How can i change the hotkey to trigger backslash in in macOS?
i am desperately looking for a way to rebind the backslash symbol on macOS. Preferably something like control + 0. Anything is better than the default keybind. I googled everything that came to my mind related to this matter but I am still lost on how to manage to do it, it looks like this is not as simple as I've thought.
I downloaded karabiner elements but there is no option to define custom keybinds for the backslash symbol.
Does anyone have a solution for this?
Edit:
I've tried to bind my right command key to left shift + left option in the .json file, but it's not working unfortunately. Did i do something wrong? This is the .json file with my custom command:
{
"global": {
"check_for_updates_on_startup": true,
"show_in_menu_bar": true,
"show_profile_name_in_menu_bar": false
},
"profiles": [
{
"complex_modifications": {
"parameters": {
"basic.simultaneous_threshold_milliseconds": 50,
"basic.to_delayed_action_delay_milliseconds": 500,
"basic.to_if_alone_timeout_milliseconds": 1000,
"basic.to_if_held_down_threshold_milliseconds": 500,
"mouse_motion_to_scroll.speed": 100
},
"rules": []
},
"rules": [
{
"manipulators": [
{
"description": "Change right command to option+shift.",
"from": {
"key_code": "right_command",
"modifiers": {
"optional": [
"any"
]
}
},
"to": [
{
"key_code": "right_command",
"modifiers": [
"left_option",
"left_shift"
]
}
],
"type": "basic"
}
]
}
],
"devices": [
{
"disable_built_in_keyboard_if_exists": false,
"fn_function_keys": [],
"identifiers": {
"is_keyboard": true,
"is_pointing_device": false,
"product_id": 591,
"vendor_id": 1452
},
"ignore": false,
"manipulate_caps_lock_led": true,
"simple_modifications": []
},
{
"disable_built_in_keyboard_if_exists": false,
"fn_function_keys": [],
"identifiers": {
"is_keyboard": true,
"is_pointing_device": false,
"product_id": 641,
"vendor_id": 1452
},
"ignore": false,
"manipulate_caps_lock_led": true,
"simple_modifications": []
}
],
"fn_function_keys": [
{
"from": {
"key_code": "f1"
},
"to": [
{
"consumer_key_code": "display_brightness_decrement"
}
]
},
{
"from": {
"key_code": "f2"
},
"to": [
{
"consumer_key_code": "display_brightness_increment"
}
]
},
{
"from": {
"key_code": "f3"
},
"to": [
{
"apple_vendor_keyboard_key_code": "mission_control"
}
]
},
{
"from": {
"key_code": "f4"
},
"to": [
{
"apple_vendor_keyboard_key_code": "spotlight"
}
]
},
{
"from": {
"key_code": "f5"
},
"to": [
{
"consumer_key_code": "dictation"
}
]
},
{
"from": {
"key_code": "f6"
},
"to": [
{
"key_code": "f6"
}
]
},
{
"from": {
"key_code": "f7"
},
"to": [
{
"consumer_key_code": "rewind"
}
]
},
{
"from": {
"key_code": "f8"
},
"to": [
{
"consumer_key_code": "play_or_pause"
}
]
},
{
"from": {
"key_code": "f9"
},
"to": [
{
"consumer_key_code": "fast_forward"
}
]
},
{
"from": {
"key_code": "f10"
},
"to": [
{
"consumer_key_code": "mute"
}
]
},
{
"from": {
"key_code": "f11"
},
"to": [
{
"consumer_key_code": "volume_decrement"
}
]
},
{
"from": {
"key_code": "f12"
},
"to": [
{
"consumer_key_code": "volume_increment"
}
]
}
],
"name": "Default profile",
"parameters": {
"delay_milliseconds_before_open_device": 1000
},
"selected": true,
"simple_modifications": [],
"virtual_hid_keyboard": {
"country_code": 0,
"indicate_sticky_modifier_keys_state": true,
"mouse_key_xy_scale": 100
}
}
]
}
You can easily put backslash on any main, shift, or option keystroke you want via a custom layout made with Ukelele.
Note also that if you use the layout called German Standard, instead of German, backslash is on Option ß, instead of Option Shift 7.