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Feature request #340: REQUEST: Use volume keys on Apple Keyboards to control iTunes Volume

Kind feature request
Product Synergy
When Created , updated
Status open
Reporter bugzilla user 282
Tags no tags

Description

Background: I use digital audio out on my iMac G5. This disables the system volume control. Mute works but volume control is left up to the receiver.

Problem: This means that the volume keys are now useless for me. They don't do anything.

Suggested Solution: It would be really really nice if I could assign these keys (Volume Up & Volume Down) to control iTunes Volume. Synergy already controls iTunes well but it lacks the ability to uses these two keys as Hot Keys. I'd imagine there's a technical hurdle since I haven't found any program (Quicksilver, Full Key Codes, etc..) that will allow me to assign them. I'm hopeful that it isn't difficult to implement.

I use an Apple BlueTooth Keyboard.

If you can't implement this feature please let me know so I won't wait or resubmit. If you're going to implement it in Synergy Advance instead please let me know so I can buy that instead. If you need me to test I'd be happy to. Thanks, Ed.

Comments

  1. Greg Hurrell

    Thanks very much for submitting the feature request. Unfortunately, to my knowledge there's no way to implement this kind of thing without hacking the OS.

    I too have an Apple Bluetooth Keyboard, as well as a normal Apple Pro Keyboard (USB), and on both of them there are some keys that can never be assigned to hot keys because the system appears to be intercepting them before they are ever passed on to applications. Same thing happens on PowerBook keyboards. For example, on my keyboard, these special keys include the volume up, down and mute keys; the eject key; and some function keys.

    In the case of the intercepted function keys (ones like F14 and F15 which are used to control LCD brightness), the application only "sees" them if the user is holding down a modifier key as well (such as Shift, Control, Command etc). As far as I know there is no way to get around this limitation because it's happening at the OS level. Hacking the OS (perhaps with a kernel module) is something way out of my area of expertise.

    But let's leave this feature request open and if any more information becomes available we can look into it.

  2. Greg Hurrell

    Changing assignment to reflect my new email address.

    https://wincent.dev/a/news/archives/2006/05/change_of_email.php

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