Yes, CAPS LOCK will normally still perform its usual function if it’s tapped twice quickly. But once you remap it for use in VMWare Fusion, it becomes non-operable in the rest of OS X. So, it appears that you can only have one or the other at this time until a workaround is determined.
Grant > On Oct 1, 2015, at 9:53:48 PM, Daniel Miller <miller...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Grant, > > I’m guessing you’d still only be able to have both, since the way apple > implemented that in 10.11 means the key would still perform it’s normal > function, regardless of whether or not you have it set as your VO modifier. > You’d still need to find a way to pass the key straight to fusion with a 3rd > party utility. > >> On Oct 1, 2015, at 11:14 PM, Grant <grant.li...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Chris, >> >> Thank you for the reply, however this doesn’t address my specific question. >> The process which many of us have been using to pass the CAPS LOCK KEY >> through to Windows for use with VMWare Fusion renders the CAPS LOCK KEY >> inoperable in the rest of OS X (e.g. outside of Windows and VMWare). So you >> can’t use it as your VO modifier key once you set this up. So, effectively, >> it seems that you can only have one or the other, but not both. I’m >> wondering if others have figured out a workaround. >> >> Best, >> >> Grant >> >>> On Oct 1, 2015, at 8:31:12 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland >>> <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Wait... you can have both. >>> >>> Look in the general category of the Voiceover utility. there's a popup >>> menu that lets you select ctrl+Option, capslock, or both. >>> >>> Chris. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grant" <grant.li...@icloud.com> >>> To: "MacVisionaries List" <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 10:42 PM >>> Subject: El Capitan and caps lock >>> >>> >>> For months now I’ve been using Seil to pass my CAPS LOCK KEY through to >>> Windows when using VMWare Fusion. This effectively disabled the CAPS LOCK >>> KEY when using OS X, but that was worth the price for me since it allowed >>> me to use Windows based screen readers with an appropriate “screen reading >>> key”. But now that OS X El Capitan has been released, with support for >>> using CAPS LOCK as your VO key, it seems a shame to only have one or the >>> other. >>> >>> Has anybody figured out a workaround? >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Grant >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
