The new Microsoft copilot key is impossible to properly remap.

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• RejZoR@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  But if you slap Linux on it, it just does nothing then or is it mapped as old AltGr or whatever?

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  • ziggurat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Neither, it will be as if you pressed all those keys in the list above, which will most of the time do nothing

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• TootSweet@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Jesus. I guess we’re going to have to start figuring out how to reverse engineer our keyboards so we can install QMK on random built-in laptop keyboards and cheap Logitech membrane keyboards to repair the damage Microsoft has done to them.

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• p0358@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My laptop had UEFI update that fixed the key-up thing and mentioned it allows holding the key in the changelog. So make sure to check for updates if you care

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• kamen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m all for hardware remappable keyboards in laptops too - just like with an external one. I do realise though that this is a niche within a niche. From what I know only Framework is doing something like that.

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• GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  sure it is! just install Linux. you can remap ever single key.

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  • Wispy2891@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not really, it sends a combination of 3 really fast button combination on press and doesn’t report to the os when your finger releases the key. You need to run a daemon that detects that specific combination and emulates a finger release after a specified time

    Assholes. Couldn’t they just remap one of the useless “internet” keys from the 00s like KEY_HOMEPAGE or XF86Mail??

    Or create a brand new scancode since they could change the kernel without any problem, especially because the manufacturers would need to change the keyboard firmware anyway AND because copilot requires special hardware, it doesn’t need retro compatibility with older windows versions that don’t have the scancode in kernel or in the keyboard driver

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    • FrChazzz@lemmus.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I have one on my Lenovo IdeaPad I bought a few months ago and am running Mint on. I remapped it to bring up the menu almost immediately. No issues. It acts like a Super key. Maybe this is a model specific thing?

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• goatinspace@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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• cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  just point out to microsoft that the icon looks like goatse and they’ll remap it like that

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• chraebsli@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  why even buy that slop of hardware beforehand? if you dont want that feature, you might be happier with another brands laptop

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  • UltraBlack@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Find me a good recent laptop without a cockpilot key

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    • chraebsli@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      what are your requirements? i love lenovo although i might change to frameworks or system76

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• Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  IDK I was able to remap it just fine using Power Toys.

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