Modifier functions

[jpringle1]

using xev, I'm trying to remap the the f1 key to act as the Shift key.
So when i hold F1 down, i expect to be able to press other keys and get their shifted variants, then when i release F1, xev releases shift.

However, It seems that the command run by F1 terminates when i press another key, meaning shift is released before the next keypress is processed.

Is there any way for me to work around this?

[shinyzero00]

Is there any way for me to work around this?

i believe a common approach is using tools that intercept lower level kernel keyboard events such as keyd/kanata/kmonad/hawck/xremap