If you follow the basic instructions above, you’ve now remapped your Caps Lock key to be a modifier key, but it no longer works as a traditional Caps Lock key. Do this by going into Karabiner Elements’ Preferences, going to the Complex Modifications Tab, clicking “Add Rule,” and choose “ Change caps_lock to command+control+option+shift.“ Out of the box, Karabiner Elements lets you change your Caps Lock so pressing it will trigger a press of Command+Control+Option+Shift, a key combination that normally requires some dexterity to press. Step 1, by itself, will remap the Caps Lock key as a modifier key, but you’ll lose Caps Lock functionality. Note: If you don’t want to mess around with editing a config file yourself, jump to the All-In-One solution, below, and download the file I’ve provided. In his post, Brett mentions in passing how to retain Caps Lock functionality, but I found I needed to add one additional line to a configuration file to get this to work. I wanted mine to retain its Caps Lock functionality, instead of being an Escape key. The difference is that Brett uses his Caps Lock key as an Escape key, in addition to being a modifier key. This post was inspired by Brett Terpstra, who has similarly configured his Caps Lock key, and calls it a Hyper key. In this post, I’ll talk about how I’ve set up my Caps Lock key to be used as an extra modifier key (similar to the Command, Control, Option, and Shift keys), while at the same time preserving its normal functionality. If you’re a big automation geek, why not use it for something else, in addition to its built-in functionality? Karabiner Elements is a Mac tool that lets you customize the keyboard on your Mac, including the Caps Lock key. Your Caps Lock key might be underused on your Mac.
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