Adding "enter" or "return" key to left side of keyboard

Questions & Suggestions
1

Quessing someone has done this.. need to add an "enter" keystroke to the left side of the keyboard.

Many thanks,

Dave5cents

2

Have you considered using an "F" key or "esc" as a substitute for "Return"?

3

Thanks.. will try it..

4

You may wanna try this: use a keyboard shortcut as a trigger, then run AppleScript

tell application "System Events"
  key code 76 -- enter
  -- key code 36 --return
end tell

reference: https://eastmanreference.com/complete-list-of-applescript-key-codes

5

I haven't done it, but here are some untested ideas:

  1. Use Karabiner to remap CAPS LOCK to ENTER
  2. Use KM with trigger of F1 with this simple action:
    Type a Keystroke action using ENTER
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No need for AppleScript here -- native KM is much simpler.

I also would NOT remap ESC, as it is a very commonly used key.