalina.)

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My environments

### sw_vers ```console $ sw_vers ProductName: Mac OS X ProductVersion: 10.15.7 BuildVersion: 19H15 ``` ### ~/.config/karabiner/karabiner.json ```json { "global": { "check_for_updates_on_startup": true, "show_in_menu_bar": true, "show_profile_name_in_menu_bar": false }, "profiles": [ { "complex_modifications": { "parameters": { "basic.simultaneous_threshold_milliseconds": 50, "basic.to_delayed_action_delay_milliseconds": 500, "basic.to_if_alone_timeout_milliseconds": 1000, "basic.to_if_held_down_threshold_milliseconds": 500, "mouse_motion_to_scroll.speed": 100 }, "rules": [] }, "devices": [ { "disable_built_in_keyboard_if_exists": false, "fn_function_keys": [], "identifiers": { "is_keyboard": true, "is_pointing_device": false, "product_id": 34304, "vendor_id": 1452 }, "ignore": false, "manipulate_caps_lock_led": true, "simple_modifications": [] } ], "fn_function_keys": [ { "from": { "key_code": "f1" }, "to": { "consumer_key_code": "display_brightness_decrement" } }, { "from": { "key_code": "f2" }, "to": { "consumer_key_code": "display_brightness_increment" } }, { "from": { "key_code": "f3" }, "to": { "key_code": "mission_control" } }, { "from": { "key_code": "f4" }, "to": { "key_code": "launchpad" } }, { "from": { "key_code": "f5" }, "to": { "key_code": "illumination_decrement" } }, { "from": { "key_code": "f6" }, "to": { "key_code": "illumination_increment" } }, { "from": { "key_code": "f7" }, "to": { "consumer_key_code": "rewind" } }, { "from": { "key_code": "f8" }, "to": { "consumer_key_code": "play_or_pause" } }, { "from": { "key_code": "f9" }, "to": { "consumer_key_code": "fast_forward" } }, { "from": { "key_code": "f10" }, "to": { "consumer_key_code": "mute" } }, { "from": { "key_code": "f11" }, "to": { "consumer_key_code": "volume_decrement" } }, { "from": { "key_code": "f12" }, "to": { "consumer_key_code": "volume_increment" } } ], "name": "Default profile", "parameters": { "delay_milliseconds_before_open_device": 1000 }, "selected": true, "simple_modifications": [], "virtual_hid_keyboard": { "country_code": 45, "mouse_key_xy_scale": 100 } } ] } ``` ### /Library/Application\ Support/org.pqrs/tmp/karabiner_grabber_device_details.json ```json [ { "device_id": 4294969187, "is_karabiner_virtual_hid_device": false, "is_keyboard": true, "is_pointing_device": false, "product_id": 34304, "vendor_id": 1452 }, { "device_id": 4294968665, "is_built_in_keyboard": true, "is_karabiner_virtual_hid_device": false, "is_keyboard": true, "is_pointing_device": false, "location_id": 18446744071567310848, "manufacturer": "Apple Inc.", "product": "Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad", "product_id": 636, "serial_number": "FM782150110HYYMAM+TWN", "transport": "USB", "vendor_id": 1452 }, { "device_id": 4294968664, "is_built_in_pointing_device": true, "is_karabiner_virtual_hid_device": false, "is_keyboard": false, "is_pointing_device": true, "location_id": 18446744071567310848, "manufacturer": "Apple Inc.", "product": "Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad", "product_id": 636, "serial_number": "FM782150110HYYMAM+TWN", "transport": "USB", "vendor_id": 1452 } ] ``` ### /Library/Application\ Support/org.pqrs/tmp/karabiner_grabber_manipulator_environment.json ```json { "frontmost_application": { "bundle_identifier": "com.google.Chrome", "file_path": "/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome" }, "input_source": { "input_mode_id": "com.apple.inputmethod.Roman", "input_source_id": "com.apple.inputmethod.Kotoeri.Roman", "language": "en" }, "system_preferences_properties": { "keyboard_types": [ [ { "country_code": 45, "product_id": 10203, "vendor_id": 5824 }, 42 ] ], "scroll_direction_is_natural": true, "use_fkeys_as_standard_function_keys": false }, "variables": {}, "virtual_hid_keyboard_country_code": 45, "virtual_hid_keyboard_keyboard_type": "jis" } ```

[thomas-huang]

First, open this link in Safari to import JIS to ASCII settings.首先，在 Safari 中打开此链接以将 JIS 导入 ASCII 设置。

karabiner://karabiner/assets/complex_modifications/import?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpqrs.org%2Fosx%2Fkarabiner%2Fcomplex_modifications%2Fjson%2Fjis_to_ascii.json

Then, modify the config file, you can cmd+shift+G to ~/.config/karabiner/assets/complex_modifications/ and you can see a json file.然后，修改配置文件，可以cmd+shift+G到~/.config/karabiner/assets/complex_modifications/，就可以看到一个json文件。

Find "バッククオートとチルダを割り当てる。" in that file, and modify that part to

{ "description": "バッククオートとチルダを割り当てる。", "manipulators": [ { "type": "basic", "from": { "key_code": "international3", "modifiers": { "optional": [ "any" ] } }, "to": [ { "key_code": "international3", "modifiers": [ "option" ] } ] } ] }

That's all. remember to reopen karabiner-elements to apply就这样。记得重新打开 karabiner-elements 来应用

It works, thx