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Until you realize that cannot be done. Since they completely fd up the f-ing p.o.s. key.
In short, pressing the key you get several key down and key up events. Letting go of the copilot key will produce no events.
You cannot in any sensible way map this to any modifier key. Unless you set some kind of timer, which will never produce the exact same result but something a bit like it.
What's more confusing is that on my laptop pressing the copilot key only sends the key down events and releasing sends the corresponding key up events, which makes it actually usable as a modifier key without resorting to weird timers.
Does that mean the copilot key behaves like a key-combination? Sounds like it but maybe I’m misunderstanding.
Yes, normal key is a key down event when pressed and key up event when released.
Copilot key has different functionality AFAIK on different laptops / keyboards. It will fire several key down events followed by release events. When you let go it will not give any events.
Shortly, yes it behaves like a key combo pressed and released in some order.
Thus, there are several lengthy articles for workarounds.
And it is not standard procedure, unfortunately.