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The Single Key category lets you assign any individual keystroke to a MinimalPad key. This covers the full range of keys you’d find on a standard keyboard — letters, numbers, function keys, navigation keys, and more.

Assign a single key

1

Open Studio and connect your MinimalPad

Go to studio.minimalmacropad.com in Chrome or Edge, then connect via USB or Bluetooth.
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Click the key you want to assign

Click any key on the on-screen layout. The action picker opens on the right.
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Choose the Single Key category

Select Single Key from the action category picker.
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Select a key

Browse or search for the key you want to assign and select it.
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Click Assign

The key is applied immediately so you can test it right away.
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Save your changes

Click Save to write the assignment to your MinimalPad’s flash memory.

Available key types

Letters A through Z. Output follows your OS keyboard layout — see the note below. Numbers 0 through 9. Symbols Characters like !, @, #, $, %, ^, &, *, (, ), -, =, [, ], \, ;, ', ,, ., /. Actual output depends on your OS keyboard layout setting. Function keys F1 through F24. Navigation keys Arrow keys (Up, Down, Left, Right), Home, End, Page Up, Page Down. Control keys Escape, Enter, Tab, Backspace, Delete, Space, Insert. Lock keys Caps Lock, Scroll Lock, Num Lock. System keys Print Screen, Pause/Break. Modifier keys (standalone) Shift, Ctrl, Alt/Option, Cmd/Win (GUI). Assigning a modifier as a standalone key sends that modifier alone when pressed.
Key output depends on your operating system’s keyboard layout setting. If your OS is configured for a non-US layout (such as AZERTY, QWERTZ, or a regional variant), symbol and letter keys may produce different characters than the labels suggest. MinimalPad sends hardware key codes — the OS layout determines what character appears on screen.
Combine Single Key assignments with layers to give the same physical key a different function depending on context — for example, an arrow key on one layer and a function key on another. See Layers to learn how.