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The new Micro~~soft~~slop copilot key always sends the following key-sequence when pressed:

copilot key down: left-shift-down left-meta-down f23-down f23-up left-meta-up left-shift-up
copilot key up: <null>

This means there's no real key-up event when you release the key --> it can't be used (properly) as a modifier like ctrl or alt.

The workaround is to send a pretend key-up event after a time delay, but then you mustn't be too slow / fast when pressing a shortcut.

tldr: AI took a perfectly working modifier key from you.

--- edit ---
Some keyboards apparently do the "right" thing and don't send the whole sequence at once, you can remap those properly with keyd, see: https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd/issues/1025#issuecomment-2971556563 / https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd/issues/825

copilot key down: left-shift-down left-meta-down f23-down
copilot key up: f23-up left-meta-up left-shift-up

this will still break left-shift + remapped copilot and left-meta + remapped copilot, but RCtrl remaps should work as expected

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[–] Tiger_Man_@szmer.info 1 points 1 hour ago

Everything is remapable if you are good enough at soldering

[–] RejZoR@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

But if you slap Linux on it, it just does nothing then or is it mapped as old AltGr or whatever?

[–] ziggurat@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Neither, it will be as if you pressed all those keys in the list above, which will most of the time do nothing

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 18 points 14 hours ago

Its not immune from removal via knife

[–] Kaiserschmarrn@feddit.org 23 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

*Sry for the washed out colors. This was originally an HDR video.

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[–] xylogx@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I was able to remap it with Autohotkey on Windows.

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Yeah, I used PowerToys and it's now Right Control again. It was probably easier than finding drivers for Linux.

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 16 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Noted. Do not buy used laptops with microslop cancer button.

A shame because they're all still good hardware. Just don't want to deal with the cursed button.

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

It's just a button that worse case scenario does nothing for you.

[–] GalacticSushi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 hours ago

Yeah I've bought my last couple laptops from my company's asset disposal department, I've gotten pretty good deals and usually just need to replace the battery after a few years. Not looking forward to when their stock starts getting into the models with slop buttons.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

You could always just take them apart and use the components

[–] BorgDrone@feddit.nl 14 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Why would you buy this garbage?

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 25 points 16 hours ago (15 children)

It is shocking difficult to buy a new laptop without one. Yes, I know about Framework, System 76, etc, but go to your local big box store and every laptop is covered in either Microsoft logos or Apple logos.

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[–] PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

An embarrassing new low, even with the bars they've already set. And fitting, for this being the (egregiously multiply-) branded button to launch the shit show. Christ, this has been a fucking carnival lmao.

Microslop has now regressed to implementing "features" very closely resembling - in sophistication and effect - my own bumbling, desperate, ignorant attempts at similar ("making a button behave like a macro"), using AutoHotKey, somewhere between 15-20 years ago.

And do I understand that they both shipped that, on hardware, AND it's broken so badly it can't be easily remedied?

I don't know what to say. It's like all the geniuses of comedy who died too young are doing this, all of it.


(No shade whatsoever to AHK, it was, probably still is, awesome at its job!)


Edit: suddenly realized it's just on purpose, probably. Anyway, rant remains lol

[–] spacelord@sh.itjust.works 42 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Doesn't seem to be present on my keyboard. 😁 keyboard image

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 15 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz 4 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Oh, wow. There it is. The keyboard of my dreams.
Using one of these while on acid does not seem advisable, though.

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 2 points 15 hours ago

What's the keyboard? Always wanted to try an arisu/Alice/derivations.

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[–] Fokeu@lemmy.zip 139 points 1 day ago

Congrats Microsoft, you managed to enshittify a goddamn keyboard key.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The WHATNOW is impossible to properly remap?

[–] Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works 14 points 19 hours ago

That nuisance you pop off with a flathead screwdriver and throw in the trash can.

[–] Frenchgeek@lemmy.ml 5 points 17 hours ago

Note to self: start looking into building my own keyboards if it ever becomes standard, somehow.

[–] texture@lemmy.world 22 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

happy to be typing this comment on a framework laptop, where no such key is to be found.

interesting post, and thanks for the info. i cant believe the crap MS pulls. Linux is easier than ever. Join us.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's the Bixby Button all over again.

[–] attero@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 day ago (9 children)

It's arguably worse, because Samsung has full control over software, hardware, and firmware of their devices.
Even if MS would like to fix this mess, they can't.

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago

This mess is by design. They pay the manufacturers (a pretty penny, I’m sure) to put it on there.

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[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago (5 children)

If this garbage is on my keyboard I will drill that motherfucker out no second thought

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[–] Sims@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 day ago (4 children)

"tldr: AI took a perfectly working modifier key from you." - 'AI' ?? I can't see how this is anything but Microshit and Capitalism that 'takes away" anything..

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