Using Karabiner to let me press CMD+Return/Enter/Shift to edit cells in MacOS Excel 2016+

Excel-karabiner.md

Shortcuts that I overrode for Excel:

• Editing a cell is now CMD + Return/Enter/Shift (used to be Option + U or F2)

Setup:

1. Install Karabiner-Elements
2. Set everything up properly
3. Go to your terminal and run cd ~/.config/karabiner/assets/complex_modifications && touch excel.json
4. Copy and paste everything from the json content below into excel.json
5. Go to Karabiner-Elements > Complex Modifications > Import Rule then enable the Excel rule thingy

karabiner.json

{
    "title": "Mac Excel Commands Built-In Override Shortcuts",
    "rules": [
        {
            "description": "Change cmd+enter to fn+f2 for excel edit cell",
            "manipulators": [
                {
                    "type": "basic",
                    "from": {
                        "key_code": "return_or_enter",
                        "modifiers": {
                            "mandatory": ["command"]
                        }
                    },
                    "to": [
                        {"key_code": "f2"},
                        {"apple_vendor_top_case_key_code": "keyboard_fn"}
                    ],
                    "conditions": [
                        {
                            "type": "frontmost_application_if",
                            "bundle_identifiers": ["com.microsoft.Excel"]
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "type": "basic",
                    "from": {
                        "key_code": "right_shift",
                        "modifiers": {
                            "mandatory": ["command"]
                        }
                    },
                    "to": [
                        {"key_code": "f2"},
                        {"apple_vendor_top_case_key_code": "keyboard_fn"}
                    ],
                    "conditions": [
                        {
                            "type": "frontmost_application_if",
                            "bundle_identifiers": ["com.microsoft.Excel"]
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "type": "basic",
                    "from": {
                        "key_code": "left_shift",
                        "modifiers": {
                            "mandatory": ["command"]
                        }
                    },
                    "to": [
                        {"key_code": "f2"},
                        {"apple_vendor_top_case_key_code": "keyboard_fn"}
                    ],
                    "conditions": [
                        {
                            "type": "frontmost_application_if",
                            "bundle_identifiers": ["com.microsoft.Excel"]
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}