keyboard
I've seen this option in one Ubuntu machine and I want to replicate it in my mac:
Hold a Key for 2 second to activate it.
What I have seen is this:
Hold down a Key for 2 second (Shift for example).
Then write something and the written text was as if the Shift key is pressed (and it acts like the Caps Lock pressed).
Then the key is pressed one time to deactivate it.
Is it possible to achieve this on a mac too?
You can't turn off the "key lock" functionality (last checked on OS X 10.8.2). You can however install KeyRemap4MacBook, which allows you to make modifier keys sticky without this "key lock".
It seems (only) the input source "French - Numerical" will behave like Window Caps Lock (with iNVERSE sHIFT):
Found that info here.
But note that this will come with a rather unusual keyboard layout (at least for me).
Thanks Daniel for pointing the right direction.
Open Ukelele and save your (current) layout to a file (e.g. by "New from current input source" and "Save"):
Open the .xml file in a text editor and find the mapIndex that you want to use for the combination ⇧ + ⇪ (shift + caps-lock). For German I used mapIndex="0". Insert this line:
<modifier keys="shift caps"/>
Find all other occurrences of this combination and comment them out (or delete the lines). Again for German it's:
<keyMapSelect mapIndex="1">
<modifier keys="anyShift"/>
<modifier keys="shift rightShift? caps? rightOption? rightControl"/>
<modifier keys="shift rightShift? caps? rightOption rightControl?"/>
<!--<modifier keys="shift rightShift? caps rightOption? rightControl?"/> -->
</keyMapSelect>
Re-open the modified file with Ukelele.
Here is a comparison of the "German" layout before and after the modification:
Follow the instructions in Ukelele to create a new input source (Name, ID, installation).
I didn't test the modified file, should work though.
Best Answer
This function is called sticky keys. You can activate as follows on a Mac:
stickyin the search bar and hit enter.Enable sticky keys.OR
Accessibility.Keyboard.Enable sticky keys.