The new Microsoftslop copilot key always sends the following key-sequence when pressed:

copilot key down: left-shift-down left-meta-down f23-down f23-up left-meta-up left-shift-up
copilot key up: <null>

This means there’s no real key-up event when you release the key --> it can’t be used (properly) as a modifier like ctrl or alt.

The workaround is to send a pretend key-up event after a time delay, but then you mustn’t be too slow / fast when pressing a shortcut.

tldr: AI took a perfectly working modifier key from you.

— edit —
Some keyboards apparently do the “right” thing and don’t send the whole sequence at once, you can remap those properly with keyd, see: https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd/issues/1025#issuecomment-2971556563 / https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd/issues/825

copilot key down: left-shift-down left-meta-down f23-down
copilot key up: f23-up left-meta-up left-shift-up

this will still break left-shift + remapped copilot and left-meta + remapped copilot, but RCtrl remaps should work as expected

  • JayGray91🐉🍕@piefed.socialEnglish
    27·
    3 days ago

    Noted. Do not buy used laptops with microslop cancer button.

    A shame because they’re all still good hardware. Just don’t want to deal with the cursed button.

    • GalacticSushi@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      5·
      3 days ago

      Yeah I’ve bought my last couple laptops from my company’s asset disposal department, I’ve gotten pretty good deals and usually just need to replace the battery after a few years. Not looking forward to when their stock starts getting into the models with slop buttons.

        • Nalivai@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          2 days ago

          Less than one percent of the keyboard being less-then-useful, that you can even make useful with some effort, is hardly a dealbreaker, it doesn’t even rises in severity to “bad” let alone “very bad”

          • msage@programming.devEnglish
            1·
            1 day ago

            Dunno about you, but I use every key on larger layouts, so this is definitely a hard no for me.

            As long as there are other options, this is a straight up downgrade for no benefit. So absolutely no.

            • Nalivai@lemmy.worldEnglish
              11·
              6 hours ago

              I also use 100% of whatever I have. It’s just I don’t get how reducing it by less than 1% is a dealbreaker. It’s weird to me how sometimes people are hung up on some minor issue