Caps lock is useless and I wish I could remove it
Ever since I got my first mechanical keyboard, I’ve been able to turn caps lock, one of the most useless functions on a keyboard, into something actually useful. The keyboard came with a switch on the back that allowed it to act as another control key. It was great! Made for an easier ctrl+s shortcut since my left pinky already sat next to the caps lock key. Been using it for 12 years now. It’s basically second nature.
Unfortunately, when I got newer version of this keyboard, they swapped the dedicated switch for that function for a set of fully programmable layers. On one hand, handy! I was able to map the screenshot macro to a single key. And I could still remap caps lock into something else. Just took a few more steps. Annoying, but at least I could still get the result.
The problem: I had to reset my keyboard recently and I cannot remember how to properly program it. I broadly know the steps involved – enable the program function and select the key to program followed by the key to replace it with or the macro to map and viola – but it has not worked so far. Everything I’ve tried has always resulted in none of the changes applying (if they’re even being set in the first place). Can’t tell if I’m just missing a step or what. So annoying.
This would all be so much easier if I could just flip a switch.