Using Synergy to control a Mac, the remote keyboard is not available as a device and thus Karabiner cannot react to input

[Sheffer]

Synergy is a software that allows you to use a single mouse/kbd with a number of networked machines.

My setup: Synergy server on a Windows PC Synergy client on Mac with Karabiner

Is it possible to somehow add Synergy as a device that Karabiner can react to?

I just started using Karabiner so I (currently) have no idea of the complexity of managing this.

[Rajveer86]

+1, I would love to be able to control my Mac from my main Windows computer using Synergy/Barrier, whilst still being able to use my Karabiner keybindings. Without Karabiner I'm pretty much useless on a Mac.

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[Mantene]

Is this anywhere on the radar going forward?

[nexsja]

My issue with this is that if I switch to russian layout then some of the letters still stay in English. So far I haven't figured out why per se, but it would help if Karabiner would idenfify Barrier as an input source, if that's possible.

[dlobue]

I'm in the same boat.

[rjorgenson]

This gets a +1 from me, would love to have this feature.

[subins2000]

I'm using Barrier between a Linux machine and Mac. It would be great if barrier input is passed on to Karabiner to engage the PC-style shortcuts. Currently the PC style shortcuts work only on the Mac keyboard but not via inputs through Barrier from the host system.

[iaxx]

Yeah I'm pretty much in the same boat, I can't really use my Mac without Karabiner but if I'm connected through Synergy Karabiner simply doesn't pick up my 'virtual' keyboard.

[DanielLaberge]

Did anyone ever find a workaround, or an alternative app to Synergy where this works?

[MuhammedZakir]

It's unlikely for these kinds of app to support this. It's not simple. See if you can capture key events send by those apps using higher-level remapping tools like Hammerspoon, BetterTouchTool, etc. It may work.

[piyushsoni]

My issue is the opposite of this. I've made the macbook as Synergy server on which Karabiner works fine, but my only problem is that I want Karabiner to just leave me alone (and not convert keys) when they're sent to the Windows machine. Is there any idea how to do that?