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The new Micro~~soft~~slop copilot key always sends the following key-sequence when pressed:

copilot key down: left-shift-down left-meta-down f23-down f23-up left-meta-up left-shift-up
copilot key up: <null>

This means there's no real key-up event when you release the key --> it can't be used (properly) as a modifier like ctrl or alt.

The workaround is to send a pretend key-up event after a time delay, but then you mustn't be too slow / fast when pressing a shortcut.

tldr: AI took a perfectly working modifier key from you.

--- edit ---
Some keyboards apparently do the "right" thing and don't send the whole sequence at once, you can remap those properly with keyd, see: https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd/issues/1025#issuecomment-2971556563 / https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd/issues/825

copilot key down: left-shift-down left-meta-down f23-down
copilot key up: f23-up left-meta-up left-shift-up

this will still break left-shift + remapped copilot and left-meta + remapped copilot, but RCtrl remaps should work as expected

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[โ€“] spacelord@sh.itjust.works 52 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Doesn't seem to be present on my keyboard. ๐Ÿ˜ keyboard image

[โ€“] rmuk@feddit.uk 22 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[โ€“] demonsword@lemmy.world 1 points 2 minutes ago

this is the truly Alienware keyboard

[โ€“] Ixoid@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago

My eyes, my eyes!

[โ€“] TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oh, wow. There it is. The keyboard of my dreams.
Using one of these while on acid does not seem advisable, though.

[โ€“] JayGray91@piefed.social 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What's the keyboard? Always wanted to try an arisu/Alice/derivations.

[โ€“] spacelord@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Feker Alice98

I'm... Reborn and in love with mech keyboards. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

[โ€“] JayGray91@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Neat, they have a near full keys version now. I've bookmarked their smaller Alice board from before, but I don't really follow mech keebs much. This is amazing news. Thanks.

[โ€“] spacelord@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

Yeah, you don't sacrifice any convenience here, in my opinion:

[โ€“] ace_garp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Netscape Navigator key, 1337 retronaut.