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Hey @amatoenot, unsure how you would make this agnostic as the underlying key codes sent by the keys varies depending on which layout you are using.

Could you elaborate how this would work in practice?

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Hi @zenangst,
Not sure exactly. Afaik keyboard key HID is the same for any language. So maybe it's possible to create shortcuts mapped to the key HID somehow. Most of the default mac os shortcuts work this way (e.g. 'CMD + C key' copies in any language)

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I haven't found any information about HID related information on CGEvent's (which we are using to identify events).

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coregraphics/cgeventfield

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What about CGEventField.keyboardEventKeycode? Sounds like something that can be used to identify key instead of a character.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coregraphics/cgeventfield/keyboardeventkeycode

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That is what is used to identify it today, but the current input source send different key codes for different keys depending on the layout.

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