Just stumbled on this app, “Hyperkey”. It’s 4.99. It’s exactly as it sounds. It replicates the famous Caps Lock → CMD+OPT+CTRL+SHIFT modifier (normally done with Karabiner) within a nice GUI. There are also some added niceties that some might like, like the ability to create a “Hyperkey” gesture on the trackpad.
I’m still using Karabiner Elements because I also map Caps Lock to some VIM navigation shortcuts, but this is a solid route to go if you don’t need that control. Much easier than trying to figure out Karabiner.
I haven’t installed it yet but I wrote the developer and he said it’s fully disabled for long presses but enabled if you activate Caps Lock mode.
EDIT: Sorry, I misunderstood the developer. He clarified:
Just wanted to be clear that when the quick press is set to Caps Lock, the long press will result in the light turning on then off. Although I think it is possible to obtain the desired behavior where it would only go on for a quick press, I just haven’t gone down that path yet since I haven’t had much feedback looking for that functionality and I find it best to start with less complexity until otherwise needed. I’ll revisit this in a future release and see how it goes.
This app does the same as BTT does when trying to use the HyperKey.
I use KBM that when hyperkey+t is pressed it copies the text, opens task manager, creates a new task and pastes.
Works flawlessly with Karabiner but this app and btt spends 10 seconds flicking between the two apps before pasting into the app it’s copying from. very odd.
Ah ok. That’s disappointing. I wonder if it’s because Karabiner is creating an actual virtual keyboard and remapping, but likely this is just handling it via some higher level software implementation?
The last time I tried to uninstall KE it wasn’t completely successful. Of course that may have changed.
From your previous post it seems you’re trying to use BTT and Hyperkey together. You might email the dev to find out if there are any known issues with that.
I’m stoked I stumbled on this thread. I clicked just to vouch for the developer. He recently released an app called Charmstone, I emailed him a suggestion to add arrow key navigation to it, and he had it up within a few days despite some sandbox challenges with the MAS.
But now I’ve gained something myself after seeing others mention BTT Hyper key trouble. I’ve been using BTT’s Hyper key for a while, with it working only half the time. Never dug deeper, figuring it was just the nature of remapping so many modifiers. But I just tried Hyperkey and it works every time for me.