Toggle layer switch on tap, press character on hold

[GetPsyched6]

How do I make it so that a tap of the caps lock toggles between two layers (say 'base' and 'nav'), but when held it presses the escape key? Side question: Is it possible to make it so that on press it is XX (no-op), but on tap-dance (twice press), escape is activated?

[rszyma]

tap of the caps lock toggles between two layers

You can do that by defining a virtual key with that when pressed uses layer-while-held, and set capslock key to (on-press toggle-vkey <vkey_name>).

when held it presses the escape key

for "when held vs when tapped" there's a tap-hold actions for that, see in config guide.

Is it possible to make it so that on press it is XX (no-op), but on tap-dance (twice press), escape is activated?

you pretty much answered yourself on this one I think? (tap-dance 200 (XX esc)) should work

[GetPsyched6]

Thank you so much! It was toggle-vkey and layer-while-held that was the missing piece of the puzzle