Anyone find a way to have the keyboard backlight controls work for the keypad also? I know you can use the enter key with num lock off but thought it would just be a nice option to control both at once.
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You can do it, but it will require compiling firmware, and you’ll have to be able to write some code.
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Basically this is correct.
Is this a linux specific issue? i.e. if someone had the numpad module installed and windows as an OS, does fn + {Spacebar} simultaneously control the numpad brightness?
It’s not a linux issue. Hotkeys such as Fn+Space are independent from the OS. It’s handled entirely within the keyboard itself. But the keyboard does not pass commands to other modules, such as a numpad or macropad. At least the default firmware doesn’t. Standard USB HID devices such as keyboards don’t have a proper way to do it without involving the OS. As I mentioned, there is a slightly hacky way to accomplish it in qmk, but it requires compiling firmware, and being able to write some code.
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