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[nickzylstra]

So I got Qukeys working, seems to do the job based on brief testing. Follow up question, what’s the best way to assign multiple modifiers (ctrl+shift) to a held Qukey? There seem to be multiple ways and I’m hoping someone with more perspective can advise. @merlin, is that something you’d be willing to provide an opinion on?

The methods I’ve found -

1. as the key definition - LSHIFT(Key_LeftCtrl)
2. Create a macro then use that as the key definition
3. ‘#define’ a custom key

Not sure if there’s an advantage to one over the other when used in Qukeys.

thread referenced:

Mapping a single keypress to a chord

Another option is LSHIFT(LALT(Key_Minus)) right in the keymap, or #define KEY_SAM LSHIFT(LALT(Key_Minus)), and use KEY_SAM in the keymap. This is a slightly underdocumented feature, but you can have keys on the keymap that have LSHIFT, LALT, RALT, LCTRL, LGUI, or any combination of these applied to their normal code. Mind you, this can only be done for keys defined in key_defs_keyboard.h.