Use variable for the hyper-key

[kaspersoerensen]

Hi there,

I have been playing around with this for a bit, and find it very useful. I do have some issues with the way the arrow keys are defined: when using the V layer to navigate, I cannot hold down ⇧ Shift to highlight words. To get around this, i defined a variable called hyper and used that instead of the modifier keys. That seems to work pretty well ( see this commit ).

I also copied the createHyperSubLayer and createHyperSubLayers functions and simplified (removed) the part that takes care of the sublayer functionality. This allows me to hold down the Caps Lock key and use just one key, to execute a command. I use this for the arrow functions.

I have no experience with TypeScript - so the implementation could be improved (maybe overloading the createHyperSubLayer and createHyperSubLayers functions with fewer inputs?).

Maybe this can be useful for someone else?

[mxstbr]

Oh damn, the variable hyperkey making Shift to highlight words work is genius! Let me try that as well and see if I can notice any issues. Thanks for the note.

[mxstbr]

The only thing I haven't been able to figure out yet is using Shift to select text with the movement layer.

[mxstbr]

Figured it out! This all works now: #17

You can also set root hyperkey commands by just adding them to createHyperSubLayers, you don't need a separate command for that:

https://github.com/mxstbr/karabiner/pull/17/files#diff-e696162cb54bab305ff3a0d17b701868c09cfc64da63cf2548f63a03dc4c744eR58-R61

[mxstbr]

I will test this for today and, if it doesn't break anything, merge it as the main implementation. Thanks for the awesome suggestions!

[kaspersoerensen]

Super cool! Thank you so much for implementing this! I look forward to testing this tomorrow!

[mxstbr]

Merged #17! Works really well.