I don’t encounter this scenario enough for it to bother me.įinally, I don’t know if the Complex Modification will impact games, or behaviour of other Apps.

However, I do face a tiny quirk - after holding the key down for a while, when I release the key, I get the one more character added. Open Karabiner element and under complex modifications, select the option to import more from the internet. Theres an app called Karabiner Elements that might do what you need. Fortunately, this doesn’t apply to the j key anyway, and in any case, I don’t use accented characters.Ĭompared to the Stack Exchange post, I enabled repeat, but if that doesn’t work for you, set it to false - you will loose repeat keys in Apps that don’t support accented characters (like Terminal). However, I am concerned about the off chance that a malicious adversary. Note that the key will lose long press accented / alternate characters. Im using Karabiner elements, an open-source program to remap the keys on my macbook air (running the latest Mac OSX High Sierra) and my apple wireless keyboard. If you are facing similar issues on a different key, simply change the key_code above. You’ll need to be using macOS 11.0 (Big Sur) or 10. Check out the full list of features here.

It lets you remap keys (change keys to other keys) and more advanced things like changing the caps lock key to control+option+command. Also, if you already have existing rules, remember to place a comma between them, e.g. Karabiner Elements is a software designed to customize the keyboard in MacOS, which allows, among other things, to map Mac keys. Karabiner-Elements is a powerful and stable keyboard customizer for macOS. I’ve not shown the entire karabiner.json file - ellipsis ( …) indicates line I’ve removed for clarity.

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