macOS Mission Control and Launchpad keys

[gtg465x]

Description

Types of Changes

• Core
• Bugfix
• New feature
• Enhancement/optimization
• Keyboard (addition or update)
• Keymap/layout/userspace (addition or update)
• Documentation

Issues Fixed or Closed by This PR

• [Feature Request] [PR Planning] macOS Mission Control and Launchpad keys

Checklist

• My code follows the code style of this project: C, Python
• I have read the PR Checklist document and have made the appropriate changes.
• My change requires a change to the documentation.
• I have updated the documentation accordingly.
• I have read the CONTRIBUTING document.
• I have added tests to cover my changes.
• I have tested the changes and verified that they work and don't break anything (as well as I can manage).

[gtg465x]

The Fn keys on Apple keyboards provide media functions by default. All media functions provided by Apple keyboards are supported by QMK except for Mission Control and Launchpad, which are usually mapped to the F3 and F4 keys respectively. Apple has added codes for these functions to the official HID spec, so it would be nice for macOS users to not have to write custom user code to get their keyboard to function as expected. I updated my personal user keymap for my keyboard as an example to show what was required before vs with this change.

[fauxpark]

Please see my first comment on the issue you linked. Also, this PR will need to target develop.

[gtg465x]

Please see my first comment on the issue you linked. Also, this PR will need to target develop.

Shoot, not sure how I missed that. Should I just close the PR then? What's the blocker on "we are waiting to be able to remove the KC_FN* keycodes"? I'll do it. What needs to be done exactly? It seems people have been submitting PRs like this for years now... let's do something about it or it will never get fixed and people will keep on making these requests and PRs.

[fauxpark]

It's been on my list, and I've been chipping away at it as and when I can. The removal of the KC_FN* keycodes itself will have to go through develop, as although that whole system is deprecated it is still technically a breaking change.

[RobSjaras]

@gtg465x Is the code on this PR actual working code? I'm currently looking into getting those 2 keys to work as expected on my Keychron Q1. Thanks.

[gtg465x]

@RobSjaras Yeah, it’s working, but it would be easier to just build from my custom Q1 keymap that’s already in master.

[RobSjaras]

@gtg465x Yeah I noticed a few minutes after my comment! And then I saw someone had been building on top of that, which I then built on top of. I needed to mirror Mac behavior as much as possible, so I've added caps lock with tap-protection, right ctrl->right alt, and fn+backspace=delete. But yeah, thanks for your work, it works wonders!

[mmshivesh]

@RobSjaras Im curious on how you implemented Caps Lock with tap protection. You have any pointers?

[RobSjaras]

@RobSjaras Im curious on how you implemented Caps Lock with tap protection. You have any pointers?

Sorry for the very late reply, December was very hectic for me... Is this still something you're looking to get help for?

[chrismanderson]

@RobSjaras Im curious on how you implemented Caps Lock with tap protection. You have any pointers?

Sorry for the very late reply, December was very hectic for me... Is this still something you're looking to get help for?

I'd love to see the the caps lock/fn backspace for sure if you have a fork or some such uploaded!

[RobSjaras]

@RobSjaras Im curious on how you implemented Caps Lock with tap protection. You have any pointers?

Sorry for the very late reply, December was very hectic for me... Is this still something you're looking to get help for?

I'd love to see the the caps lock/fn backspace for sure if you have a fork or some such uploaded!

So I finally got around to doing it! Have yet to document anything, but my goal was changing one of the previous setups and make the keyboard act more like a true macOS keyboard.

RobSjaras@4071b33

@mmshivesh @chrismanderson

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[fauxpark]

Please rebase - the FN keys are now gone and there is space to add these keycodes contiguously.

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