Secondary role - non modifiers / Superkeys

Configuration question
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Is it possible to assign a standard function (key or key combo) to a secondary (held) function?K

Is it possible to realize superkeys like double-tap, tap-hold, double-tab-hold…?

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Is it possible to assign a standard function (key or key combo) to a secondary (held) function?K

Yes, using smart macros.

Is it possible to realize superkeys like double-tap, tap-hold, double-tab-hold…?

There are the ifGesture and ifDoubletap commands, but they can’t distinguish taps from holds.

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Thanks, that is helpful already. Is it also possible to define two keys pressed at the same (of course defining a time-span for “same time” trigger an action? I am thinking of using that approach for Shift and possibly also Ctrl, Alt function instead of home row mods?

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Yes, ifShortcut, which is to be again bound on the first key of the chord.

5

Concrete smart macro examples for all five superkey types would be useful and much appreciated.

As an added bonus, I’m wondering whether it’s possible to inhibit triggering simpler actions for a while until more complex actions are triggered. For example, one may want to inhibit the first tap of a double-tap triggering its own action if a second tap is invoked within 300ms.

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ifShortcut and ifGesture do exactly this.

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I’ve been playing with smart macros to replicate superkeys, which are:

  • Tap
  • Hold
  • Tap and hold
  • Double-tap
  • Double-tap and hold

According to @kareltucek, hold cannot be detected, which leaves us with tap and double-tap. However, I also wanted to implement triple-tap.

When mapped to the C key, the following macro outputs 1, 2, and 3 upon tap, double-tap, and triple-tap, respectively:

ifGesture 89 89 final tapKey 3
ifGesture 89 final tapKey 2
tapKey 1

The above macro doesn’t output intermediate characters; triple-tapping C only outputs 3, but the following macro outputs 1, 2, and 3.

tapKey 1
ifGesture 89 tapKey 2
ifGesture 89 final tapKey 3

The first example is typing-friendly because it doesn’t output intermediate characters. The second example can be useful in games. For example, in first-person shooters, one can map the weapon numbers of the right half to left half numbers via double-taps.

Although superkeys currently can’t be fully implemented on the UHK, smart macros open up much more possibilities. One could specify per-gesture timeouts and tweak behavior as highlighted by the above examples.

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