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Shortcuts don't trigger with hyperkey

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PhilippOP
· Edited May 7, 2026, 02:43 PM UTC

TLDR: Hyperkey not working in Shortcuts

Hi!
Are you aware of the tool hyperkey? Many people use it to map their (useless) Caps Lock to a hyperkey (eg. Cmd+Option+Ctrl) in order to create a new modifier key that enables shortcuts that dont conflict with existing ones from other applications or the system.
https://hyperkey.app/

  • I figured that i can record shortcuts with hyperkey as expected
    (Caps+T -> Ctr+Options+Command+T) for toggling floating/tiling.

  • But the listener that works in the background does not capture Hyperkey+T

So i guess it works on a different level, before hyperkey can re-emit its fake events.

Would you be interested in solving this?

Hyperkey

The extra macOS modifier key

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PhilippOP

Edit:

I forgot to mention that the hyper key is recognized when used as "Drag Modifier Key".

Only in the general Hyperkey+Letter case it's not.

WrapperDeveloper

I tested it and it works fine. Could you share your setup?

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PhilippOP

And pressing Caps+T actually toggles your windows float state?

WrapperDeveloper

For me, yes

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PhilippOP

Ok, i found the issue. When using the same key (caps->Ctrl+Options+Cmd) as Drag Modifier, it doesn't work anymore as shortcut base.

AstralArkivist

I also have this issue and for me it doesn't seem to be related to the drag modifier. I don't really use that feature and have it tied to the function key which is not used by hyperkey. I'm able to use the hyperkey to set the shortcut, and I think it worked for a day or two when I first set it up, but since then using caps will not work to trigger shortcuts.

AstralArkivist
· Edited May 21, 2026, 07:21 PM UTC

I've tried it with shift both enabled and disabled in Hyperkey settings (and Tangrid shortcuts correspondingly updated) with no success

AstralArkivist

I also just tried using different keys (instead of caps) for Hyperkey with no success

AstralArkivist

And I confirmed that Hyperkey is working as expected for other shortcuts in different apps

WrapperDeveloper

Please share the Hyperkey settings

AstralArkivist
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WrapperDeveloper

Confirmed this issue exists. To reproduce: launch Hyperkey first, then Tangrid, and it stops working. Starting Tangrid first works fine. This is a Tangrid handling issue and will be fixed in the next release.

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PhilippOP

Thanks, thats nice to hear!

AstralArkivist

Thank you!

WrapperDeveloper

try v1.2.3

AstralArkivist

Working great now!

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PhilippOP

great work 🙂

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