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ianyh
Shortcuts change on keyboard layout change
Thank you so much for such an awesome tool. It's made measurably more productive than using Mirror, and cut the amount I need to use the mouse by ~1/3. I have one issue which makes switching layouts difficult:
System
- Amethyst version:
- macOS version:
What's the problem?
When I move from US to Dvorak, the shortcuts don't move - they're stuck on the 'physical' keys
How can it be reproduced?
- Set keyboard to Dvorak
- Set a shortcut (using the application, not dotfile)
- Change back to US
- Observe the shortcut changes
Screenshots
On dvorak:
When switching to US:
Similar issues
I saw a couple of somewhat-related issues, although closed and not exactly the same. Referenced here: https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst/issues/352 https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst/issues/12
I have this problem too on my macbook pro.... and for that reason can only use amethyst when plugged into my usb hub with a keyboard that has dvorak built-in. I'll leave it on US keyboard layout and let the keyboard handle the dvorak.
Not a fix, but maybe something to think about.
Yes, I do that when at my desk with Kinesis Advantage. But still an issue when on the mac keyboard
This is infuriating as a laptop user. I have an external keyboard which I use 80% or more of the time with workman baked in as the layout so I moved my hotkeys around to make sense for that. But that 20% of the time with the software workman layout has everything thrown around and makes it impossible to use effectively. Please just provide a toggle so that we can opt out of the remapping. I can see why it's useful when only looking at software layouts, but I have a feeling that the people inclined to use a tiling window manager are more likely than average to use external keyboards and non-qwerty layouts.
I'm not sure I have time for it, but if someone wants to implement it I would accept it.
