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I've long set up CapsLock as an additional Control, this works exactly as you might expect in keymapper ( I was trying an experiment instead mapping CapsLock to a virtual modifier key ( Wondering if this is the intended behaviour |
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It sounds like I'm exploiting the same or similar behavior on this wiki example https://github.com/houmain/keymapper/wiki#CapsWord. At least with my setup this lits the CapsLock key light to indicate "CapsWord" is on. All while I'm also using CapsLock as a secondary Control. I don't own a keyboard with NumLock (or ScrollLock) keys but it definitely appears they might all have special handling in the sense that there's two way communication since the key can be toggled by software. Perhaps not in all keyboards but IIRC correctly this same trick has worked with all my keyboards so far. |
Yes, unlike normal keys virtual keys are toggled. Your workaround looks good, to toggle it on press and release. |
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If I got this right - based on your understanding CapsLock and other latching keys are not any different in how they behave? E.g. it's always the same keycode getting sent regardless of the state? So even in a completely default installation, there's OS level code that handles both the capitalisation of the letters AND the indicator light? ...after thinking this for a moment, I got q faint memory from >20 years back about a Windows tool that made it possible to blink the key indicator lights at will. 😄 |
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I did not have to add any special logic for these keys. So, yeah, I think that the toggling is done at the OS level after the input grabbing/injecting. |
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Ah, that makes sense. So it's the virtual key behaviour and not related to anything special with caps lock itself. |
Yes, unlike normal keys virtual keys are toggled. Your workaround looks good, to toggle it on press and release.