Configuring simple modifications

[hadynz]

My current keyboard requires me to swap my left option and command with each other.

So I did the following and got things working:

rule('...').manipulators([
  map('left_command').to('left_option'),
  map('left_option').to('left_command'),
]);

However, the problem with the above configuration is that it implements this mapping with a "complex modification". This makes me lose repeat keys, and prevents me from using shortcuts that trigger when both modifiers (option + command) are pressed together.

Is there a way to use karabiner.ts and to configure a "simple modification"?

[evan-liu]

Can you try to see if this solves your problems?

map('left_command', 'optionalAny').to('left_option'),
map('left_option', 'optionalAny').to('left_command'),

// or
map('‹⌘', '??').to('‹⌃'),
map('‹⌃', '??').to('‹⌘'),

Karabiner-Elements has an easy to use UI for "simple modification", and karabiner.ts should be able to work with it without problems. Please let me know if that's not the case.

[hadynz]

That worked really well. Might be worth highlighting in the documentation.

Karabiner-Elements has an easy to use UI for "simple modification",

I think adding support for this would be a good win. I see many people like myself who want ALL of their configuration stored in code for consistency across development environments.