Yet another one productivity-oriented keyboard keys remapper for macOS.
It is largely based on Vonng's CapsLock Enhancement, but with a twist: WASD-style navigation instead of Vim-style.
For those who are more accustomed to arrow keys or FPS controls.

This set up is tailored specifically to my workflow and has no aim to cover all possible use cases, though it is easily customizable to your preferences if you like the general idea.

Turn Capslock into a new modifier – Hyper * (simulates the simultaneous press of right_shift + right_control + right_option + right_command). Do stuff without moving your hands away from the keyboard's home row:

• Navigate and edit text quickly

• Delete words and lines with a single key press

• Navigate macOS: desktops, apps and tabs

• Start and switch active apps

• Control the mouse pointer, buttons and wheels with a keyboard

• ... and other workflow enhancements

• macOS

• brew

1. Install Karabiner-Elements:

   brew install --cask karabiner-elements

2. Clone the repository and make adjustments if needed within mac/hyperikl.yml

3. Generate json config via make install (within mac directory)

4. Enable HyperIJKL in Karabiner-Elements:

   Karabiner-Elements → Complex Modifications → Add predefined rule → Enable all

5. Enjoy!

Some non-essential HyperIJKL features (marked in Description section) require additional installation steps. See Advanced Installation for instructions.

Hold Capslock to activate Hyper * mode.
Press Capslock once to send esc.
Capslock + esc to toggle Capslock mode.

* additional set up required. See Advanced Installation

** mapped to intelliJ's move line up/down shortcut (up/down + option + shift) - might require additional setup to work in other IDEs (e.g. VSCode)

Navigate macOS: desktops, windows, tabs, Mission Control and Launchpad.

* additional set up required. See Advanced Installation

Use keyboard keys to control the mouse pointer, buttons and wheels.

These shortcuts launch applications or switch to a desktop with the said application if it is already running.

Press * 1 to center the mouse pointer on Display 1. Works with digits from 1 to 4.

Generated via Keyboard Layout Editor

You can make HyperIJKL work on Login Screen.

1. Go to:

   Karabiner-Elements → Misc

2. Press Copy the current configuration to the system default configuration. You will be prompted for admin password.

Advanced Installation of HyperIJKL allows you to use several additional shortcuts, but requires more complex configuration that involves modifying key bindings in macOS or setting keyboard shortcuts in several applications.

HyperIJKL utilizes a couple of text navigation actions that are supported by macOS but are rarely recognized by apps. To enable these actions in IntelliJ IDEA you will have to add shortcuts for them either through in-app Settings,

1. Open IntelliJ IDEA;

2. Go to:

   Settings → Keymap → Find

3. Add these shortcuts:

   Move Caret Backward a Paragraph → * ⌥ i

   Move Caret Forward a Paragraph → * ⌥ k

Install your preferred window management application (I personally use Raycast's window management extension) and assign the following shortcuts:

Maximize window → ⌘ ^ ⌥ ⇧ s

Left half → ⌘ ^ ⌥ ⇧ a

Right half → ⌘ ^ ⌥ ⇧ d

Original Author: Roman Yuldashev ([email protected])

License: Apache 2.0 License