Cancle latch status for modifier keys?

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Cancle latch status for modifier keys?

Closed this issue 5 years ago · 5 comments

I am using latch: options for all my modifier keys. Sometimes I hit a modifier key by accident and want to cancel it. Is there anyway to do it in klfc? or it's not supported by xkb?

Thanks!

Answer 1 · 2019-08-09T08:35:02.000Z

Does the Escape key help?

Answer 2 · 2019-08-09T08:39:32.000Z

No, it works like modifier key + Esc.

Answer 3 · 2019-08-14T15:49:14.000Z

Unfortunately I can currently not test it on Linux, but I have two suggestions:

It should work like sticky keys (but just on single keys). According to this question it may be possible to cancel it by pressing the key twice.
If that doesn't work, you can also try mapping an unused key to "". If you then press that key, it should register as modifier + VoidSymbol which shouldn't do anything.

Answer 4 · 2019-08-14T16:39:07.000Z

Thanks for your help! Pressing twice doesn't cancel it (would be wonderful if it does). I also tried mapping Ctrl + Ctrl to " " (using layer), that doesn't help either. Mapping an unused key to " " seems a good idea, I will do that.

Answer 5 · 2019-08-17T04:11:27.000Z

try mapping an unused key to "".

Yes, I can confirm this works. Feel free to close this issue, or leave it for further test/discussion.