use keyboard to change keyboard brightness (solved)

I found this thread by Sean Johnston earlier

use keyboard to change keyboard brightness - Apple Community

and in the mean time stumbled on a workaround:

There's this app called Karabiner-Elements (https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/), which allows you to remap your keyboard. (I'm on a Macbook Pro 2024 so Idk if this works for Air but I guess it should...)

You can either download it from their page or, if you have Homebrew installed, run this in the Terminal:

brew install --cask karabiner-elements

Then you allow Background Items and Input Monitoring as instructed (yes it sounds sketchy but I guess tey are trustworthy -> https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/docs/privacy/)...

Ignore the keyboard type thing you're asked first, then go to "Complex Modifications", click on "Add your own rule", and throw the following code in:

(At least if you want the same keys to control it -> "⌥ F1" decreases and "⌥ F2" increases keyboard brightness. I find this useful as F1 and F2 are already controlling screen brightness...)

{
    "description": "Option+F-Keys for Keyboard Backlight Control",
    "manipulators": [
        {
            "from": {
                "key_code": "f1",
                "modifiers": {
                    "mandatory": ["option"],
                    "optional": ["any"]
                }
            },
            "to": [{ "key_code": "illumination_decrement" }],
            "type": "basic"
        },
        {
            "from": {
                "key_code": "f2",
                "modifiers": {
                    "mandatory": ["option"],
                    "optional": ["any"]
                }
            },
            "to": [{ "key_code": "illumination_increment" }],
            "type": "basic"
        }
    ]
}

Tadaaa have fun...

(If anyone sees any issues with this please tell me... I'm not really experienced with stuff like this... just so...)