X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=docs%2Ffeature_leader_key.md;h=92aebd463d67bd3655371cb47d740dbff90c69e2;hb=cd215209efb0e236b691b51c3397495d4449623b;hp=bf4d5456d1297c1a1525f3a46ed421d89229e41d;hpb=a729d852fe502d62e09bab1a31f49b738f8892e4;p=qmk_firmware.git diff --git a/docs/feature_leader_key.md b/docs/feature_leader_key.md index bf4d5456d..92aebd463 100644 --- a/docs/feature_leader_key.md +++ b/docs/feature_leader_key.md @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -# The Leader key: A new kind of modifier +# The Leader Key: A New Kind of Modifier If you've ever used Vim, you know what a Leader key is. If not, you're about to discover a wonderful concept. :) Instead of hitting Alt+Shift+W for example (holding down three keys at the same time), what if you could hit a _sequence_ of keys instead? So you'd hit our special modifier (the Leader key), followed by W and then C (just a rapid succession of keys), and something would happen. That's what `KC_LEAD` does. Here's an example: 1. Pick a key on your keyboard you want to use as the Leader key. Assign it the keycode `KC_LEAD`. This key would be dedicated just for this -- it's a single action key, can't be used for anything else. -2. Include the line `#define LEADER_TIMEOUT 300` somewhere in your keymap.c file, probably near the top. The 300 there is 300ms -- that's how long you have for the sequence of keys following the leader. You can tweak this value for comfort, of course. +2. Include the line `#define LEADER_TIMEOUT 300` in your config.h. The 300 there is 300ms -- that's how long you have for the sequence of keys following the leader. You can tweak this value for comfort, of course. 3. Within your `matrix_scan_user` function, do something like this: ``` @@ -17,14 +17,16 @@ void matrix_scan_user(void) { leader_end(); SEQ_ONE_KEY(KC_F) { - register_code(KC_S); - unregister_code(KC_S); + // Anything you can do in a macro. + SEND_STRING("QMK is awesome."); } - SEQ_TWO_KEYS(KC_A, KC_S) { - register_code(KC_H); - unregister_code(KC_H); + SEQ_TWO_KEYS(KC_D, KC_D) { + SEND_STRING(SS_LCTRL("a")SS_LCTRL("c")); } - SEQ_THREE_KEYS(KC_A, KC_S, KC_D) { + SEQ_THREE_KEYS(KC_D, KC_D, KC_S) { + SEND_STRING("https://start.duckduckgo.com"SS_TAP(X_ENTER)); + } + SEQ_TWO_KEYS(KC_A, KC_S) { register_code(KC_LGUI); register_code(KC_S); unregister_code(KC_S); @@ -34,4 +36,14 @@ void matrix_scan_user(void) { } ``` -As you can see, you have three function. you can use - `SEQ_ONE_KEY` for single-key sequences (Leader followed by just one key), and `SEQ_TWO_KEYS` and `SEQ_THREE_KEYS` for longer sequences. Each of these accepts one or more keycodes as arguments. This is an important point: You can use keycodes from **any layer on your keyboard**. That layer would need to be active for the leader macro to fire, obviously. \ No newline at end of file +As you can see, you have a few function. You can use `SEQ_ONE_KEY` for single-key sequences (Leader followed by just one key), and `SEQ_TWO_KEYS`, `SEQ_THREE_KEYS` up to `SEQ_FIVE_KEYS` for longer sequences. + +Each of these accepts one or more keycodes as arguments. This is an important point: You can use keycodes from **any layer on your keyboard**. That layer would need to be active for the leader macro to fire, obviously. + +## Adding Leader Key Support in the `rules.mk` + +To add support for Leader Key you simply need to add a single line to your keymap's `rules.mk`: + +``` +LEADER_ENABLE = yes +```