Keyboard remapping note

Here is a summary of the shortcuts defined in my Karabiner configuration :

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Hyper Key (⌃⌥⇧⌘) Mapping

If using windows, for hyper key use [ctrl + alt + shift + windows key]

1. Caps Lock is remapped to the Hyper Key (⌃⌥⇧⌘) by default, and if pressed alone, it triggers the Escape key.

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Hyper Key Sub-Layers and Actions:

• Hyper + spacebar : Backspace and delete (continuous until held)

o (Open Applications):

• Hyper + o + 1: Open 1Password.
• Hyper + o + g: Open Google Chrome.
• Hyper + o + c: Open Visual Studio Code.
• Hyper + o + v: Open Zed.
• Hyper + o + d: Open Discord.
• Hyper + o + s: Open Slack.
• Hyper + o + e: Open Superhuman.
• Hyper + o + n: Open Notion.
• Hyper + o + t: Open Terminal.
• Hyper + o + h: Open Hypersonic Todo List in Notion.
• Hyper + o + z: Open Zoom.
• Hyper + o + m: Open Reflect.
• Hyper + o + r: Open Reflect.
• Hyper + o + f: Open Finder.
• Hyper + o + i: Open Texts (for iMessage).
• Hyper + o + p: Open Spotify.
• Hyper + o + a: Open iA Presenter.
• Hyper + o + w: Open WhatsApp (replaced by Texts).
• Hyper + o + l: Open Raycast Shortlink.

w (Window Management using Rectangle.app):

• Hyper + w + ;: Hide the window (⌘ + h).
• Hyper + w + y: Move window to the previous display.
• Hyper + w + o: Move window to the next display.
• Hyper + w + k: Move window to the top half.
• Hyper + w + j: Move window to the bottom half.
• Hyper + w + h: Move window to the left half.
• Hyper + w + l: Move window to the right half.
• Hyper + w + f: Maximize the window.
• Hyper + w + u: Switch to the previous tab (Control + Shift + Tab).
• Hyper + w + i: Switch to the next tab (Control + Tab).
• Hyper + w + n: Switch to the next window (⌘ + `).
• Hyper + w + b: Go back in the window (⌘ + [).
• Hyper + w + m: Go forward in the window (⌘ + ]).

s (System Controls):

• Hyper + s + u: Increase volume.
• Hyper + s + j: Decrease volume.
• Hyper + s + i: Increase display brightness.
• Hyper + s + k: Decrease display brightness.
• Hyper + s + l: Lock the screen (⌃⌘Q).
• Hyper + s + p: Play/Pause media.
• Hyper + s + ;: Fast forward media.
• Hyper + s + e: Toggle Elgato Key Light (via Raycast).
• Hyper + s + d: Toggle Do Not Disturb (via Raycast).
• Hyper + s + t: Toggle system appearance (Light/Dark Mode).
• Hyper + s + c: Open camera (via Raycast).
• Hyper + s + v: Voice input (Option + Spacebar).

v (Vim-like Navigation):

• Hyper + v + h: Move cursor left.
• Hyper + v + j: Move cursor down.
• Hyper + v + k: Move cursor up.
• Hyper + v + l: Move cursor right.
• Hyper + v + m: Trigger Magicmove (Control + f).
• Hyper + v + s: Scroll mode (Control + j).
• Hyper + v + d: Move (Shift + Command + d).
• Hyper + v + u: Page down.
• Hyper + v + i: Page up.

c (Music Controls):

• Hyper + c + p: Play/Pause music.
• Hyper + c + n: Skip to next track.
• Hyper + c + b: Rewind to the previous track.

r (Raycast Actions):

• Hyper + r + c: Pick color via Raycast.
• Hyper + r + n: Dismiss notifications via Raycast.
• Hyper + r + l: Create MXSB shortlink.
• Hyper + r + e: Search Emoji Symbols.
• Hyper + r + p: Show Raycast confetti.
• Hyper + r + a: Open Raycast AI chat.
• Hyper + r + s: Trigger Silent Mention.
• Hyper + r + h: Open Raycast clipboard history.
• Hyper + r + 1: Connect favorite Bluetooth device 1.
• Hyper + r + 2: Connect favorite Bluetooth device 2.

"Swapped Left Option and Left Command"

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Installation

1. Install & start Karabiner Elements
2. Clone this repository
3. Delete the default ~/.config/karabiner folder
4. Create a symlink with ln -s ~/github/mxstbr/karabiner ~/.config (where ~/github/mxstbr/karabiner is your local path to where you cloned the repository)
5. Restart karabiner_console_user_server with launchctl kickstart -k gui/`id -u`/org.pqrs.karabiner.karabiner_console_user_server

Development

yarn install

to install the dependencies. (one-time only)

yarn run build

builds the karabiner.json from the rules.ts.

yarn run watch

watches the TypeScript files and rebuilds whenever they change.