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Changelog

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  • ⚡️ Improvements
    • Added a workaround for non-dismissible Device is ignored temporarily alert which is caused by some devices that sends abnormal input events.

Karabiner-Elements 12.8.0

  • ✨ New Features
    • Add --show-current-profile-name option into karabiner_cli.
    • Add --list-profile-names option into karabiner_cli.
  • 🐛 Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue that Karabiner-Elements stops working after switching user on macOS Catalina.
    • Fixed an issue that Caps Lock LED is always manipulated even Manipulate LED setting is off.
    • Fixed an issue that MultitouchExtension does not handle ignored area properly when a finger is touched ignored area repeatedly.

Karabiner-Elements 12.7.0

  • 📅 Release date
    • Sep 12, 2019
  • ✨ New Features
  • 🐛 Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue that Karabiner-Elements might stop working after sleep on macOS Catalina.

Karabiner-Elements 12.6.0

  • 📅 Release date
    • Aug 16, 2019
  • ✨ New Features
  • 🐛 Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue that Karabiner-Elements fails to grab a device in rare cases.
  • ⚡️ Improvements
    • Introduced karabiner_kextd. (kext loading function was separated from karabiner_grabber.)
    • Improved EventViewer to show modifier flags of key events.
    • Suppressed unnecessary log messages.

Karabiner-Elements 12.5.0

  • 📅 Release date
    • Jun 10, 2019
  • ✨ New Features
    • Add Delay before open device configuration into Karabiner-Elements Preferences > Devices > Advanced tab.
    • Added Show key code in hexadecimal format option into EventViewer.
  • 🐛 Bug Fixes
    • Fixed a key stuck issue which occurs when the key is released, and at the exact same moment Karabiner-Elements opens the device.
    • Fixed an issue which Karabiner-Elements mistakes a remote user for a current console user if another user is logged in from Screen Sharing while console is used.
  • ⚡️ Improvements
    • Improved XXX is ignored temporarily until YYY is pressed again behavior.
    • Move Disable the built-in keyboard while one of the following selected devices is connected configuration into Karabiner-Elements Preferences > Devices > Advanced tab.

Karabiner-Elements 12.4.0

  • 📅 Release date
    • May 14, 2019
  • ✨ New Features
    • Add Mouse Key XY speed configuration into Karabiner-Elements Preferences > Virtual Keyboard tab.
    • Device is ignored temporarily alert has been introduced.
      This alert will be shown if you hold keys or buttons down before Karabiner-Elements opens the device.
      Please press the described key or button again to dismiss the alert.
      alert
  • 🐛 Bug Fixes
    • Fixed a key stuck issue which occurs when the key is held down before Karabiner-Elements opens the device.
  • ⚡️ Improvements
    • Event code format on EventViewer changed to decimal number from hex.

Karabiner-Elements 12.3.0

  • 📅 Release date
    • Apr 24, 2019
  • 💥 Breaking changes
    • complex modifications json will be checked strictly since this release.
      Please check error messages if your complex modifications do not work after upgrade.
  • ✨ New Features
    • Added Change mouse motion to scroll feature.
      • Note: You have to enable your mice on Devices tab when you want to use this feature.
    • Added --lint-complex-modifications option into karabiner_cli. It allows you checks a complex-modifications json file.
  • ⚡️ Improvements
    • Set Karabiner-Elements.app and Karabiner-EventViewer.app immutable in order to ensure unremovable them except built-in uninstaller. Please use the uninstaller when you want to remove Karabiner-Elements.
    • Added a wait before grabbing device in order to avoid an macOS issue that device will be unusable after Karabiner-Elements is quit.
    • Changes for users who write their own json.
      • to and to_* support single object, e.g., "to": { "key_code": "spacebar" }.
      • New modifier aliases are added: left_alt, left_gui, right_alt, right_gui.
      • key_code, consumer_key_code and pointing_button supports a number value, e.g., "from": {"key_code": 175}.

Karabiner-Elements 12.2.0

  • 📅 Release date
    • Feb 1, 2019
  • ✨ New Features
    • Karabiner-Elements makes a backup file of karabiner.json before updating it if the backup file does not exists. (~/.config/karabiner/automatic_backups/karabiner_YYYYMMDD.json)
  • 🐛 Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue that Caps Lock LED does not work on macOS Mojave.
  • ⚡️ Improvements
    • shell_command string max length has been expanded. (256 byte -> 32 KB)
    • A device grabbing process has been improved. (Observing device state by a separated karabiner_observer process.)
    • The event processing has been improved and the latency has been reduced by using pqrs::dispatcher.

Karabiner-Elements 12.1.0

  • 📅 Release date
    • May 30, 2018
  • 💥 Breaking changes
    • Changed the order of to_if_alone and to_after_key_up event handling.
      to_if_alone will be handled before to_after_key_up.
  • ✨ New Features
    • Added new items into simultaneous_options:
      • simultaneous_options.detect_key_down_uninterruptedly
      • simultaneous_options.key_up_when
    • Added new parameters into to event definition:
      • hold_down_milliseconds
      • halt
  • 🐛 Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue that random key repeat happen at extremely high system CPU usage.
  • ⚡️ Improvements
    • Increased rollover limit of virtual keyboard. (6 -> 32)
      This change mainly improves usability when you are using multiple keyboards at the same time.
    • Improved modifier flags handling in to_after_key_up and to_if_alone.

Karabiner-Elements 12.0.0

  • 📅 Release date
    • Apr 12, 2018
  • 💥 Breaking changes
    • macOS 10.11 support has been dropped.
      Karabiner-Elements works on macOS 10.12 (Sierra) or later.
    • Keyboard type in the virtual keyboard preferences has been removed. (Adverse effect of virtual keyboard improvement.)
      Please change the keyboard type from System Preferences > Keyboard > Change Keyboard Type.... Keyboard Preferences
    • Caps Lock Delay in the virtual keyboard preferences has been removed. (Adverse effect of virtual keyboard improvement.)
    • Changed simultaneous behaviour to post key_up events when any key is released.
    • Changed to_after_key_up and to_if_alone behaviour as mandatory modifiers are removed from these events.
  • ✨ New Features
    • Added simultaneous_options.key_down_order, simultaneous_options.key_up_order and simultaneous_options.to_after_key_up.
  • 🐛 Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue that to_if_alone, to_if_held_down and to_delayed_action does not work properly with simultaneous.
  • ⚡️ Improvements
    • The virtual keyboard compatibility has been improved.
    • EventViewer has been improved showing the correct key name for PC keyboard keys and international keys.
    • Improved keyboard repeat handling with simultaneous.

Karabiner-Elements 11.6.0

  • 📅 Release date
    • Feb 20, 2018
  • ✨ New Features
  • ⚡️ Improvements
    • Improved Mouse key scroll wheel direction referring System Preferences > Mouse > Scroll direction.
    • Improved modifier flags handling around pointing button manipulations.
    • Mouse keys have been added into Simple Modifications. mouse keys in Simple Modifications
    • The eject key has been added into the from key of Simple Modifications.
    • The Vendor ID and Product ID of virtual devices has been changed. (0x0,0x0 -> 0x16c0,0x27db and 0x16c0,0x27da)

Karabiner-Elements 11.5.0

  • 📅 Release date
    • Dec 30, 2017
  • ✨ New Features
  • 🐛 Bug Fixes
    • Avoided a VMware Remote Console issue that mouse pointer does not work properly on VMRC when Karabiner-Elements grabs the pointing device.
    • Fixed an issue that to_if_alone does not work properly when to is empty.
  • ⚡️ Improvements
    • Improved modifier flags handling in to events.
    • Improved a way to save karabiner.json.

Karabiner-Elements 11.4.0

  • 📅 Release date
    • Dec 7, 2017
  • ✨ New Features
    • mouse_key has been added.
    • location_id has been added to device_if and device_unless.
  • 🐛 Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue that the checkbox in Preferences > Devices is disabled for keyboards which do not have their own vendor id.

Karabiner-Elements 11.3.0

  • 📅 Release date
    • Nov 12, 2017
  • 🐛 Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue that Karabiner-11.2.0 does not work properly on some environments due to a possibility of macOS kernel extension cache problem.

Karabiner-Elements 11.2.0

  • 📅 Release date
    • Nov 9, 2017
  • ✨ New Features
    • Mouse button modifications has been added.
      Note:
      • You have to enable your Mouse manually in Preferences > Devices tab.
      • Karabiner-Elements cannot modify Apple's pointing devices.
    • to_delayed_action has been added.
      • Examples:
        • Quit application by pressing command-q twice json (src)
        • Emacs key bindings (C-x key strokes) json (src)
    • input_source_if and input_source_unless has been added to conditions.
    • select_input_source has been added.
    • keyboard_type_if and keyboard_type_unless has been added to conditions.
      • Example
    • The caps lock LED manipulation has been disabled with non Apple keyboards until it is enabled manually. has caps lock led
  • ⚡️ Improvements
    • The virtual keyboard handling has been improved.

Karabiner-Elements 11.1.0

  • 📅 Release date
    • Oct 4, 2017
  • 🐛 Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue that modifier flags becomes improperly state by mouse events.

Karabiner-Elements 11.0.0

  • 📅 Release date
    • Sep 18, 2017
  • ✨ New Features
    • The first stable release of Karabiner-Elements. (There is no changes from Karabiner-Elements 0.91.16.)

Karabiner-Elements 0.91.16

  • Karabiner-Elements waits grabbing device until all modifier keys are released in order to avoid modifier flags stuck issue in mouse events.
  • Support consumer keys (e.g., media key events in Logitech keyboards.)

Karabiner-Elements 0.91.13

  • Add per device support in Simple Modifications and Fn Function Keys. Simple Modifications
  • The modifier flag event handling has been improved.

Karabiner-Elements 0.91.12

Karabiner-Elements 0.91.11

  • Fixed an issue that modifier flags might become improperly state in complex_modifications. (In complex_modifications rules which changes modifier+modifier to modifier.)

Karabiner-Elements 0.91.10

  • macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) support has been improved.

Karabiner-Elements 0.91.9

Karabiner-Elements 0.91.8

  • Fixed an issue that karabiner_grabber might be crashed when frontmost application is changed.

Karabiner-Elements 0.91.7

Karabiner-Elements 0.91.6

  • The conditional event manipulation has been supported. (frontmost_application_if and frontmost_application_unless)

Karabiner-Elements 0.91.5

Karabiner-Elements 0.91.4

  • The modifier flag event handling has been improved.
  • Show warning and error logs by colored text in Log tab.

Karabiner-Elements 0.91.3

  • Add timeout to to_if_alone.

Karabiner-Elements 0.91.2

  • Initial support of complex_modifications > basic > to_if_alone.

Karabiner-Elements 0.91.1

  • Fixed an issue that Karabiner-Elements stops working after user switching.
  • Initial support of complex_modifications (No GUI yet).

Karabiner-Elements 0.91.0

  • event manipulation has been changed to src/core/grabber/include/manipulator/details/basic.hpp.