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mike24121939
 
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Post by mike24121939 »

I have read the documentation but cant determine how I can set up a switch to act as a shift / control key to hold down while then closing another switch to send a character. Eg Can I program key #4 to send shift, key #5 to send Ctrl, key #6 to send a such that
pressing and releasing #6 sends "a" ,
pressing #4 pressing and releasing #6 releasing #4 sends "A" or shift a ,
pressing #5 pressing and releasing #6 releasing #5 sends control a

Hope I chose the right spot for this question
Many thanks

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Re: BluyeFruitkeyboard

Post by adafruit_support_rick »

You're talking about the Bluefruit EZ-Key? Unfortunately, the EZ-Key does not support chording multiple keys. Also, Shift and Control are "modifier" keys, and you can't program them into the EZ-Key inputs.

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You need to detect the chord with whichever micro you are using and then send the intended key report to the bluefruit. If you are just using ezkey, what rick said is probably more relivant to you.

My code is note likely built for your intentions but you can take a look to see one way that "chording" can be done-https://github.com/PaulBeaudet/braille_ ... raille.ino
Probably TMI, I think the spirt of your question is more in just having the shift ability.

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