[KBM] Exporting and loading Key remap file / presets

[01271]

Summary of the new feature/enhancement

A feature that allows groups of remapped keys to be activated or deactivated quickly.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

I would like to either have a save and load button that allows me to save the remapped keys to a file and then load them back in.
OR to have several groups of keys that can be remapped and then have those groups be toggleable like this:

[saahmedm]

hi @01271 great idea! and thank you for the visual as well, we're actually tracking creating profiles in: #1881

once we incorporate profiles, you'll be able to load/save/share specific profiles!

Closing as duplicate

[saahmedm]

Reopening this issue to focus on export/sharing presets. Other issue will track creation of profiles

[pratyushtewari]

After my SSD reset, I needed to remake all the shortcuts in the powertoys. It will be very useful to export and import powertoys settings.

[crutkas]

we need specs for this. This is more than just import / export, this is fast toggling of groups

[jaromil]

I believe this to be a very useful and basic feature: to export/import configurations in a text file. It makes it possible to backup/recover as well to distribute the same setup across different machines (just like with .dotfiles) This issue is also related #18769

[AJolly]

Can we update the documentation to reflect the current settings location? I had no idea that KBM already supports this, and had to spend a large amount of time hunting through github to find this info.

IE - the FancyZones doc (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/fancyzones) says

"The settings for your custom zone layouts are saved in the file %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\PowerToys\FancyZones\custom-layouts.json. This file can be manually changed to tweak zones, and exported to share layouts across devices. "

Most of what people are looking for with an export/import option is the %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\PowerToys\Keyboard Manager\default.json file.

Example script to load a profile win.json.
From: #1881 (comment)

$ErrorActionPreference = 'SilentlyContinue' cd $HOME cd '.\AppData\Local\Microsoft\PowerToys\Keyboard Manager' cp win.json default.json taskkill /F /IM PowerToys.KeyboardManagerEngine.exe & 'C:\Program Files\PowerToys\modules\KeyboardManager\KeyboardManagerEngine\PowerToys.KeyboardManagerEngine.exe'

[crutkas]

For the pending release, we will have import / export built in. I believe this will solve this ask

[jaromil]

For the pending release, we will have import / export built in. I believe this will solve this ask

Great to hear!! Please think of terminal users and automated setups.... import/export should be possible by copying a file in place, not just from a graphical interface.

[fhtdtdj]

+1, different saved profiles would be very useful for switching between different applications...
Any update? Thanks!

[marypcbuk]

is this the right issue to come beg for an easy interface to backup just keyboard mappings (well, shortcut settings, which I am much more likely to want to transfer to another PC than other PowerToys settings that might be specific to one PC)