Assign keyboard shortcut to Spotlight function key

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Hi there,

I'm using a 2020 Touch Bar MBP and have been trying to (re)assign the Spotlight function key (Magnifier icon) to something other than running a default MacOS action, Spotlight. I'd like it to take a screenshot of my current screen (like pressing command+shift+3). When I try recording the key in BetterTouchTool UI, it just runs MacOS Spotlight instead of getting recorded. For example, same thing using some other fn keys like play/prev/next/mission control works OK.

I'm using 5.105 with Sequoia. Any ideas?

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Unfortunately I don't know, I seem to be able to record it fine:

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You could try copying it in manually, but probably it won't work if it is not recognized in general:

[
  {
    "BTTActionCategory" : 0,
    "BTTLastUpdatedAt" : 1737967637.2173891,
    "BTTTriggerType" : 0,
    "BTTTriggerClass" : "BTTTriggerTypeKeyboardShortcut",
    "BTTUUID" : "B60A5B6C-8AC4-4460-AB57-87B0DD8C0DD9",
    "BTTPredefinedActionType" : 366,
    "BTTPredefinedActionName" : "Empty Placeholder",
    "BTTAdditionalConfiguration" : "8388608",
    "BTTKeyboardShortcutKeyboardType" : 0,
    "BTTTriggerOnDown" : 1,
    "BTTLayoutIndependentChar" : "Ő",
    "BTTEnabled" : 1,
    "BTTEnabled2" : 1,
    "BTTShortcutKeyCode" : 177,
    "BTTShortcutModifierKeys" : 8388608,
    "BTTOrder" : 2,
    "BTTAutoAdaptToKeyboardLayout" : 0
  }
]
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Yeah, tried pasting and have added it to the section, but built-in Spotlight takes preference still.
Can I send you some debug logs maybe? Is it something between "old" and "new" keyboard implementations in BetterTouchTool? I am using the default Touch Bar setup and have Touch Bar support disabled on BetterTouchTool.

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debug logs probably won't help. It is possible that this is something on Touch Bar Macbook as they had a different keyboard. I'll be in office to check with my Touch Bar Macbooks tomorrow!

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