Amazing hack, accompanied by a great illustration.
I know it's nitpicky and completely irrellevant for the understanding of this tutorial, but I couldn't help but notice that "Karabiner" is spelled wrong twice in the third paragraph.
In the name of the german language, I apologize for posing a stumbling block of almost klingon proportions in general, and for misappropriating your first name as a homonym for planks. :-)
Brett, I've finally tried this and am delighted with the result. I do use caps lock, so the ability to toggle caps lock by tapping and have hyper key function by holding is awesome. Did encounter one strange phenomenon, though. After changing the caps lock key mapping with Seil, now my other keys are acting strangely - alt and command are not working, alt-tab won't rotate me through apps, etc. I've checked all the settings (I am running the current version of El Cap on a late 2013 MBP), and I don't seem to be able to fix it. Any suggestions as to what might have gone wrong?
thanks!
Fran
Brett, this has to be one of the most valuable things I've taken from your website. I've set up my Hyper Key this weekend and it's no exaggeration to report that it's made a significant difference to my computing experience and productivity. Why? Because I now need to touch the trackpad less than ever.
I've quickly built up the muscle memory to navigate iTerm panes, Safari tabs and much more with conflict-free keyboard shortcuts that I can actually remember.
I don't know how I missed the original "A Useful Caps Lock Post" but I am extremely grateful for this one.
Nice one buddy. Thanks a bunch.
Love my Hyper key, thanks to you and Steve Losh. Would it be possible to use Seil/Karabiner to make a double tap on the shift key to mean Caps Lock, like on iOs?
Definitely. Head over to the forum for Karabiner. The dev on Karabiner must never get any sleep -- he's so responsive. Pose your question there and he'll have an answer w/i a day, most likely.
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