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Karabiner-Elements v15.9.0

Exclude selected applications when switching through your application history.

Before you upgrade to v15.9.0

`open_application` excludes non-application bundles from `frontmost_application_history_index`.

Behavior changedSwitch to an application from the frontmost-application history.Affects: Application-history mappings.
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The system extensions viewer moves from EventViewer to Settings.

Behavior changedInspect keyboard and pointing events in EventViewer.Affects: Users inspecting system extensions.
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What changed in v15.9.0

v15.8.0 adds application-history exclusions and Multitouch variable inspection; v15.9.0 restores background update notification windows.

Also: F6 now defaults to Do Not Disturb; Settings includes macOS logs.

Download the v15.9.0 macOS package from this release.

New things you can do

Adds `open_application.frontmost_application_history_exclusion_bundle_identifiers` and `open_application.frontmost_application_history_exclusion_file_paths`.

AddedSkip selected applications when switching through application history.
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Adds `karabiner_cli --list-multitouch-extension-variables` and `--watch-multitouch-extension-variables`.

AddedList or watch Multitouch Extension variables from the command line.
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Fixed and improved

Seeded by @iluxav with Codex, from the release's public sources. Each change links to its evidence.

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