# Differentiate left/right modifier keys seems broken (v6.227)

**URL:** <https://community.folivora.ai/t/differentiate-left-right-modifier-keys-seems-broken-v6-227/46401>\
**Category:** Bugs or Unexpected Behavior\
**Tags:** btt-alpha\
**Created:** [March 5, 2026, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/differentiate-left-right-modifier-keys-seems-broken-v6-227/46401 "2026-03-05T21:03:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jipumarino](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/jipumarino/32/29300_2.png) [@jipumarino](https://community.folivora.ai/u/jipumarino)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/differentiate-left-right-modifier-keys-seems-broken-v6-227/46401/1 "2026-03-05T21:03:40Z")

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Setting up the shortcuts works fine (left command and right command keys are recognized as such) but triggering doesn’t: a shortcut set up with left command+k is triggered by right command+k and viceversa.

Edit: please disregard for now; it’s behaving correctly again after a few restarts (one wasn’t enough). I’ll come back here if it reoccurs and I’m able to reproduce it reliably.

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**Author:** ![Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/andreas_hegenberg/32/39221_2.png) [@Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Andreas_Hegenberg)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/differentiate-left-right-modifier-keys-seems-broken-v6-227/46401/2 "2026-03-05T21:26:53Z")

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most likely something on your system has enabled "Secure Input Mode", BTT will show a warning about this when you click the menubar icon

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**Author:** ![jipumarino](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/jipumarino/32/29300_2.png) [@jipumarino](https://community.folivora.ai/u/jipumarino)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/differentiate-left-right-modifier-keys-seems-broken-v6-227/46401/3 "2026-03-05T21:45:00Z")

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Ah, thanks, that helps! I opened Terminal.app instead of my regular terminal app for the first time in forever, so that must have been it.