How to prevent option+i on mac resulting in ˆ?

[st-schneider]

Is there a way to take option+i as a shortcut instead of ˆ? Maybe this is a none-deadkeys deadkeys thing?

[harmtemolder]

You should be able to map it to anything you want through a complex modification. To what do you want to set the shortcut?

[st-schneider]

well, to not being a dead key and only be option+i.

[MuhammedZakir]

Where do you get ^?when pressing option+i?

[st-schneider]

Well everywhere with the U.S. keyboard layout

[MuhammedZakir]

I tried that layout and honestly, it's so weird! In that layout,option is the modifier key for special characters. So afaik, what you want to achieve is not possible. If all you want is special characters, why don't you use another layout and modify it with KE?

[st-schneider]

Well, how do I modify it with KE then? It is a combination of two keys and the simple modifications only give me option for one.

[MuhammedZakir]

After thinking about it, I would do it in two ways depending on my use case -

1. If I don't need shortcuts using option and special characters at the same time.
   • Add U.S. and ABC in System Preferences > Keyboard > Input Sources and enable input menu bar; so that I can switch between them easily.
2. If I need them both, then I will use ABC input source and modify it.
   • I will use Fn as modifier key for these characters because it is the safest option; all the others are usually used as shortcut keys. You can use option, command or control as long you use keys which do not conflict with shortcut keys of the apps you use.

Well, how do I modify it with KE then? It is a combination of two keys and the simple modifications only give me option for one.

You use complex modifications [1] as mentioned above. An example script to generate complex modification to insert Unicode characters can be found here -- #697 (comment).

[1] https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/docs/json/typical-complex-modifications-examples/

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