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by samwillis 1571 days ago
I map that key (without Cmd) to Escape on my Touch Bar MacBook... The best, yet should be unnecessary, key map tweak.
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I can't recommend BetterTouchTool enough for touch bars. You can setup custom buttons, gestures, widgets, etc.

On mine I do: - A button to show desktop at the top left, so I can tap it, start dragging something, and tap again to drag things into windows

- some common function keys for editing

- links to work webpages and note files I use frequently

- Some shortcuts to system stuff: play/pause media, silence notifications, take a screen shot, etc.

- swiping with 2 fingers controls volume, 3 for screen brightness, 4 for keyboard backlight.

All of these have become second nature, and turned the touchbar from a nuisance to disappointment future macbooks won't have them anymore.

Obviously it still may not be useful to you, but it might be worth trying the demo as long as you're stuck with it for now.

https://folivora.ai/

I did that on my old TouchBar Mac too, life saving. As soon as they brought out one with an escape key I replaced it. And again when the new ones came out with no TouchBar at all. What a farce the TouchBar was.