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Remapping Left click does not work on the trackpad

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#2,157 opened on Feb 16, 2020

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Description

The code below doesn't work.

{
  "type": "basic",
  "from": {
    "pointing_button": "button1"
  },
  "to": [
    {
      "key_code": "a"
    }
  ]
}

My goal is to rebind ctrl click to command click but simply rebinding button1 isn't working at all. the rules from the import page that relates to rebinding ctrl click to disable it don't work either.

I'm on macOS mojave 10.14.6 using Karabiner Elements 12.9.0

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Research direction
Investigate why remapping left click (button1) fails on trackpad but works on mouse. Examine the event handling path for trackpad vs mouse in Karabiner Elements.
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