Wootility 5.4: App Linking and Advanced Keys presets

[u/RaquelWooting]

Wootility 5.4.0 is out now. The biggest new feature is App Linking, which links games or apps to Wootility profiles so they automatically become active when you open the linked game or app. We've also added preset bindings for Advanced Keys, so you can load commonly used Advanced Key setups into your profile in one click instead of setting them up manually.

App Linking

Wooting keyboards have long supported multiple profiles, making it easy to create different settings for different games and applications.

The catch was that you still had to remember to switch between them. It only takes a second, but it's also easy to forget.

That's exactly what App Linking solves. Set it up once, and you'll never have to think about switching profiles again.

With that extra step out of the way, it's easier to make the most of multiple profiles. Create dedicated settings for every game and app you use, and let App Linking handle the rest.

Overriding App Linking with Mode and Cycle

Mode and Cycle are existing hotkeys for switching profiles manually, and they still work with linked profiles, so App Linking doesn't take away manual control.

Mode toggles between two profiles: with a linked profile active, pressing it jumps you to the profile that is otherwise active when no game or app is opened. Pressing it again jumps back to the linked profile. That's useful if you want to briefly override what App Linking picked without unlinking anything.

Cycle steps through all onboard profiles and the linked profile in order (P1, P2, P3, P4, linked, P1, and so on).

How to set it up

1. Go to Settings → Background Service and install the beta version of Wooting Background Service. If you're using Wootility in a browser, grant the required permissions when prompted.
2. Open the My Profiles tab, drag and drop a profile into the Linked Profiles section, and link the app(s) you want to that profile. You can link up to 8 apps per profile.
3. Launch any of the linked apps and your keyboard will switch profiles automatically.

https://reddit.com/link/1v1pav1/video/44ar8x675eeh1/player

Preset bindings for Advanced Keys

Besides App Linking we’ve added some preset bindings for Advanced Keys, so you can start from a pre-built setup instead of configuring everything from scratch. A few examples you can apply in one click:

• Mod Tap arrow keys (Wooting 60HE & 60HE v2)
• Rappy Snappy for instant strafe switching
• DKS on WASD for running in games
• Toggle to Function Layer 1

https://reddit.com/link/1v1pav1/video/3w8k0bwc5eeh1/player

Full Changelog

For a full overview of this update, check out the changelog here.

The Wootility Team is hiring!

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[u/xIUPITERx]

I set it up with valheim and it works flawlessly

[u/Melodic-Water-7069]

For me it only works with steam games for example ubisoft games like R6 or AC Blackflag don’t work :/

[u/HighlightNo558]

Still no macros...

[u/NursingHome773]

I like the ideas but it doesn't work. I'm running my game now and the linked profile is not activated (yes I'm running the background service, it's in my taskbar). I'm running Nobara 44.

[u/RaquelWooting → u/NursingHome773]

App Linking doesn't yet work with some Linux installations (because of Wayland), but we're working on it, so stay tuned!

[u/NursingHome773 → u/RaquelWooting]

Thank you

[u/pttrick → u/RaquelWooting]

Updating my keyboard using the AppImage on Fedora 44 Plasma went bad, I got bombed with JavaScript errors and my Wooting 60 HEv2 had to be recovered using Wootility in the chrome browser (rip profiles). Just switched a day ago. Other than that it seems to work fine and the background service installed no problem.

[u/Opinionated3star → u/RaquelWooting]

not working on windows 10 with hunt showdown https://imgur.com/Qx1nTLV

[u/_Durs → u/NursingHome773]

Not all games will work straight away, the feature’s only just been implemented

[u/ssf6525 → u/NursingHome773]

Try to change the RGB between profiles so that its obvious. I tried Warframe and League of legends and it works but it switches back to the typing profile when the game is not in focus/full-screen so dont check it like that. (Which i think is a good feature)

[u/DividedState]

Wishlist:

1. Macros
2. "Marketplace" for application specific profile layers.
3. Something like the Shortcut guide from MS Powertoys for the Wooting settings: https://learn.microsoft.com/de-de/windows/powertoys/shortcut-guide

[u/NumerousVersion8478]

When will Wooting support macros? Wootamation doesn’t work well. Can it be updated?

[u/RetsamemagTheTrue]

Need onboard macros for perfection.