Comments on: Capslock, Let's Make It Useful

Question: Capslock, Let's Make It Useful

demagogue — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:29:53 -0800

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.

By: demagogue

demagogue — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:31:10 -0800

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...

By: jeb

jeb — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:36:45 -0800

are you on a mac or windows? that matters.

By: demagogue

demagogue — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:40:43 -0800

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.

By: demagogue

demagogue — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:40:52 -0800

Also, thanks!

By: sinfony

sinfony — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:56:21 -0800

Autohotkey.

By: kindall

kindall — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:02:05 -0800

Yep. Autohotkey, specifically with the script:

CapsLock::^b

By: demagogue

demagogue — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:05:14 -0800

Works like a charm. Thanks sinfony and kindall!