From 212227c7083893a532e1496d54e1658826e9625a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mfkd <mattkfd@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 12:25:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] hammerspoon: mask modifiers before launching apps

---
 .hammerspoon/init.lua | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.hammerspoon/init.lua b/.hammerspoon/init.lua
index 6123935..874087a 100644
--- a/.hammerspoon/init.lua
+++ b/.hammerspoon/init.lua
@@ -26,9 +26,22 @@ local apps = {
 -- not via a hotkey).
 local lastApp = nil
 local previousAppByKey = {}
+local startupModifiers = { "ctrl", "alt", "cmd", "shift" }
+
+local function releaseStartupModifiers()
+	local modifiers = hs.eventtap.checkKeyboardModifiers()
+
+	for _, modifier in ipairs(startupModifiers) do
+		if modifiers[modifier] then
+			hs.eventtap.event.newKeyEvent({}, modifier, false):post()
+		end
+	end
+end
 
 local function bindAppLauncher(key, app)
 	hs.hotkey.bind(hyper, key, function()
+		releaseStartupModifiers()
+
 		local frontmost = hs.application.frontmostApplication()
 
 		if frontmost and frontmost:bundleID() == app.bundleID then
@@ -57,4 +70,4 @@ end
 -- Special actions
 hs.hotkey.bind(hyper, "\\", hs.reload)
 
-hs.alert.show("Hammerspoon config loaded")
\ No newline at end of file
+hs.alert.show("Hammerspoon config loaded")