Is it possible to map ‘Ctrl+CapsLock’ to escape key in VSCode Vim?

Question

I’m using a CapsLock key as a Ctrl key and an Esc key using below command

remapCapsLockToControl() {
    xmodmap -e 'keycode 66 = Control_L'
    xmodmap -e 'clear Lock'
    xmodmap -e 'add Control = Control_L'
    echo "remapCapsLockToControl"
}

remapControlToEsc() {
    xcape -e "Control_L=Escape"
    echo "remapControlToEsc"
}

I can use a CapsLock key as an Esc key in Vim (Ubuntu 18) with these settings. But I can’t use a CapsLock key as an Escape key in VSCode vim mode. VSCode displays a message below when pressing a CapsLock key.

(Ctrl+CapsLock) was pressed. Waiting for second key …

I can’t input the Ctrl+CapsLock key to extension.vim_escape of “Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcut”. A key input window is closed when press a CapsLock key.

Solution

I found a solution to map Ctrl+CapsLock to vim_escape key.

1. Enter “Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcut” Menu (using Ctrl +Shift+P)

2. Click a extension.vim_escape item.

3. Hold the Ctrl + CapsLock key for 3+ seconds.

4. Press Enter key.

Comments

[Giacomo1968]

Excellent self-answered question!

[phuongnd]

It worked like a charm

[durka42]

I found two notes: 1) You can right click and "Add Keybinding" to keep the original as an option for vim_escape. 2) The keybinding I am trying to add is CapsLock+[ (I have caps lock mapped as control via xmodmap but VS Code seems to see through this somehow...) and holding the key combination down for a while does nothing. However, very quickly pressing CapsLock+[+Enter does the trick!

[Giacomo1968]

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[DarkDiamond]

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