Add caps lock LED indicator

[HEX0101]

I am not sure if this issue is specific to launch firmware or the QMK keyboard configurator.
Considering that keyboard has bunch of LEDs, it would be useful if the keyboard changed color when caps lock is on.

[ganomi46]

CAPS lock led would be nice. Its always good to see if CAPS lock in on. Thx

[hiruko-san]

I would add to this and suggest something like turn the LED into a different colour when Caps Lock is On.
eg. Layer 1 LED is White, when Caps Lock is On, the LED on the Caps Lock key would turn Green.
Or when Layer1 LED is Disabled, the LED would light up in Green when Caps Lock is On.

[billpayne4x4]

It would be nice if there was a Caps Lock modifier to all the LED layers so you could set a different layer patter/color when the Caps Lock was down.

[kees-closed]

I agree, when pressing the Fn key, only the assigned function keys light up. It would be cool if the caps lock button had a functionality of switching to an alternative color when enabled in a similar fashion. But I suppose this keyboard cannot get new features. I'm guessing it's a board with hardware features, where software can just fill up some registers to map keys. I don't think a feature like this can be added now. Maybe in V2, which I'll never buy since this keyboard was already expensive enough.

[leviport]

But I suppose this keyboard cannot get new features. I'm guessing it's a board with hardware features, where software can just fill up some registers to map keys. I don't think a feature like this can be added now. Maybe in V2, which I'll never buy since this keyboard was already expensive enough.

The firmware controls everything, not just keymapping. This is probably something that could be implemented in firmware, it's just super tricky to do, since you somehow have to account for whatever color the LED was previously, and whether or not it is changing because of an animation.

The firmware is here, if anyone wants to give it a try: https://github.com/system76/qmk_firmware/

Just be careful not to brick it with a firmware flash while you tinker.

[kees-closed]

True, I wouldn't see the point in having this feature in animations. Only in static LED schemes it makes sense.

[taivlam]

Now that the Launch Heavy version has been out for a bit, I'd also like to suggest adding an LED indicator for the Num Lock key - since in the meantime I've been using the Lock Keys GNOME extension to make sure I don't have the Caps Lock on by accident or have the Num Lock key off by accident.

(Not sure how long this GNOME extension will be relevant before System76's Rust-based COSMIC DE is eventually released..)