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Sidekey 1.4.0 (custom layouts, Launch at Login)

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@hoquem hoquem released this 11 Oct 18:47
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v1.4.0
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Custom layouts

Choose Edit Layouts... in the Sidekey menu to change what your keys do.

  • Change, move, remove and reset keys, and add a layout for any app with the + button under the app list; the − (minus) button removes one you added, after you confirm. Changes take effect at once and show on the iPad or iPhone when that app is in front. On a pinned layout, a key you changed, moved, removed or reset is refused until you unpin, bring the app to the front and pin again; keys you have not changed since pinning keep working. If you reset or remove a layout you added for an app, unpin it.
  • Set a key's label, icon, colour and action. Actions are a keyboard shortcut (record it or enter it by hand; the editor warns when the shortcut is one macOS uses itself, such as Command-Space), a Windows shortcut, one of your Apple Shortcuts, or, for apps with several modes such as Citrix Viewer, a switch to another mode. Keys can also be set to need a press and hold.
  • Custom keys cannot run shell commands or AppleScript themselves; an Apple Shortcut you choose runs whatever steps it contains. Built-in keys that run scripts can be replaced or removed, but not edited or moved.
  • A key that lights with the app's state, such as Zoom's mute key or a Citrix mode key, stops lighting once you edit or move it.
  • Layouts are saved in ~/Library/Application Support/Sidekey/Layouts/. You can edit the files by hand and choose Reload Layouts to pick up the changes. Every file is checked each time it loads. A file with a problem is refused whole and reported in the menu and in the editor, where you can delete it.

Launch at Login

  • A Launch at Login item in the Sidekey menu starts Sidekey when you log in. It is off until you turn it on. Install Sidekey in Applications first. If macOS needs your approval, System Settings opens at Login Items; if macOS refuses, Sidekey shows why.

Fix

  • Apple Shortcut keys now run the shortcuts tool directly instead of through a shell.

iPad and iPhone

1.4.0 needs no change to the iPad and iPhone app; custom layouts work with the version on the App Store.

Updating

Sidekey does not update itself. Quit Sidekey, download the new Sidekey.dmg and drag Sidekey to Applications again, replacing the old copy.

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