Autotype special keys like ctrl or command are not working on macos

[MmAtBosch]

Overview

I want to use special keys like ctrl or command to do shortcuts like ctrl+a or command+l to navigate inside of my browser using autotype.
In Keepass on Windows i just used "^l" for example to go to my adress bar.

Sadly this seems not work in KeepassXC on Macos even it´s document here:

A complete list of supported actions and placeholders can be found at KeePass Auto-Type Action Codes and KeePass Placeholders

https://keepass.info/help/base/autotype.html#autoseq

Steps to Reproduce

1. Just create an entry and edit the autotype sequence to: %l
2. and execute the autotype inside your browser(chrome in my case, but shouldn´t mater)

Expected Behavior

In my understanding this should result in alt+l meaning command+l in macos and focusing to adress bar.

Actual Behavior

it is simply typing %l

Context

Using macOS BigSur

KeePassXC - 2.6.6
Revision: 386b79a

Operating System: macOS

[droidmonkey]

Feature will be in 2.7.0, use a snapshot of develop at https://snapshot.keepassxc.org to use it now

[MmAtBosch]

awesome 🤗 thank you!

[MmAtBosch]

i just downloaded the latest 2.7 snapshot and gave it a try. sadly it doesn´t work either.
is it not implemented yet? or is there an updated documentation regarding?

[droidmonkey]

Hmmmm could be because macos switches the controls around from Linux and Windows (Cmd vs Ctrl). Might be an actual bug here!

[MmAtBosch]

let me know if i can help somehow!

[droidmonkey]

Thank you for posting this because I just found that there was a bug in general with the regular expression I used to detect these modifier keys. This prevented their use on all platforms! I also needed to fix the sending of keys on Windows, so this was overall an excellent bug fix report.

[MmAtBosch]

Thank you for posting this because I just found that there was a bug in general with the regular expression I used to detect these modifier keys. This prevented their use on all platforms! I also needed to fix the sending of keys on Windows, so this was overall an excellent bug fix report.

Glad to hear this :)
Im curious about the new version, as i´m also experience another issue in the meantime, when i´m working with my Azure VMs and trying to login there.