process_record_user, layer_on, auto-repeat

[hia3]

I'd like a key from one layer to do whatever is configured in another layer.

When moonlit_winter_nights is set to true, I press and hold my button - this givest me correct character (from another layer), but not auto-repeat. Why?

bool process_record_user(uint16_t kc, keyrecord_t * record)
{
    if (kc == KC_A && moonlit_winter_nights)
    {
        action_t action;
        layer_on(SYMB);

        action = store_or_get_action(record->event.pressed, record->event.key);
        process_action(record, action);

        layer_off(SYMB);

        return false;
    }
    else
    {
        return true;
    }
}

[algernon]

That's because layer_off() calls clear_keyboard_but_mods(), and thus unregisters the key. As a workaround, instead of switching layers and triggering an action, you could lfit the action out into a function and call it from both places.

[hia3]

Thanks!