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• 📅 Release date
  • May 3, 2026
• 🔔 Important Notes
  • Karabiner-Core-Service now requires Accessibility permission. Please enable it in System Settings.
• ✨ New Features
  • frontmost_application_if can now detect overlay windows, such as Spotlight, using the Accessibility API.
  • variable_if now supports the following variables, making it possible to change behavior depending on whether the focused element is a text area.
    • accessibility.focused_ui_element.role_string
    • accessibility.focused_ui_element.subrole_string
    • accessibility.focused_ui_element.title_string
    • accessibility.focused_ui_element.window_position_x
    • accessibility.focused_ui_element.window_position_y
    • accessibility.focused_ui_element.window_size_height
    • accessibility.focused_ui_element.window_size_width
  • You can now generate JSON for Complex Modifications rules by writing JavaScript.
  • Added an "Add your own rule using JavaScript" button to the complex modifications viewer.
  • Added an "Open in external editor" button to the complex modifications editor.
  • Added a "Clear user variables" button to EventViewer. (Thanks to @BarakXYZ)
  • Added to.to_if_other_key_pressed.
    It's now possible to implement "Change option+tab to command+tab" in a more natural way and reliable way.
  • Added to.send_user_command.
    By using it together with an external server built with Karabiner-Elements-user-command-receiver,
    you can execute any action from Karabiner-Elements with low latency. (Thanks to @nikivdev)
  • Added to.from_event,
    allowing pressed events to be passed through as-is.
  • Added relative_to and fallback_to to software_function.set_mouse_cursor_position.
  • Added Enable CGEventTap fallback setting to Expert tab.
    Enable receiving events via CGEventTap for keyboards where IOHIDDeviceOpen fails for some reason.
  • Added Setup tab to Settings.
• 🐛 Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where modifier keys could remain stuck when physical keyboard events were missed during capture.
  • Fixed an issue where reordering in Complex Modifications and Profiles didn't work properly when dragging while scrolling.
  • Fixed an issue where variables in expressions were not properly initialized when unset.
• ⚡️ Improvements
  • Changed to call exit instead of abort to suppress crash reports when a fatal error prevents CFRunLoop from running in background processes.
  • If Accessibility permission makes Input Monitoring permission unnecessary, only Accessibility permission will be requested.