randyrants
No, the Copilot key cannot be remapped, but you can workaround it!
Hi SharpKeys fans!
Sorry to report that the new Copilot key that is appearing on new PC's is not remappable by SharpKeys.
The Copilot key's scancode is a combination of Ctrl + Windows + F23 and the Windows technology the SharpKeys exposes only supports remapping an entire key and not a modified combination of the key.
PowerToys' Keyboard Manager tool is able to remap the Copilot key but that doesn't work for all apps consistently.
https://www.reddit.com/r/olkb/s/tPXmeJ0UGf
Also note:
It seems that
R Ctrl + R Shift + P works
but
R Ctrl + L Shift + P doesn't
Remapping only the F23 Key (00_6E) worked for me, although I have no idea why. Worked on a Lenovo Ideapad 5, maybe others could also try and report.
You know, that kind of makes sense. If the Copilot key sends Ctrl+Shift+F23 and you remap F23, then in theory you'd get Ctrl+Shift+NewKey. If that's okay, then it should work.
Or are you saying that the Ctrl+Shift gets removed somehow?
This reminds me of remapping the RAlt, which works as a remap for AltGr even though AltGr technically sends LCtrl+RAlt.
Well, that's an interesting twist.
Yes, it does make sense, and I just tried it on a recent Surface Laptop (Intel-based) - it works fine.
However, if there are other apps/keyboards using F23 for whatever reason, it will impact that functionality as well, so it's a mixed bag. I think it's a slam dunk on laptops, which will likely never have an F key above 12, but not for someone with that 122 key IBM Model M, which has a dedicated F23 key.
Such a keyboard won't have a Copilot key! However, I suspect you could use Ctrl+Shift+F23 to get its functionality then.