How can I disable shift (or any modifier) for some keys but not for others?

Question

I have a bad habit of using right shift to write quotes (""). See, I just did it right there.

I'd like to disable the specific combination of R_SHIFT+" so I'm forced to use the left shift.

Does anyone know how to do this?

I think I'll eventually expand this to all of the keys on the right side of the keyboard too.

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 11 '18 at 15:51

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You will have to edit your ~/.config/karabiner/karabiner.json file and simply define a:

"from": { "key_code": "quote",
          "modifiers":{ "mandatory": ["right_shift"] } },
  "to":[ {"key_code": "vk_none"} ],
"type":   "basic"

manipulator.
See how to use K-E's event definitions at Karabiner-Elements' Reference Manual page.

answered Dec 11 '18 at 15:51

clemsam lang

Great! Now is this extensible easily (without having to copy and paste it? Like can I do this: `"from": { "key_code": "quote", "colon", "period", "questionmark"...` – Adhi R. Dec 12 '18 at 19:18
Not the way you propose it here. If you want to exclude some other "right_shift" combinations you'll indeed have to copy, paste and adapt above code - making a manipulator for each one. . . . . . If you want _NO combination with "right_shift"_ to work you'd rather do: `"from": {"key_code": "right_shift"}, "to":[{"key_code": "vk_none"}], "type": "basic"` . . . . . If, on the other hand, you'd want to "keep" just very few combinations, you'd just define those in front of this "general" solution in your karabiner.json file. – clemsam lang Dec 13 '18 at 07:40
Gotcha, yea I'm blocking a lot of keys on the right side of the keyboard that way, so it would have been nice. But this way works like a charm, thanks so much! – Adhi R. Dec 13 '18 at 14:54

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