Usable "junk" keys for Macros/Custom Shortcuts etc

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I am aware that linux handles it that way apparently. windows has upped the status of AltGr (and the entire third layer) to Ctrl+Alt instead (with the exception of Ctrl+Alt+Del), and fwiw kbct handled it too, to the extent it works to begin with.

I havent tried input-remapper specifically yet, I can try when I get home

can input-remapper also start scripts directly?

meta+shift+touchpad off appears in KDE custom shortcuts apparently, I havent tried the copilot key alone there before that post I guess.

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well hell, if you press the copilot key and plasma shortcuts detects it directly, then just assign it to a command on the shortcuts setting page and run whatever script you want.

easy peasy

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that is ONE of the things, also copilot alone already has something different to do (revive the context menu key without fn), I still need to move AltGr Shortcuts somewhere as KDE doesnt like using that for shortcuts.

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Indeed, they or their UEFI vendors could have implemented a setting to make the Copilot keys be Ctrl keys or something.

Unless Microsoft prohibits that, too.

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Tbh i am incredibly lucky with my current laptop as it only has put the copilot key on the context menu key, putting context menu behind fn.

On my old laptop from hp which has an ansi-based layout without context menu to begin with there literally isn’t even space for a copilot or office key without removing an actually important key. They already axed what was right ctrl in favor of the extra key an iso layout has (which in german is the <>| key, so yeah kinda important for Linux and HTML)

Having both r-ctrl and r-alt(altgr) plus the copilot key allows for a lot of remapping flexibility, provided the tools let me, i guess i am a bit spoiled by autohotkey from my windows days.

Heck on the laptop i had before that i for example had a key combo in auto hotkey that basically was right alt + right ctrl (yes just these 2)= context menu

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Me too, but looking forward to input remapping as a fully supported 1st-party feature in Plasma :slightly_smiling_face:

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Oh cool. If they Actually have a post open where people can mention scenarios or things it could offer (especially the handling, and modification of modifiers, or what i call, junk modifiers, where basically any key can be a modifier if you want, like i made num0 a modifier for multimedia on ahk, while keeping it alive for normal use too.)