hotkey binding on ctrl 1-2 doesn't work

[tombruijn]

I'm having some problems binding hotkeys to certain combinations.

Hotkeys using ctrl + # combinations work only for 3 and up. ctrl + 1 and ctrl + 2 do not respond. Numbered hotkeys do work with alt and cmd.

Any idea why? Can it be something on my machine or is it known behavior?

A test case that creates hotkeys for all ctrl, alt and cmd options using the top row keyboard keys and numbers:

mods = {"ctrl", "alt", "cmd"}
for _, mod in ipairs(mods) do
  symbols = {"§", "-", "="}
  for _, symbol in ipairs(symbols) do
    hs.hotkey.bind({mod}, symbol, function()
      hs.alert.show(mod .. " + " .. symbol)
    end)
  end

  -- Numbers
  for i = 0, 9 do
    hs.hotkey.bind({mod}, tostring(i), function()
      hs.alert.show(mod .. " + " .. tostring(i))
    end)
  end
end

Technical details:

OSX 10.10.3
Hammerspoon version 0.9.31
config, only the above example

[oskarols]

I'm able to reproduce this, but only with ctrl+1.

Not sure what's causing it though.

[asmagill]

Check System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts and look under the Mission Control shortcuts...

I haven't tried your code myself yet, but Ctrl-# is the default for jumping to a specific screen, which caught my eye.

There is at least one other case that I know of where a system keyboard shortcut can't be overridden by Hammerspoon but I've not yet found a way to detect these at the time of binding.

On May 30, 2015, at 7:14 PM, Oskar Olsson notifications@github.com wrote:

I'm able to reproduce this, but only with ctrl+1.

Not sure what's causing it though.

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[tombruijn]

Aha! That was it. I didn't have the keyboard shortcut checkbox "Switch to Desktop 1" enabled, but just because it was set to it hammerspoon didn't want to respond to it. I now have set it to ctrl alt cmd shift 1/2 so it won't conflict. I can't seem to map "nothing" to it.

Thanks for the help!