Enter Key (Or fn-Return) Not Working as Trigger?

[ccstone]

Hey David,

This doesn't work on either my Mid-2010 17"MacBook Pro running Sierra or my Mid-2012 MacBook Air running Mojave.

The external keyboard on the MacBook Pro will fire when the actual Enter key is pressed – but no other “equivalent” keyboard shortcut works.

Interestingly – I set the hotkey using fnReturn...

I suspect there's something funny going on at the hardware level.

See this thread:

Fn Key Function

Generally, the Fn key is not a real key, not a modifier like Option or Shift, but instead is a hardware toggle, that toggles the meaning of the function keys between their function key behaviour and their hardware key behaviour. The Fn key is not supported by the system Hot Key API.

If that is unsatisfying search for:

“fn key” on the forum.

If you're still unsatisfied then contact support.

Contact Keyboard Maestro Support

-Chris