caps_lock caps lock toggle mode on/off

[ipatch]

I've been trying to setup a caps_lock enable mode, ie. set a variable when caps_lock is enabled or active, but can't seem to figure it out.

Goal switch the hyphen - and underscore _ keys when caps_lock is toggle on. i end up using underscore more often when i have my caps_lock enabled as opposed to hyphen so i'd like to swap their keys when caps_lock is enabled.

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What I have (understand), I need to setup a variable to check if caps_lock has been toggled on/off, I took a look at a couple of complex modifications on the website and one of the better examples i came across for setting up a variable to check if caps_lock is toggled on/off, and i modified slightly

{
  "title": "ipatch, CAPS on/off (capskey_mode) change keys when CAPS enabled",
  "rules": [
    {
      "description": "CAPS key: toggle capskey_mode on/off",
      "manipulators": [
        {
          "from": {
            "key_code": "caps_lock",
            "modifiers": {
              "mandatory": [

              ],
              "optional": [
                "any"
              ]
            }
          },
          "type": "basic",
          "to": {
            "set_variable": {
              "name": "capskey_mode",
              "value": 1
            }
          },
          "conditions": [
            {
              "type": "variable_if",
              "name": "capskey_mode",
              "value": 0
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "from": {
            "key_code": "caps_lock",
            "modifiers": {
              "mandatory": [

              ],
              "optional": [
                "any"
              ]
            }
          },
          "type": "basic",
          "to": {
            "set_variable": {
              "name": "capskey_mode",
              "value": 0
            }
          },
          "conditions": [
            {
              "type": "variable_if",
              "name": "capskey_mode",
              "value": 1
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "description": "CAPS: capskey_mode: if ON hypehn to j",
      "manipulators": [
        {
          "type": "basic",
          "from": {
            "key_code": "hyphen",
            "modifiers": {
              "mandatory": [

              ],
              "optional": [

              ]
            }
          },
          "to": {
            "key_code": "j"
          },
          "conditions": [
            {
            "type": "variable_if",
            "name": "capskey_mode",
            "value": 1
            }
          ]
        } 
      ]
    }
    
  ]
}

I chose j just see if the mod is working, but it presently is not with the above complex modification in my karabiner setup and i see no errors in the log, and i have removed restarted reloaded KE when updating the contents of the json file.

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