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Is there a way to map the copilot key to wincompose?

Open machineonamission opened this issue 6 months ago • 5 comments

Internally, it sends Win+Shift+F23. WinCompose doesnt seem to allow combinations, nor does it respect PowerToys Keyboard Manager. Is there a way to do this?

machineonamission avatar Jun 08 '25 19:06 machineonamission

Wincompose doesn't support key combos but it supports binding key combos to one other keystroke via AutoHotkey and triggering on that, which I've done in the past by binding shift + r-alt to apps key (menu key).

jmcwilliams403 avatar Jun 09 '25 13:06 jmcwilliams403

Have you tried SharpKeys?

LaundryHamper avatar Jul 19 '25 15:07 LaundryHamper

I banished the Copilot key thus:

  • install Microsoft PowerToys from the Microsoft Store
  • PowerToys > Keyboard Mapper > Open Settings
  • "Remap a shortcut" (note: not "Remap a key"!)
  • Under "Select", click the pencil next to "Shortcut"
  • Press the Copilot key - mine was detected as LWin+LShift+F23
  • Under "To", select "Ctrl (Right)" from the dropdown list
  • Press OK

And this is on a reasonably locked-down corporate laptop so I'd hope it'd work anywhere.

JDeeth avatar Sep 15 '25 15:09 JDeeth

I banished the Copilot key thus:

  • install Microsoft PowerToys from the Microsoft Store
  • PowerToys > Keyboard Mapper > Open Settings
  • "Remap a shortcut" (note: not "Remap a key"!)
  • Under "Select", click the pencil next to "Shortcut"
  • Press the Copilot key - mine was detected as LWin+LShift+F23
  • Under "To", select "Ctrl (Right)" from the dropdown list
  • Press OK

And this is on a reasonably locked-down corporate laptop so I'd hope it'd work anywhere.

problem is that wincompose doesn't seem to be able to detect powertoys's key presses. it just ignores it.

machineonamission avatar Sep 16 '25 18:09 machineonamission

ok autohotkey seems to be detected by wincompose. using this script:

#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0

#+F23:: {
    Send "{AppsKey}"
}

remaps copilot to menu

machineonamission avatar Sep 16 '25 18:09 machineonamission