vercel / vercel/hyper

Feature Request Command and Control Swap

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Description

Could we consider allowing for a command and control key swap on Macs inside this application?

Karabiner is a rather extreme solution for I consider a major annoyance. I most often end up making the right command key a control so I have 2 in terminal.

  • [ x] I am on the latest Hyper.app version
  • [ x] I have searched the issues of this repo and believe that this is not a duplicate

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Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is identified in the issue. Start by locating Hyper's macOS keyboard-handling entry point, then determine how a configurable Command/Control swap could be represented and tested; done means the swap works on Macs without requiring Karabiner.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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