Capslock, Let's Make It Useful

February 25, 2009 9:29 PM

Can I make (remap?) my capslock key to be two keys? Specifically, I want to make it hit Ctrl+B. If your recommendation is Word-specific, that's fine too.
posted by demagogue to computers & internet (7 comments total)

And when I say Ctrl+B, what I really mean is that I hate hitting "Ctrl+B", and I have to bold text all the time. So ideally, I'd love to be able to hit CapsLock, type in bold, then hit CapsLock again to go back to normal text...
posted by demagogue at 9:31 PM on February 25

are you on a mac or windows? that matters.
posted by jeb at 9:36 PM on February 25

Windows, Vista if it matters. I've seen a bunch of stuff that talks about remapping to one key, for example Shift, but not to 2 keys.
posted by demagogue at 9:40 PM on February 25

Also, thanks!
posted by demagogue at 9:40 PM on February 25

Autohotkey.
posted by sinfony at 9:56 PM on February 25

Yep. Autohotkey, specifically with the script:

CapsLock::^b
posted by kindall at 10:02 PM on February 25

Works like a charm. Thanks sinfony and kindall!
posted by demagogue at 2:05 PM on February 26