Lock Screen Complex Modification

README.md

Karabiner Elements - Lock Screen Complex Modification

This allows you to do Cmd+Shift+X at any time to trigger a screen lock.

You can actually do this natively by setting up an Automator script, but that won't work in programs that manually bind to that key combination (e.g. Slack, for strikethrough).

(Doing it with Karabiner Elements will override any existing keybind.)

How to install

Add to ~/.config/karabiner/assets/complex_modifications.

See https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/json.html for more info.

cmd-shift-x.karabiner.json

{
  "title": "Lock Screen",
  "rules": [
    {
      "description": "Cmd+Shift+X to Lock Screen",
      "manipulators": [
        {
          "type": "basic",
          "from": {
            "key_code": "x",
            "modifiers": {
              "mandatory": [
                "command",
                "shift"
              ]
            }
          },
          "to": [
            {
              "key_code": "q",
              "modifiers": [
                "left_control",
                "left_command"
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}