Hi all!

I want to have an i3-mode that allows me to use letters as arrow keys ... so i wrote this and I don't know why it's only triggering very rarely.

# Cursorkeys mode
mode "cursorkeys" {
    bindsym Escape mode "default"
    bindsym u exec xdotool key Up
    bindsym e exec xdotool key Down
    bindsym n exec xdotool key Left
    bindsym i exec xdotool key Right
}
bindsym $mod F2 mode "cursorkeys"

As a comparison, this following mode to move the mouse with keys works perfectly:

# MOUSE MOVE MODE
mode "movemouse" {
    bindsym Escape mode "default"
    bindsym u exec xdotool mousemove_relative -- 0 -15
    bindsym e exec xdotool mousemove_relative -- 0 15
    bindsym n exec xdotool mousemove_relative -- -15 0
    bindsym i exec xdotool mousemove_relative -- 15 0

    bindsym Up exec xdotool mousemove_relative -- 0 -15
    bindsym Down exec xdotool mousemove_relative -- 0 15
    bindsym Left exec xdotool mousemove_relative -- -15 0
    bindsym Right exec xdotool mousemove_relative -- 15 0

    bindsym space exec xdotool mousedown 1
    bindsym space --release exec xdotool mouseup 1
    bindsym Return exec xdotool click 3
}
bindsym $mod F4 mode "movemouse"

Something seems off here ... maybe somebody can help me out :)

Thanks, Joe

i3 --version is 4.19.2 --- keyboard layout is colemak --- xdotool --version is 3.20210903.1