I want to program the Any key to send a specific chord: Shift+Alt+Minus. I’ve found the relevant function in the firmware, and I see how to trigger a single key with kaleidoscope::hid::pressKey, but I’m not sure how to send multiple at once. How might I do this?

I think a macro would work; something like the following (warning: untested) EDIT: I don’t know why I read “shift” as “control” :stuck_out_tongue: enum macros { // this could be whatever you want, just calling it SAM for Shift-Alt-Minus MACRO_SAM, }; const macro_t *macroAction(uint8_t macroInd…

That did it, thanks. (I had to replace Control with Shift, but otherwise everything went swimmingly.)

Oh good! I updated the snippet there so if anyone else stumbles across it they won’t be confused (no idea how I misread shift as control)

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…

Thanks. Though I know it won’t make any difference in the end, is one method faster than the other?

LSHIFT(LALT(Key_Minus)) is a tiny bit faster. My educated guess would be that we’re talking sub-millisecond differences though.

That’s about what I figured. Thanks.

[image] algernon: any combination of these Heh, I’m looking to do “hyper” as my own modifier (shift, ctrl, alt, command - I map this non-conflicting custom super-modifier for my own OS mappings). I took a shot at it, but it’s not compiliing: LSHIFT(LALT(LGUI(LCTRL()))) I must be close, but …

I _think: LSHIFT(LALT(LGUI(Key_LeftControl))) or something close to that (I haven’t tested that for compilation.) All of those LBLAH() things are C preprocessor macros that modify the thing inside them. But you’ve got nothing inside to modify. https://github.com/keyboardio/Kaleidoscope/blob/master…

[image] jesse: LSHIFT(LALT(LGUI(Key_LeftControl))) That did it! Many thanks.

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arley (ArleyM) October 24, 2017, 11:06am 11

That did it! Many thanks.

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