How can I disable caps lock delay

In the past Apple has made minor adjustments to the time between pressing the Caps Lock key and having it take effect. I no longer recall whether it was too long (causing inconvenience) or not long enough (causing inadvertent activation). Either way whatever time period they decide to implement is never going to please everyone.

It's not something you can adjust, but you can make that suggestion to Apple: https://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

Are you using the latest macOS "Sierra" version? To find out please read Find the macOS version number on your Mac - Apple Support. It should show Version 10.12.3.

The only way I can't make the Caps Lock key illuminate is to tap it in much the same manner as I would normally tap any other key while typing. It's certainly less than a quarter second.

So how long does it take? Until you quantify that in some way all anyone can do is guess. Are you using a real Apple keyboard? The built-in one or an external, perhaps?

Perhaps an NVRAM reset is justified: How to reset NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support.

John, FWIW, I can reproduce the difference on an Apple Extended Keyboard. It is a very, very small difference as far as I'm concerned. But I am not a touch typist by any means. I wasn't aware of any delay until this post. There have been a few posts in the past where the delay was mentioned. And as you said, the delay is more than likely Apple's attempt to prevent accidental engagements of Caps Lock.

As I said, without this post I would have never noticed. It's a tiny difference. But I guess if it annoys some, it annoys some.

FWIW, I read while I was searching out a possible solution there was a workaround mentioned, changing the Caps Lock key to No Action then switching it back. I couldn't get it to work in Sierra.

I didn't realize there was a delay but you can let Apple know you are annoyed here…

https://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

What is a caps lock delay?

However, it sounds like you would like to communicate that to Apple. This isn't the place for that. This is: https://www.apple.com/feedback/macos.html

inikolaidis wrote:

There is always a delay before the button it switches on.

Really? I never noticed. I push mine and it turns on. I push it again and it turns off.

I don't have a way to actually measure the time, but I'm estimating it's on the order of ten milliseconds. Is yours taking much longer than that?

See this…

https://bitblocks.co.uk/how-to-remove-capslock-delay-on-osx-10-11-el-capitan/

Not sure if it works with Sierra.