Custom keycodes in JSON

data/schemas/definitions.jsonschema

@@ -71,6 +71,38 @@
         "type": "string",
         "pattern": "^[0-9a-z][0-9a-z_/]*$"
     },
+    "keycode": {
+        "type": "string",
+        "minLength": 2,
+        "maxLength": 50,
+        "pattern": "^[A-Z][A-Zs_0-9]*$"
+    },
+    "keycode_short": {
+        "type": "string",
+        "minLength": 2,
+        "maxLength": 7,
+        "pattern": "^[A-Z][A-Zs_0-9]*$"
+    },
+    "keycode_decl": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "required": [
+            "key"
+        ],
+        "properties": {
+            "key": {"$ref": "#/keycode"},
+            "label": {"$ref": "#/text_identifier"},
+            "aliases": {
+                "type": "array",
+                "minItems": 1,
+                "items": {"$ref": "#/keycode_short"}
+            }
+        }
+    },
+    "keycode_decl_array": {
+        "type": "array",
+        "minItems": 1
+        "items": {"$ref": "#/keycode_decl"}
+    },
     "mcu_pin_array": {
         "type": "array",
         "items": {"$ref": "#/mcu_pin"}

data/schemas/keyboard.jsonschema

@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@
                 "on_state": {"$ref": "qmk.definitions.v1#/bit"}
             }
         },
+        "keycodes": {"$ref": "qmk.definitions.v1#/keycode_decl_array"},
         "layout_aliases": {
             "type": "object",
             "additionalProperties": {"$ref": "qmk.definitions.v1#/layout_macro"}

data/schemas/keycodes.jsonschema

@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@
             "type": "string",
             "minLength": 2,
             "maxLength": 50,
-            "pattern": "^[A-Zs_0-9]*$"
-        },
-        "hex_number_4d": {
-            "type": "string",
-            "pattern": "^0x[0-9A-F]{4}$"
+            "pattern": "^[A-Z][A-Zs_0-9]*$"
         }
     },
     "properties": {
@@ -34,10 +30,10 @@
         "keycodes": {
             "type": "object",
             "propertyNames": {
-                "$ref": "#/definitions/hex_number_4d"
+                "$ref": "qmk.definitions.v1#/hex_number_4d"
             },
             "additionalProperties": {
-                "type": "object",
+                "type": "object", // use 'qmk.definitions.v1#/keycode_decl' when problem keycodes are removed
                 "required": [
                     "key"
                 ],

data/schemas/keymap.jsonschema

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
                 }
             }
         },
+        "keycodes": {"$ref": "qmk.definitions.v1#/keycode_decl_array"},
         "config": {"$ref": "qmk.keyboard.v1"},
         "notes": {
             "type": "string"

keyboards/handwired/pytest/basic/keymaps/dd_keycodes/keymap.json

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+    "keyboard": "handwired/pytest/basic",
+    "keymap": "default_json",
+    "layout": "LAYOUT_ortho_1x1",
+    "layers": [["EXAMPLE_1"]],
+    "keycodes": [
+        { "key": "EXAMPLE_1" }
+    ],
+    "author": "qmk",
+    "notes": "This file is a keymap.json file for handwired/pytest/basic",
+    "version": 1
+}

lib/python/qmk/cli/generate/api.py

@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ def _filtered_copy(src, dst):
         dst.write_text(json.dumps(data), encoding='utf-8')
         return dst
 
+    if dst.suffix == '.jsonschema':
+        data = json_load(src)
+
+        dst.write_text(json.dumps(data), encoding='utf-8')
+        return dst
+
     return shutil.copy2(src, dst)
 
 

lib/python/qmk/cli/generate/keyboard_h.py

@@ -11,12 +11,9 @@
 from qmk.constants import COL_LETTERS, ROW_LETTERS, GPL2_HEADER_C_LIKE, GENERATED_HEADER_C_LIKE
 
 
-def _generate_layouts(keyboard):
-    """Generates the layouts.h file.
+def _generate_layouts(keyboard, kb_info_json):
+    """Generates the layouts macros.
     """
-    # Build the info.json file
-    kb_info_json = info_json(keyboard)
-
     if 'matrix_size' not in kb_info_json:
         cli.log.error(f'{keyboard}: Invalid matrix config.')
         return []
@@ -65,6 +62,32 @@ def _generate_layouts(keyboard):
     return lines
 
 
+def _generate_keycodes(kb_info_json):
+    """Generates keyboard level keycodes.
+    """
+    if 'keycodes' not in kb_info_json:
+        return []
+
+    lines = []
+    lines.append('enum keyboard_keycodes {')
+
+    for index, item in enumerate(kb_info_json.get('keycodes')):
+        key = item["key"]
+        if index == 0:
+            lines.append(f'  {key} = QK_KB_0,')
+        else:
+            lines.append(f'  {key},')
+
+    lines.append('};')
+
+    for item in kb_info_json.get('keycodes', []):
+        key = item["key"]
+        for alias in item.get("aliases", []):
+            lines.append(f'#define {alias} {key}')
+
+    return lines
+
+
 @cli.argument('-i', '--include', nargs='?', arg_only=True, help='Optional file to include')
 @cli.argument('-o', '--output', arg_only=True, type=normpath, help='File to write to')
 @cli.argument('-q', '--quiet', arg_only=True, action='store_true', help="Quiet mode, only output error messages")
@@ -73,8 +96,12 @@ def _generate_layouts(keyboard):
 def generate_keyboard_h(cli):
     """Generates the keyboard.h file.
     """
+    # Build the info.json file
+    kb_info_json = info_json(cli.args.keyboard)
+
     keyboard_h = cli.args.include
-    dd_layouts = _generate_layouts(cli.args.keyboard)
+    dd_layouts = _generate_layouts(cli.args.keyboard, kb_info_json)
+    dd_keycodes = _generate_keycodes(kb_info_json)
     valid_config = dd_layouts or keyboard_h
 
     # Build the layouts.h file.
@@ -87,6 +114,11 @@ def generate_keyboard_h(cli):
     if keyboard_h:
         keyboard_h_lines.append(f'#include "{Path(keyboard_h).name}"')
 
+    keyboard_h_lines.append('')
+    keyboard_h_lines.append('// Keycode content')
+    if dd_keycodes:
+        keyboard_h_lines.extend(dd_keycodes)
+
     # Protect against poorly configured keyboards
     if not valid_config:
         keyboard_h_lines.append('#error("<keyboard>.h is required unless your keyboard uses data-driven configuration. Please rename your keyboard\'s header file to <keyboard>.h")')

lib/python/qmk/info.py

@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ def _validate(keyboard, info_data):
         if layout_name not in layouts and layout_name not in layout_aliases:
             _log_error(info_data, 'Claims to support community layout %s but no %s() macro found' % (layout, layout_name))
 
+    # keycodes with length > 7 must have short forms for visualisation purposes
+    for decl in info_data.get('keycodes', []):
+        if len(decl["key"]) > 7:
+            if not decl.get("aliases", []):
+                _log_error(info_data, f'Keycode {decl["key"]} has no short form alias')
+
 
 def info_json(keyboard):
     """Generate the info.json data for a specific keyboard.

lib/python/qmk/keymap.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
  * This file was generated by qmk json2c. You may or may not want to
  * edit it directly.
  */
+__KEYCODE_OUTPUT_GOES_HERE__
 
 const uint16_t PROGMEM keymaps[][MATRIX_ROWS][MATRIX_COLS] = {
 __KEYMAP_GOES_HERE__
@@ -123,6 +124,29 @@ def _generate_macros_function(keymap_json):
     return macro_txt
 
 
+def _generate_keycodes_function(keymap_json):
+    """Generates keymap level keycodes.
+    """
+    lines = []
+    lines.append('enum keymap_keycodes {')
+
+    for index, item in enumerate(keymap_json.get('keycodes', [])):
+        key = item["key"]
+        if index == 0:
+            lines.append(f'  {key} = QK_USER_0,')
+        else:
+            lines.append(f'  {key},')
+
+    lines.append('};')
+
+    for item in keymap_json.get('keycodes', []):
+        key = item["key"]
+        for alias in item.get("aliases", []):
+            lines.append(f'#define {alias} {key}')
+
+    return lines
+
+
 def template_json(keyboard):
     """Returns a `keymap.json` template for a keyboard.
 
@@ -317,6 +341,12 @@ def generate_c(keymap_json):
         hostlang = f'#include "keymap_{keymap_json["host_language"]}.h"\n#include "sendstring_{keymap_json["host_language"]}.h"\n'
     new_keymap = new_keymap.replace('__INCLUDES__', hostlang)
 
+    keycodes = ''
+    if 'keycodes' in keymap_json and keymap_json['keycodes'] is not None:
+        keycodes_txt = _generate_keycodes_function(keymap_json)
+        keycodes = '\n'.join(keycodes_txt)
+    new_keymap = new_keymap.replace('__KEYCODE_OUTPUT_GOES_HERE__', keycodes)
+
     return new_keymap