Keyboard Remapping
MX Keys is ALMOST the perfect keyboard, but the Logitech Options software has managed to snuff out that glory with its lack of, ironically, options. I downloaded this beta hoping that Logitech would finally allow us to remap the full keyboard, but what I found was some glossy re-skinned nonsense developed for the unwashed masses.
Without the ability to remap the full keyboard, Logitech Options is a borderline useless app for me. Your competitors like Razer let me remap keys, apps like Sharp Keys or Better Touch Tool let me remap keys, and the exploding market of QMK keyboards let me remap keys. Why Logitech insists on treating me like a child feels frustrating and insulting, particularly while using the "Professional" line of MX products. Anytime I have to see the Logitech logo now, I just sigh with dejection and know that my morning is about to be ruined.
I've been using Logitech products almost exclusively since the mid 90's, and I feel a bit nostalgic about Logitech as a brand. Sadly, I fear that an end of an era is upon us, as I am almost certainly going to drop Logitech products as a viable technology solution the moment I find a keyboard that has both the build quality of MX Keys and the freedom of full keyboard remapping.
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Andrew Hill commented
In a corporate environment (where I don't have admin rights), I cannot install a custom registry patch or random key mapping software to achieve this. But I can install Logitech Options+ because Logitech are approved by IT.
It's super frustrating switching from my home PC (where Caps Lock is Esc, and other key bindings are straight forward) to work PC (where I'm regularly ACCIDENTALLY ENABLING CAPSLOCK).
Even if Logitech want to keep Options+ fairly clean of excessive settings, there's a few keys beyond the F-row that people regularly customise. We should at least be able to adjust those:
- Caps Lock, Num Lock
- the left/right modifiers (Ctrl, Alt, Start, Fn)Also the Fn-modified F keys should be mappable along-side the regular remapping already available.
If you change F2 from "Brightness Up" to plain old F2, it'd be great if you could invert the Fn-F2 behaviour so you don't lose access to "Brightness Up". I like to keep a few F keys "normal" where programs use them a lot, but it'd be nice not to lose the alternate media/hardware shortcut key entirely.