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I want to disable sticky keys on certain apps. To do so, I need a way to programmatically toggle the sticky keys settings. Is there a way to do this? I am okay with compiling a binary/Applescript/etc..

Here is the setting in the macOS GUI, for reference: enter image description here

I have tried the following:

defaults read com.apple.universalaccess stickyKey

I can also write it but it does not take effect:

defaults write com.apple.universalaccess stickyKey 0

I tried killing these, which didn't quite work either.

killall cfprefsd

I have also killed these two manually:


/System/Library/CoreServices/UniversalControl.app/Contents/MacOS/UniversalControl


/usr/sbin/universalaccessd launchd -s
nohillside
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    I closed https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/81523/disable-sticky-keys-only-while-certain-applications-have-focus as a duplicate to this one here. Neither has answers so far, so let's keep the more current one active. – nohillside Jan 13 '24 at 14:50

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