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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by attero@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The new Micro~~soft~~slop copilot key always sends the following key-sequence when pressed:

copilot key down: left-shift-down left-meta-down f23-down f23-up left-meta-up left-shift-up
copilot key up: <null>

This means there's no real key-up event when you release the key --> it can't be used (properly) as a modifier like ctrl or alt.

The workaround is to send a pretend key-up event after a time delay, but then you mustn't be too slow / fast when pressing a shortcut.

tldr: AI took a perfectly working modifier key from you.

--- edit ---
Some keyboards apparently do the "right" thing and don't send the whole sequence at once, you can remap those properly with keyd, see: https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd/issues/1025#issuecomment-2971556563 / https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd/issues/825

copilot key down: left-shift-down left-meta-down f23-down
copilot key up: f23-up left-meta-up left-shift-up

this will still break left-shift + remapped copilot and left-meta + remapped copilot, but RCtrl remaps should work as expected

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[–] goatinspace@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

[–] chraebsli@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

why even buy that slop of hardware beforehand? if you dont want that feature, you might be happier with another brands laptop

[–] UltraBlack@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Find me a good recent laptop without a cockpilot key

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[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

just point out to microsoft that the icon looks like goatse and they'll remap it like that

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

IDK I was able to remap it just fine using Power Toys.

[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz -2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

In Windows:

PowerToys -> Keyboard Manager -> New Shortcut -> press the Copilot key -> select "Ctrl (right)" from the drop-down. Job done.

Not sure why is it so hard on Linux that it generates such headlines.

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