Feature request: tap-hold-(press|release) with separate action on timeout

[jtroo]

KMonad has a feature where if the equivalent of tap-hold-press or tap-hold-release times out without another key being used, it activates yet another action (different from the tap action or the hold action).

This could be added to kanata, but I personally don't have a use case for it, and I'm unsure how useful this would be. Feel free to add a comment to help gauge interest.

Aside: is there a way to get Github notifications when people add emoji reactions instead of commenting on the thread?

Edit: apparently not yet
community/community#5911
isaacs/github#631

[gerhard-h]

Originaly the hold action for letter v was }
but than I needed another convinient layer key so my idea was to
make letter v a layer while held key. But when I don't press any other button before release print }
I tried
(tap-hold 140 140 v (tap-hold-press 200 5000 @} @layerxyz)) but it didn't feel good.
I would feel much better if the @} would be triggert after a time out even without v being released

[jtroo]

Implemented in #315, did some basic testing and seems to work. Surprisingly (maybe it shouldn't be?) not that hard to add 🙂

[gerhard-h]

also tested my use case (tap-hold-press-timeout 1 500 v @layerxyz @} ) works and the syntax is simple.