possible issue with a weirdly persistant but invisible (?) config

[Axel Bock]

hi group, i was using a windows keyboard (german layout) on my mac, and i swapped the positions of the two keys: grave_accent_and_tilde and non_us_backslash.

now i have a "proper" mac keyboard again, and weirdly the change stayed persistent – but i don't see it in the elements config any longer. i _REMEMBER_ i  did the change, i remember googling for how to, etc. i KNOW i did this.

uninstalling karabiner resolves it. re-installing will re-enable the change.

i have now - again - re-swapped the keys, and they are now at the positions you expect them to be.

this is so weird. anybody any ideas?

what i can reconstruct:

- plug in the windows keyboard

- make all the changes

- unplug the keyboard again, plug in mac keyboard

- weird situation, keys still swapped but nothing visible in UI

- also nothing visible in config file.

thanks for any help!

axel.

[Axel Bock]

ps.: here's my current config, which "swaps" the keys - but it really swaps them back to their original positions. (run through prettify or so to see the actual config - way too long in it's perfectly readable form)

{"global":{"check_for_updates_on_startup":true,"show_in_menu_bar":true,"show_profile_name_in_menu_bar":false,"unsafe_ui":false},"profiles":[{"complex_modifications":{"parameters":{"basic.simultaneous_threshold_milliseconds":50,"basic.to_delayed_action_delay_milliseconds":500,"basic.to_if_alone_timeout_milliseconds":1000,"basic.to_if_held_down_threshold_milliseconds":500,"mouse_motion_to_scroll.speed":100},"rules":[]},"devices":[{"disable_built_in_keyboard_if_exists":false,"fn_function_keys":[],"identifiers":{"is_keyboard":true,"is_pointing_device":false,"product_id":592,"vendor_id":1452},"ignore":false,"manipulate_caps_lock_led":true,"simple_modifications":[],"treat_as_built_in_keyboard":false},{"disable_built_in_keyboard_if_exists":false,"fn_function_keys":[],"identifiers":{"is_keyboard":true,"is_pointing_device":false,"product_id":50475,"vendor_id":1133},"ignore":false,"manipulate_caps_lock_led":true,"simple_modifications":[],"treat_as_built_in_keyboard":false},{"disable_built_in_keyboard_if_exists":false,"fn_function_keys":[],"identifiers":{"is_keyboard":false,"is_pointing_device":true,"product_id":50475,"vendor_id":1133},"ignore":true,"manipulate_caps_lock_led":false,"simple_modifications":[],"treat_as_built_in_keyboard":false}],"fn_function_keys":[{"from":{"key_code":"f1"},"to":[{"consumer_key_code":"display_brightness_decrement"}]},{"from":{"key_code":"f2"},"to":[{"consumer_key_code":"display_brightness_increment"}]},{"from":{"key_code":"f3"},"to":[{"apple_vendor_keyboard_key_code":"mission_control"}]},{"from":{"key_code":"f4"},"to":[{"apple_vendor_keyboard_key_code":"spotlight"}]},{"from":{"key_code":"f5"},"to":[{"consumer_key_code":"dictation"}]},{"from":{"key_code":"f6"},"to":[{"key_code":"f6"}]},{"from":{"key_code":"f7"},"to":[{"consumer_key_code":"rewind"}]},{"from":{"key_code":"f8"},"to":[{"consumer_key_code":"play_or_pause"}]},{"from":{"key_code":"f9"},"to":[{"consumer_key_code":"fast_forward"}]},{"from":{"key_code":"f10"},"to":[{"consumer_key_code":"mute"}]},{"from":{"key_code":"f11"},"to":[{"consumer_key_code":"volume_decrement"}]},{"from":{"key_code":"f12"},"to":[{"consumer_key_code":"volume_increment"}]}],"name":"Default profile","parameters":{"delay_milliseconds_before_open_device":1000},"selected":true,"simple_modifications":[{"from":{"key_code":"grave_accent_and_tilde"},"to":[{"key_code":"non_us_backslash"}]},{"from":{"key_code":"non_us_backslash"},"to":[{"key_code":"grave_accent_and_tilde"}]}],"virtual_hid_keyboard":{"country_code":0,"indicate_sticky_modifier_keys_state":true,"mouse_key_xy_scale":100}}]}