Some Keys in Karabiner-Elements Could Break Keycue

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Beware that some keys set up by Karabiner-Elements could break KeyCue's display of Keyboard Maestro macros.

For instance, if I remap a key in Karabiner-Elements to F20 and use ⌘+F20 or ⌃+F20 as hotkey triggers in Keyboard Maestro, it will break KeyCue

That is – KeyCue will not show any of the Keyboard Maestro Macro hotkeys (that's why I post the tips on this forum).

If we use F20 alone, however, it does not break it. A few other keys set up by Karabiner will also break KeyCue.

I have reported this issue to KeyCue (Ergonis) support and hope they can find a solution.

The good news is that the mouse keys do not break KeyCue, and there are 32 mouse keys in Karabiner-Elements.

We can use USB device key trigger for the mouse keys.

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Hi @peternlewis,

I assumed the issue is on KeyCue's side.

But in case, is there anything you can do on KM's side to fix the issue?

Thanks!

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Keyboard Maestro’s only involvement in KeyCue displaying the keys is providing the AppleScript, so I would presume whatever is going on is an issue between KeyCue and Karabiner.

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