Karabiner-elements: option/command 'Modifier Keys...' configuration ignored

[sheigel]

I have a Razer Blackwidow keyboard that has a windows keyboard layout. For it I have configured from the 'Modifier Keys...' section of the keyboard settings to have the 'option' and 'command' keys switched.
When Karabiner-Elements is active this configuration is disregarded. This didn't happen for the old Karabiner.

[mkleehammer]

I noticed this with Caps Lock and Control swapped.

Also, it persisted after I closed Elements also - I had to unload the extension completely (I forget which), which surprised me.

[novuscy]

Same here.

I swapped CMD and OPT keys on a external keyboard, when I hit the CMD key, it shows Opt and Cmd flags at the same time in the Karabiner EventViewer.

[tekezo]

We cannot avoid this issue in the new Karabiner-Elements architecture.
Please modify all modifiers in Karabiner-Elements.

[gillesruppert]

@tekezo I am using the laptop keyboard at home and a mechanical keyboard with PC layout at work. Is there a way of automatically switching configs depending on the keyboard that is used?

[hubez]

+1 @gillesruppert

I use a PC keyboard at a desk, and then the laptop keyboard while mobile, so I am hoping Karabiner-Elements will be able to recognize which keyboard I'm using because I can't get them to align for the alt and cmd keys without constantly editing the Karbiner-Elements config file whenever I switch.

[gillesruppert]

For what's it's worth, I have 2 different karabiner.json files and have an Alfred trigger that runs a bash script that swaps them automatically. You could also just have this on your desktop and double-click or integrate with launchd.

#! /bin/bash
mv ~/.karabiner.d/configuration/karabiner.json ~/.karabiner.d/karabiner.json_temp
mv ~/.karabiner.d/karabiner.json ~/.karabiner.d/configuration/karabiner.json
mv ~/.karabiner.d/karabiner.json_temp ~/.karabiner.d/karabiner.json

killall karabiner_console_user_server
say "Keyboard swapped"

[PiotrCzapla]

it is somehow related to the issue that the "change keyboard type" does not work anymore after starting karabiner-elements:

90

[yacoob]

For anyone arriving here for a relatively common cmd/option swap, here's the relevant bit:

{
    "profiles": [
        {
            "name": "Default profile",
            "selected": true,
            "simple_modifications": {
                "left_option": "left_command",
                "right_option": "right_command",
                "left_command": "left_option",
                "right_command": "right_option"
            }
        }
    ]
}

[bugeats]

Is there a way to scope the configuration to a particular hardware keyboard? Can this be done with the existing "profiles" structure?

I too use an external PC keyboard that needs a different config from the internal keyboard.

[dansomething]

@bugeats You might want to check out the karabiner-profile-switch project. It has been working great for me.
see: https://github.com/nomaed/karabiner-profile-switch

And there might be a way to automate the switch with something like ControlPlane, but I haven't tried it yet.
See: http://www.controlplaneapp.com/

[purge]

I use ControlPane to automate my switch - just a shell script that cp -f external_keyboard.json karabiner.json or cp -f internal_keyboard.json karabiner.json when it passes the USB hardware check for keyboard.

On Wed, 12 Oct 2016 at 17:04 Dan Hansen [email protected] wrote:

@bugeats https://github.com/bugeats You might want to check out the
karabiner-profile-switch project. It has been working great for me.
see: https://github.com/nomaed/karabiner-profile-switch

And there might be a way to automate the switch with something like
ControlPane, but I haven't tried it yet.
See: http://www.controlplaneapp.com/

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[TonyCr46]

I'm having this problem 2 1/2 years after the last post. Has anybody found a fix?