Broken+ Keyboard

[kaber2]

Hello,

my+ macbook+ keyboard+ suddenly+ started+ inserting+ a+ plus+ sign+ in+ front+ of+ every+ space+.+ This+ appears+ to+ be+ a +more+ or+ less+ common+ problem,+ and+ I+ was+ wondering+ if+ keyd+ is+ capable+ of+ mapping+ "+ "+ to+ just+ a+ single+ whitespace.+

Thanks+ and+ sorry+ for+ the+ weird+ formatting+ :)

[rvaiya]

What is the output of keyd monitor -t when you hit space?

Something like:

[shift]

= = timeout(noop, 20, +)

might fix the problem if the phantom = press is released spontaneously. But really you should get another keyboard ;).

[kaber2]

Thanks for your response, I will give that a try.

keyd monitor -t

+3448 ms Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad 05ac:027f ] down
+0 ms Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad 05ac:027f space down
+56 ms Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad 05ac:027f ] up
+0 ms Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad 05ac:027f space up

[kaber2]

[main]

] = timeout(noop, 100, ])

Seems to mostly solve the issue. No idea why ] is displayed as a plus sign, but except for some occasional plus-signs still appearing and a bit of lag when actually hitting "+", things work fine again.

Thanks!

[kaber2]

I have a few weird new effects since running keyd, the "ä" key (german umlaut) now also inserts a carriage return, the other umlauts behave normally. The arrow down key inserts a "ü", another german umlaut. Any idea what might be cauüsing this?

• ä:

+663 ms keyd virtual keyboard   0fac:0ade       enter down
+0 ms   keyd virtual keyboard   0fac:0ade       ' down
+105 ms keyd virtual keyboard   0fac:0ade       enter up
+0 ms   keyd virtual keyboard   0fac:0ade       ' up

• arrow down:

+1054 ms        keyd virtual keyboard   0fac:0ade       down down
+8 ms   keyd virtual keyboard   0fac:0ade       [ down
+76 ms  keyd virtual keyboard   0fac:0ade       down up
+0 ms   keyd virtual keyboard   0fac:0ade       [ up