Is it possible to assign a keyboard shortcut directly to the right "Cmd" key?

Configuration Help & General Discussion
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Hi,

I'd like to assign "Delete forward" which is "Fn + Backspace" shortcut to the "Cmd Right" key which is a key I never use. I always use the left one instead.

But when I press "Right Cmd" in "Trigger Other Keyboard Shortcut" within BTT, nothing happens. How can I do so?

Thanks!

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My apologies for misunderstanding you the first time round. Here's another go at it, now that I have (I hope) the right idea of what needs to be done:

First I created a Key Sequence, which I tied to the Forward Delete action:

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When recording the key sequence, which is done by tapping on Change Key Sequence, here is the panel that opens up:

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The 'r' preceding the ⟨⌘⟩ symbol indicates that the key sequences applies only to the right-command, and not the left. I decided to untick the Required checkbox next to Key UP.

The trigger worked awesomely, although I have now deleted it as I value my right-command button.

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Hi,

Thank you very much. At first, I thought there was again a misunderstanding because I had already tried this without success. But then, I realized that my mistake was that I had already done something using hidutil shell command. That was in conflict with BTT.

So once I cleaned everything nicely, your proposed solution works perfectly.

Thanks again for your help, time and patience.

Cheers,

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Hey,

I didn't want to create a new subject not to pollute the forum too much...

The shortcut works like a charm. I enabled the "Allow to trigger again..." option. But it's probably not what I thought it was.

Now that my Cmd key located at the right of the spacebar is triggering a forward delete, I expected to maintain the right Cmd key down to forward delete continuously several characters. But it doesn't work. I have to lift up the key, then press it down again, etc. to forward delete multiple characters. Is this normal?

Thanks,

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Unfortunately the key sequences are not really made for repeating keys.
I'd really recommend to look into a dedicated key remapping tool for your use case (Karabiner Elements is the best).

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Thanks for taking the time to answer.