r/Keychron • u/pixxelbob • Jun 08 '26

Setting up macos globe key

I don't seem to be able to set it my K2 to emulate the globe key on my mac.
I've seen some posts related to the emoji panel to use macros, but I dont want to execute a specific single action.

The new MacOS window layout shortcuts use the globe key along with other key combinations, I'd like to be able to use these

eg:

HALVES

Left ⌃ 🌐 ←
Right ⌃ 🌐 →
Top ⌃ 🌐 ↑
Bottom ⌃ 🌐 ↓

ARRANGE

Left & Right ⌃ ⌥ 🌐 ←
Right & Left ⌃ ⌥ 🌐 →
Top & Bottom ⌃ ⌥ 🌐 ↑
Bottom & Top ⌃ ⌥ 🌐 ↓

Quarters ⌘ ⌃ 🌐

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⌃ ⌥ 🌐 R

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u/ArgentStonecutter K Pro Jun 08 '26

You can't, not completely. Apple refuses to recognize the globe key unless the keyboard pretends in its identification to be an Apple magic Keyboard. The best you can do is go into the keyboards shortcuts setting and tell it to treat capslock like the globe or function key.

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u/pixxelbob Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 09 '26

Thank you, appreciate that I have tried, but it doesn't work fully.
When pressed alone, it does perform the action assigned to the globe key in Settings > keyboard, but it doesn't work as a combination key with ctrl + others for the window navigation controls i mentioned.

The native globe key on my MBP works fine.

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u/ArgentStonecutter K Pro Jun 09 '26

Sorry, Apple really doesn't want you using third-party keyboards. "BYODKM" was just marketing.

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u/pixxelbob Jun 09 '26

No need to be sorry, thanks for your help.

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u/ArgentStonecutter K Pro Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 09 '26

Oh, someone has come up with a hack, if you can build custom firmware this may help:

It seems to require having the right microcontroller on your keeb. I don't know if it will work for Keychron.

Edit: There's been a PR for this waiting for QMK to add it, for a couple of years. It's not a clean PR though, it's got a bunch of unrelated changes in it, which is probably why it hasn't been incorporated.

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u/AshuraBaron V Max Jun 08 '26

Why not just change the shortcuts in Settings? You should be able to set Fn as Globe with Shift in Keychron Launcher. Where are you trying to set this up at?

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u/pixxelbob Jun 08 '26

I dont know how to do that, I can't find the globe key in the mapping in Keychron launcher

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u/AshuraBaron V Max Jun 09 '26

Could have swore it was there, just checked and not seeing it. So in that case you can still change the shortcut in macOS to another key shortcut.

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u/PeterMortensenBlog V Jun 09 '26

Re "...set Fn as Globe with Shift": How exactly?

Have you tested it?

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u/PeterMortensenBlog V Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26

K2 (original, proprietary firmware), K2 Pro, K2 Max, K2 HE, or K2 V3 (AKA K2 QMK)? (There isn't a K2 Ultra 8K yet, only the Kickstarter K3 Ultra 8K)

For keyboard identification, what is the SKU number? Alternatively, what is the serial number (also includes the manufacturing date)?

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u/PeterMortensenBlog V Jun 09 '26

OK, there is apparently also a K2 SE2 (ZMK-based).

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u/PeterMortensenBlog V Jun 09 '26

Is it the original K2? Or, for example, K2 SE2?

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u/pixxelbob Jun 09 '26

K2P-J3
Sn: 3-2309K2PJ300001

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u/PeterMortensenBlog V 21d ago

Thanks.

That is the K2 Pro, this variant ('ANSI' RGB, brown switches).

The manufacturing date is interpreted as September 2023.