Swapping what the shift key does to a single key!

[PeterDeKeer]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.80.1

Installation method

PowerToys auto-update

Running as admin

Yes

Area(s) with issue?

Keyboard Manager

Steps to reproduce

I have a Belgian keyboard where the key above the A gives me normally &.
But I want the 1 to be show (wich is activated by pushing the same key but with shift

I try to set this up as folluws in the application

✔️ Expected Behavior

Swapping what the shift key does to this one key:
without: 1
with: &

❌ Actual Behavior

Either way i use my key (with or without shift):
without: &
with: &

Other Software

No response

[Jay-o-Way]

I find it very strange to see the "normal" character is the ampersand and not the number. I would expect this to be the other way around. I assume this applies to all the number keys then? Could it be a setting maybe? Similar to theFn key

[PeterDeKeer]

I have an AZERTY keyboard layout

I want to use the 1 without using shift.

[jean-tissot]

Hello,
I think that this behaviour comes from the fact that key remappings and shortcut remappings are handled separately (for performance ?) : when you press 1 the key remapping transforms the key event into the shortcut "shift + 1", then the shortcut remapping transforms this shortcut back to the 1 key (which is interpreted as a & with an AZERTY layout)

I know that this doesn't solve this issue, but I think that the solution to your problem is not to remap all number keys using Powertoys (you would also need to remap "shift right + 1" to 1). I think it would be more efficient to use Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator to generate a custom keyboard layout from the AZERTY layout.