Karabiner-Elements complex ruleset to make using Mac OS more sane by enabling common keyboard functionality used in Linux and Windows.
Copy and paste the following URL into your browser window and Karabiner-Elements should ask to install the file:
karabiner://karabiner/assets/complex_modifications/import?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gdamoreira/karabiner-windows-mode/master/windows_shortcuts.json
First, a note about how these shortcuts are named in Karabiner-Elements. They follow the convention
Key (Modifiers, if any) [Special notes, if any]
so they should be easy(ish) to understand. Contact me if you have improvement suggestions.
There are some applications, such as terminal emulators and virtual machines, that should receive raw inputs and handle them themselves. To that end, almost all shortcuts no longer apply to these applications. As such, the notes will no longer specify that the specific shortcut does not apply to the excepted applications as that is now the default state. Instead, they will note when a shortcut still applies.
Excepted Applications:
- Terminal Emulators
- Hyper
- iTerm2
- Terminal
- Virtual Machines
- VirtualBox VMs (not the VirtualBox manager application)
| Input Key | Input Modifier(s) | Output Key | Output Modifier(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insert | Ctrl | C | Command | Use only 1 Ctrl+Insert shortcut. Works in Terminal Emulators. |
| Insert | Ctrl | C | Command | Use only 1 Ctrl+Insert shortcut. |
| Insert | Shift | V | Command | Use only 1 Shift+Insert shortcut. Works in Terminal Emulators. |
| Insert | Shift | V | Command | Use only 1 Shift+Insert shortcut. |
| Home | Left Arrow | Command | ||
| Home | Ctrl | Up Arrow | Command | |
| Home | Shift | Left Arrow | Command+Shift | |
| Home | Ctrl+Shift | Up Arrow | Command+Shift | |
| End | Right Arrow | Command | ||
| End | Ctrl | Down Arrow | Command | |
| End | Shift | Right Arrow | Command+Shift | |
| End | Ctrl+Shift | Down Arrow | Command+Shift | |
| Left Arrow | Ctrl | Left Arrow | Option | |
| Left Arrow | Ctrl+Shift | Left Arrow | Option+Shift | |
| Right Arrow | Ctrl | Right Arrow | Option | |
| Right Arrow | Ctrl+Shift | Right Arrow | Option+Shift |
| Input Key | Input Modifier(s) | Output Key | Output Modifier(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backspace | Ctrl | Backspace | Option | |
| Delete | Ctrl | Delete | Option |
| Input Key | Input Modifier(s) | Output Key | Output Modifier(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Ctrl | A | Command | |
| B | Ctrl | B | Command | |
| C | Ctrl | C | Command | |
| C | Ctrl+Shift | C | Command | Only applies to Terminal Emulators. |
| F | Ctrl | F | Command | |
| I | Ctrl | I | Command | |
| L | Win | (Shell Command) | Use only 1 Win+L shortcut. Invokes Login Window. Turn on Fast User Switching first. Executes /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -suspend. Works in Excepted Applications. |
|
| L | Win | Power | Control+Shift | Use only 1 Win+L shortcut. Invokes Lock Screen. Note that the screen doesn't always fully lock right away. Works in Excepted Applications. |
| L | Alt+Ctrl | (Shell Command) | Use only 1 Alt+Ctrl+L shortcut. Invokes Login Window. Turn on Fast User Switching first. Executes /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -suspend. Works in Excepted Applications. |
|
| L | Alt+Ctrl | Power | Control+Shift | Use only 1 Alt+Ctrl+L shortcut. Invokes Lock Screen. Note that the screen doesn't always fully lock right away. Works in Excepted Applications. |
| N | Ctrl | N | Command | |
| O | Ctrl | O | Command | |
| P | Ctrl | P | Command | |
| R | Ctrl | R | Command | |
| S | Ctrl | S | Command | |
| T | Ctrl | T | Command | |
| U | Ctrl | U | Command | |
| V | Ctrl | V | Command | |
| V | Ctrl+Shift | V | Command | Only applies to Terminal Emulators. |
| W | Ctrl | W | Command | |
| X | Ctrl | X | Command | |
| Y | Ctrl | Y | Command | |
| Z | Ctrl | Z | Command |
| Input Key | Input Modifier(s) | Output Key | Output Modifier(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| / | Ctrl | / | Command | Works in Terminal Emulators. |
| Input Key | Input Modifier(s) | Output Key | Output Modifier(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | / | Command+Shift | ||
| F3 | G | Command | ||
| F4 | Alt | Q | Command | Works in Terminal Emulators. |
| F4 | Ctrl | W | Command | Only applies to Google Chrome. |
- @TechnicallyDifficult for coming up with the initial json file
- @alvaro1728 for creating the current json file and for asking the question that got this whole thing started
- @tezeko for Karabiner-Elements
- @lsissoko for Ctrl+R and Ctrl+W additions
- @gdamoreira for modifying and preventing errors in Intellij keymap.
- Karabiner-Elements (Homepage) (GitHub)