Karabiner-elements: Where to find karabiner.json?

[impala75]

Hello,

Please, I'd like to customize Karabiner Elements (by adding a rule changing fn+letter to left_command+letter), but I cannot find the karabiner.json file. The given information is that it is here: ~/.config/karabiner/karabiner.json
You will probably laugh, but first I looked for it in the Finder, for quite a while. Then I thought it was likely a command and remembered there was a Terminal. So I have just entered it in there but it does not work.

Could somebody please explain me how to open karabiner.json? I am a novice on OS X (and more generally with commands).

[thomasjachmann]

It's a file, not a command, but you won't find it in the Finder, since Finder hides hidden files per default. Files with names starting with a . are considered hidden files in unix like systems. That's why you cannot even find the .config directory in Finder.

So, Terminal.app is the right choice. In there, you type: open ~/.config, this will open the hidden .config directory in a new Finder window. There you can navigate to karabiner/karabiner.json and open/edit that file with your favorite editor.

[impala75]

Thank you Thomas!
Yes, what I meant was that a command was needed to open this file; but I did not really know how to open that config directory.
Thanks again, I could open it, find the file and create my customization.
I will close the subject.

[XstrongMen]

Thank you too :-)