“Suggestion: Round-robin Key Repeat (AS → ASASAS instead of AASSSS)”

[livid laurel]

Hello Wooting team,

I would like to request a new feature often called “Kkook-board” in Korea.
Other keyboards (such as Hansung Magnitox, Dareu, Genesis 8K, etc.) already provide this function, and it gives a huge advantage in certain games.

Currently, when holding down multiple keys (e.g., A + S), most keyboards will only repeat one key, producing something like assssssss.
With the Kkook-board style feature, the output alternates between the keys, resulting in asasasas.

This is extremely useful in games where alternating inputs are important, and having this feature on Wooting keyboards would be a massive benefit.
If Wooting could combine Multi-key Alternating Repeat with Rapid Trigger, the result would be unmatched responsiveness and a significant competitive edge in gameplay.

I hope this can be considered and implemented soon.

Thank you!

[forest glade]

the output you describe for our keyboard is in a textbox or notepad or something?

[livid laurel]

Yes, the example I gave (asasasas) was shown in a text box / notepad to demonstrate the behavior clearly.
The main benefit is in games where alternating inputs matter, but the feature should also work in any text field (like notepad) to show it’s functioning properly.

[forest glade]

ok so this is smth we actually dont implement at all not even the current key repeat cause its something the OS does itself.

Our keyboard just tells the os when a key got pressed and when its released.

or well thats how all keyboards should work in a normal use case

the repeat you explain is in theory a macro more than it is key repeat really

did you fill out the macro survey we had open a short while ago?

[livid laurel]

It’s not a macro. On other keyboards like Genesis8K, this is done by adjusting a simple firmware setting called “press time (ms)”.
By changing that debounce/repeat timing, the keyboard itself alternates the output (asasasas) when two keys are held, instead of letting the OS handle normal repeat.

[forest glade]

i say its basically a macro cause its a keyboard automating input for you. key repeat is normally handled in OS so games using raw input APIs can just rely on the keyboard reporting when a key goes down and when it goes up aka press or release.

and the reason i asked for macro survey is that we want to spin some common but simple uses of macros into dedicated advanced keys

which would also fit here

[livid laurel]

I understand your point, but this feature is actually much simpler than a macro.
On keyboards like the Genesis8K, you can see in the device manager that it’s just a firmware setting (press time in ms).
I recorded a short video showing it in Notepad: when I change the value, the output switches between assss and asasas.
So it’s not an advanced macro, but just an alternate repeat logic at firmware level, which is very simple to implement.

[forest glade]

that we want to spin some common but simple uses of macros into dedicated advanced keys nowhere did i mention its any advanced macro

but it is a macro by the definition of what macros are

anyway point is just that it would have been nice to be submitted in the macro survey none the less