Switch profile when holding key, switch back when releasing key

This was really simple to set up back in the old CUE software, but now that I'm using iCUE on a new computer with its awful new UI I can't find any way to get this working at all, and I haven't seen any threads explaining it.

What I want is to hold down the function key to switch to profile 2, which would then let me use the profile 2 bindings while I'm holding it, and then when I release it go back to profile 1. For example, using function+X to pause music and function+shift to open the calculator. I can do these things by switching to profile 2 by pressing function, using the keys by themselves, and then switching back by pressing it again, but I don't know why it's so hard to set up the same functionality that the old software had years ago.

can you share screencaps or videos? You can do a while pressed profile switch and do what you are discussing. I do it all the time. Perhaps the function key is causing some hiccup?

The one and only downside is if you are in a cuefolder or have multiple cue profiles associated with a single application, if focus is lost or stolen in a subsequent profile, it tends not to default to where it should. that said, that minor limitation does not sound like it would be a problem in your current use case.

This is how you do it.

click the plus

make sure the action is a profile switching action

click the function key

direct profile selection under switching mode

select profile (you need to already have a new profile created which you do with the plus next to profile)

make sure while pressed is selected

http://www.smithany.com/onpressedstep1.jpg

http://www.smithany.com/onpressedstep2.jpg

on your switched to profile, create an action and define what it does and select the key.

let us know how it works for you?