# Support for multiple keyboards **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [January 29, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/support-for-multiple-keyboards/6511 "2019-01-29T14:31:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Evgeny\_Stepanovich](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/evgeny_stepanovich/32/3995_2.png) [@Evgeny\_Stepanovich](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Evgeny_Stepanovich)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/support-for-multiple-keyboards/6511/1 "2019-01-29T14:31:54Z")
Would be cool to be able to connect second keyboard and use it for macros only. ---
**Author:** ![Evgeny\_Stepanovich](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/evgeny_stepanovich/32/3995_2.png) [@Evgeny\_Stepanovich](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Evgeny_Stepanovich)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/support-for-multiple-keyboards/6511/2 "2019-01-29T14:40:43Z")
Just imagine that you could connect a second keyboard and record a specific action per application i.e. have specific keys for video editing, programming, etc. I mean BetterTouchTool already supports pretty much everything that needs to be done for this except being able to distinguish between different keyboards. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/support-for-multiple-keyboards/6511/3 "2019-01-29T14:54:56Z")
Unfortunately I don't know of a way to distinguish between keyboards at the level where BTT works. Otherwise I'd like to add this... Maybe I can find a way to do this in the future. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/support-for-multiple-keyboards/6511/4 "2019-02-11T13:38:35Z")
Actually I have found a way to make it work. It's included in the latest update: ![image](https://community.folivora.ai/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6d9ce48069a39446da56abca18f091b0086e8a09.png) ---
**Author:** ![Evgeny\_Stepanovich](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/evgeny_stepanovich/32/3995_2.png) [@Evgeny\_Stepanovich](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Evgeny_Stepanovich)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/support-for-multiple-keyboards/6511/5 "2019-02-11T15:02:26Z")
Boom! Time to buy a second license 😁 ---
**Author:** ![sameer.wahid](https://community.folivora.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@sameer.wahid](https://community.folivora.ai/u/sameer.wahid)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/support-for-multiple-keyboards/6511/6 "2019-03-07T15:24:57Z")
Hi - I was very excited to see this in BTT but it doesn't want to work for me 😟 (v 2.724) I have a tenkeyless keyboard (realforce 87U) and a separate numpad (adesso AKP-220B). Both have a key which BTT reports as F13 when pressed. I created two new triggers and selected "Recognize only on keyboard used for recording the shortcut" before I recorded the shortcut and defined the action. But, whenever I press the key on either keyboard I get a little pop-up menu with the two action I have defined. ---
**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 7, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/support-for-multiple-keyboards/6511/7 "2019-03-07T15:32:51Z")
Do you maybe have the old keyboard shortcut implementation activated? (it can not work with that) ![image](https://community.folivora.ai/uploads/default/original/2X/1/15df8aae389f1703cb1858f312c05817c13dc3f8.png) It can also not work while secure input is active (BTT will show a message about that) ---
**Author:** ![sameer.wahid](https://community.folivora.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@sameer.wahid](https://community.folivora.ai/u/sameer.wahid)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/support-for-multiple-keyboards/6511/8 "2019-03-07T16:02:59Z")
Hi Andreas - thanks for the quick reply. Just to be sure, I clicked "Reset ALL Settings" in BTT, then I deleted all my actions, then I created the two new actions again: - Add New Shortcut or Key Sequence - Click "gear" icon on the left and select "Recognize only on keyboard used for recording the shortcut" - Record the shortcut, and define the action. It still does not want to work for me. I have copied the JSON for both actions below. They both have the same BTTKeyboardShortcutKeyboardType - is that a problem? { "BTTGestureNotes" : "Created-on-87U", "BTTTriggerClass" : "BTTTriggerTypeKeyboardShortcut", "BTTPredefinedActionType" : 25, "BTTPredefinedActionName" : "Volume Down", "BTTAdditionalConfiguration" : "8388608", "BTTEnabled2" : 1, "BTTKeyboardShortcutScope" : 1, "BTTKeyboardShortcutKeyboardType" : 40, "BTTUUID" : "B1CAB015-F5A9-4C5A-B2C1-A1D5FC532C4C", "BTTTriggerOnDown" : 1, "BTTEnabled" : 1, "BTTModifierMode" : 0, "BTTShortcutKeyCode" : 105, "BTTShortcutModifierKeys" : 8388608, "BTTOrder" : 0, "BTTDisplayOrder" : 0, "BTTMergeIntoTouchBarGroups" : 0 } { "BTTGestureNotes" : "Created-on-Adesso", "BTTTriggerClass" : "BTTTriggerTypeKeyboardShortcut", "BTTPredefinedActionType" : 96, "BTTPredefinedActionName" : "Maximize Window to Top Half", "BTTAdditionalConfiguration" : "8388608", "BTTEnabled2" : 1, "BTTKeyboardShortcutScope" : 1, "BTTKeyboardShortcutKeyboardType" : 40, "BTTUUID" : "6A322BA6-6109-40B4-A5AD-ABE67889425C", "BTTTriggerOnDown" : 1, "BTTEnabled" : 1, "BTTModifierMode" : 0, "BTTShortcutKeyCode" : 105, "BTTShortcutModifierKeys" : 8388608, "BTTOrder" : 1, "BTTDisplayOrder" : 0, "BTTMergeIntoTouchBarGroups" : 0 } (edited after a few minutes b/c I realized I'd copied the same JSON twice) ---
**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 7, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/support-for-multiple-keyboards/6511/9 "2019-03-07T16:06:11Z")
Damn you seem to be unlucky, both of your keyboards seem to report as type "40". Unfortunately BTT can only do the differentiation based on the keyboard type provided, for me this has worked with all my keyboards, but keyboards can report the same type ;-( ---
**Author:** ![sameer.wahid](https://community.folivora.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@sameer.wahid](https://community.folivora.ai/u/sameer.wahid)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/support-for-multiple-keyboards/6511/10 "2019-03-07T16:12:00Z")
Do you know if there's any way to edit the keyboard type, or how it's reported in OSX? I have another numpad I will try as well. Thanks! Sameer ---
**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 7, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/support-for-multiple-keyboards/6511/11 "2019-03-07T16:13:54Z")
Unfortunately I think that's hardcoded in the keyboard hardware. In the future I might be able to include more information like the keyboard vendor and model id, but this is not yet done. ---
**Author:** ![sameer.wahid](https://community.folivora.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@sameer.wahid](https://community.folivora.ai/u/sameer.wahid)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/support-for-multiple-keyboards/6511/12 "2019-03-07T16:37:59Z")
Hi Andreas, A bit more information: the keyboard type appears to be linked to that set in the OSX "Keyboard" preference pane (i.e. the Change Keyboard Type) button. ANSI = 40, ISO = 41, JIS = 42. ---
**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 7, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/support-for-multiple-keyboards/6511/13 "2019-03-07T17:14:07Z")
Ah that's interesting! There seem to be many more types though (e.g. the Touch Bar acts as a keyboard with type 198). However I think I have a solution to make the keyboard detection work in all cases. I'll implement this next week! ---
**Author:** ![sameer.wahid](https://community.folivora.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@sameer.wahid](https://community.folivora.ai/u/sameer.wahid)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/support-for-multiple-keyboards/6511/14 "2019-03-27T12:30:13Z")
HI Andreas, Have you had any success with the solution for keyboard detection? Thanks, Sam ---
**Author:** ![magikct](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/magikct/32/8497_2.png) [@magikct](https://community.folivora.ai/u/magikct)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/support-for-multiple-keyboards/6511/15 "2019-10-23T21:33:55Z")
Hi. I love BTT and I can't imagine working without it, but ... keyboard recognition is for me the biggest downside of BTT. When I assign an action to a key on the Magic Keyboard (e.g. do nothing, because Keyboard Maestro will do the macro) it works fine for several days, but then the same key on the Apple Keyboard also stops working. I would also like to know when a solution that recognizes a particular keyboard will be available. BTW. Maybe there is a solution to disable all Magic Keyboard keys for a specific application or better - for the entire computer? ![IMG_20191023_095525](https://community.folivora.ai/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8ca630eb8ee24067da5b6b47a3dbc77489e82370.jpeg) ---
**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:** [October 23, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/support-for-multiple-keyboards/6511/16 "2019-10-23T21:59:27Z")
that looks cool! I have a version that includes keyboard specific recognition, but I didn’t have time to finish it yet. I think I’ll be able to release a working preview later this week (please remind if I forget to do so) ---
**Author:** ![magikct](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/magikct/32/8497_2.png) [@magikct](https://community.folivora.ai/u/magikct)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 7:33am UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/support-for-multiple-keyboards/6511/17 "2019-10-24T07:33:28Z")
> that looks cool! > Thanks 🙂 OK, so I'm waiting, Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![magikct](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/magikct/32/8497_2.png) [@magikct](https://community.folivora.ai/u/magikct)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 9:52am UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/support-for-multiple-keyboards/6511/18 "2019-10-30T09:52:00Z")
Hi Andreas, did you find some time to finish update? ---
**Author:** ![magikct](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/magikct/32/8497_2.png) [@magikct](https://community.folivora.ai/u/magikct)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/support-for-multiple-keyboards/6511/19 "2019-12-09T19:25:04Z")
Hi Andreas, I care about this feature. What is the chance that you will take care of this in the near future? ---
**Author:** ![Siegehardt](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/siegehardt/32/7042_2.png) [@Siegehardt](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Siegehardt)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/support-for-multiple-keyboards/6511/20 "2020-01-20T13:19:32Z")
Hi all! Im using a Macbook Pro 2018 and a Magic Keyboard (the one without the numpad). Don't know if this is a bug but here goes. When I choose a trigger (and have set everything to recognise the different keyboards as per the screenshots from above) it selects it fine. However it selects it on the opposite keyboard. So if I select G on the macbook pro keyboard as a trigger, the G on the magic keyboard actually triggers the sequence and the one on the laptop works normally. I'm not complaining I just thought its weird. It works fine (as long as I keep in mind which keyboard to use) and I'm starting to re-label my magic keyboard already. [Next page](https://community.folivora.ai/t/support-for-multiple-keyboards/6511.md?page=2)