Macro Repeat on held functionality

[Philbeey]

As per the other feature request listed.

I would like to request macro functionality of repeat on held key.

Adjustable parameters for delays for keystroke up and down and between each set.

I suppose in sense a turbo function from SNES controllers of years gone by.

Useful for reducing unnecessary finger strain from repeated finger slamming keys. Especially useful for rapidly spamming a button in archaic programs.

[AlexDygma]

Hey @Philbeey !

This can be problematic if the macro can trigger several times each second, you will have a hard time limiting the amount of repetitions you are going to achieve.

we could in fact create an option to activate this for each macro key you map, and let them run wild, in case this is too much, we could also add a value for the repetition timeout in ms, which will let you customize the number of times it triggers each second.

What do you think? will this be useful?

[Philbeey]

Hey Alex, Honestly for single input repeat macros (turbo function on SNES/genesis controllers of years past) I think it should be fine as it would immediately stop the input sequence upon release. Having it as an option would be fantastic! And extra functionality like timeout as well as timings (key down, delay value, key up, delay value, etc etc) Your suggestion would be immensely useful. It's actually one of the main reasons I've not been able to commit fully to the Dygma and this would be it. Thanks so much for responding though! Phil.

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On Thu, Apr 21, 2022, 6:32 AM AlexDygma ***@***.***> wrote: Hey @Philbeey <https://github.com/Philbeey> ! This can be problematic if the macro can trigger several times each second, you will have a hard time limiting the amount of repetitions you are going to achieve. we could in fact create an option to activate this for each macro key you map, and let them run wild, in case this is too much, we could also add a value for the repetition timeout in ms, which will let you customize the number of times it triggers each second. What do you think? will this be useful? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#18>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AV2P66Y54GSOBLTXJML23NDVGEVD3ANCNFSM5RE646PA> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[acdoussan]

Here is a screenshot of how this is implemented on the g600 mouse. Could basically add the same thing to the screen where you select the macro for the key. The dropdown allows for none, while pressed, or toggled.

The specific use case I'm working with right now is skipping whole words. On Mac this is alt+arrow key, on windows it's Ctrl+arrow key

As far as I am aware macros are the only way to bind multiple key presses to the same key. Without a "repeat while held" option for macro keys, I have to re-press the same key to skip each word, rather than holding it down to skip multiple words like I would if I was pressing each key on my own.

I've tried directly using the arrow key + a modifier as well, rather than a custom macro. I see the same behavior where it doesn't repeat if held. This must use a macro under the hood or something.

I've seen posts from 2+ years ago asking for this feature. This doesn't seem like a priority based on that. I didn't look too much into the software before buying the raise and learning that this feature is missing has me strongly considering a return. I find it really odd that this keyboard is marketed as a gaming keyboard without this feature. Every "gaming" peripheral that I have had that supports macros supports this feature.

I really love this keyboard layout and I would prefer not to return it. Are there any firmware/hardware updates that also need to be made to support this, or can this be supported with just a configurator update? I might be willing to do this myself depending on the complexity level. Any pointers in the right direction would be helpful. I could even live without the toggle option, and only have it repeat while the key is held if that reduces the difficulty.

[Philbeey]

I will add that this not being implemented was the reason I as well as many others including the user above returned their Dygma. Functionality within gaming keyboards aside this is one of the reasons I still shuck gaming keyboards and mod them into better casings and go through the effort of resoldering. I use it all the time even outside of gaming and it's honestly an absolute pain that so many keyboard manufacturers neither include the processing ability and memory to house it internally to run without software (Steelseries) or a stopgap measure of at least having a software side option (Eg: Razer). The day Dygma adds this feature is the day I give it another shot as like echoed it's a unique keyboard which with this singular feature would be perfect.

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On Sat, 17 Jun 2023 at 17:19, acdoussan ***@***.***> wrote: Here is a screenshot of how this is implemented on the g600 mouse. Could basically add the same thing to the screen where you select the macro for the key. The dropdown allows for none, while pressed, or toggled. The specific use case I'm working with right now is skipping whole words. On Mac this is alt+arrow key, on windows it's Ctrl+arrow key As far as I am aware macros are the only way to bind multiple key presses to the same key. Without a "repeat while held" option for macro keys, I have to re-press the same key to skip each word, rather than holding it down to skip multiple words like I would if I was pressing each key on my own. I've tried directly using the arrow key + a modifier as well, rather than a custom macro. I see the same behavior where it doesn't repeat if held. This must use a macro under the hood or something. I've seen posts from 2+ years ago asking for this feature. This doesn't seem like a priority based on that. I didn't look too much into the software before buying the raise and learning that this feature is missing has me strongly considering a return. The fact that this is marketed as a gaming keyboard without this feature is kind of a joke imo. Every "gaming" peripheral that I have had that supports macros supports this feature. I really love this keyboard layout and I would prefer not to return it. Are there any firmware/hardware updates that also need to be made to support this, or can this be supported with just a configurator update? I might be willing to do this myself depending on the complexity level. Any pointers in the right direction would be helpful. I could even live without the toggle option, and only have it repeat while the key is held if that reduces the difficulty. [image: image] <https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/26745150/246631478-d486715f-7519-419a-9672-41bb253b2257.png> — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#18>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AV2P664LI2LRNOJPL6PZU3DXLYNNLANCNFSM5RE646PA> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>