Karabiner-elements: Is there any reason why I can't map the (useless!) "§/±" onto the (useful!) "`/~" key?

[matthewsinclair]

Everything else seems to work fine _except_ mapping the most useless key on a UK keyboard "§/±" onto something much more useful "`/~".

Elements seem to think that the "§" maps onto the first item underneath the "Japanese" section in the "From key" list (sorry, my Japanese is non-existent, so I have no idea what the characters are saying).

Any idea if this is something I am doing wrong, of it's a known problem? Thanks in advance.

[zuzusik]

Same question here. Tried to remap today, ended up exactly where the author of this topic.

UPD: this is about new keyboard layout introduced on 2016 mac series, they now have § sitting where previously backslash sit:

[kenlim]

This worked for me:

However, you must keep the "Virtual Keyboard" setting to Ansi. Swapping it to ISO breaks the mapping for me (Must be a bug)

[zuzusik]

@kenlim this worked for me! thank you very much!

[matthewsinclair]

Awesome! This worked for me as well. Thanks!