Add Tilda to the List of Predefined Keyboard Shortcut

Feature Requests
1

Pretty much what the title says
I want to have a way to create an action that sends tilda

2

Hi @SAAT, welcome to the community!

Here's how to accomplish your goal:

  1. Navigate to the "Keyboard Shortcuts" tab in BTT

  2. Click on the "+" button to create a new Trigger of type "Keyboard Shortcut".

  3. Record a Keyboard Shortcut combination that you want to use to send the tilde. In the example below, I used fn + F10.

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  4. Click on the "+" button under "Assign First Action to Selected Trigger".

  5. Select "Click to record shortcut", as shown in the screenshot below:

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  6. Enter the keyboard combination for a tilde. i.e. shift + ` (if you test this keyboard shortcut combination in a text input field or text editor, ~ will be outputted).

  7. You should now see the Trigger and Action setup like this in your BTT configuration:

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Now, whenever you press fn + f10, a ~ is outputted :tada:

3

hi @fortred2 this works if i just want to type tilda but it doesnt work when i want to trigger a program that has a shortcut like cmd + tilda etc

4

What do you mean by “trigger a program that has a shortcut like cmd + tilda etc”?

5

Could you please complete this sentence? It will help me understand what you’re trying to accomplish.

When I do… [describe the trigger], I want… [describe the action] to happen.

6

I use a program that has a keyboard shortcut of cmd + tilda
what the shortcut does is not relevant to the issue
i have a macbook pro with with a layout that the yet next to the number 1 is §
and i want to use the shortcut cmd + § to trigger the cmd + tilda keyboard shortcut
i hope it makes more sense now

When I do… cmd+§ , I want… cmd + tilda to happen.

7

This is an invalid shortcut for keyboard layouts that don't have a dedicated tilde key. BetterTouchTool can't fix that.

The only way I can think of would be to use the "Change Input Source / Keyboard Layout" action, then send the tilde key, then after some delay call the "Change Input Source / Keyboard Layout" again to restore your keyboard layout.

8

its not possible to add the tilda key to the available keyboard keys?
I also saw someone requesting tab to be there and maybe a few other build in keys
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9

No, this only works for keys that are in theory available on your keyboard layout. The tilde key is just not available on some keyboard layouts.

10

the tilda key is available in all keyboards but its under a modifier
usually shift + ` will create tilda

11

that's not a key, that's a shortcut. If you just want BTT to send shift + ` you can do it like described by @fortred2

12

It doesn't answer my need
but i appreciate your help
i'll see if i can somehow work around this issue

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Hi @SAAT, I'm not sure if this will be feasible workaround for you, but check this:

On top of my head you have 2 options - use the built-in macOS "App Shortcuts" to change the default shortcut from CMD+tilda to something else , or you can assign a shortcut to trigger the menu-item which have this CMD+tilda as a shortcut.

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