diff --git a/src/gui/modular/button.rs b/src/gui/modular/button.rs
index 1eb97a6..d78ef84 100644
--- a/src/gui/modular/button.rs
+++ b/src/gui/modular/button.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use crate::{
         task::{ColorChannel, SystemTask, TaskType},
     },
     config::{save_layout, save_settings, AStrSetExt},
+    hid::VirtualKey,
     overlays::{
         toast::{Toast, ToastTopic},
         watch::WATCH_NAME,
@@ -26,6 +27,12 @@ use crate::{
 
 use super::{ExecArgs, ModularControl, ModularData};
 
+#[derive(Deserialize, Clone)]
+pub enum PressRelease {
+    Release,
+    Press,
+}
+
 #[derive(Deserialize, Clone, Copy)]
 pub enum ViewAngleKind {
     /// The cosine of the angle at which the watch becomes fully transparent
@@ -116,6 +123,10 @@ pub enum ButtonAction {
         command: ExecArgs,
         toast: Option<Arc<str>>,
     },
+    VirtualKey {
+        keycode: VirtualKey,
+        action: PressRelease,
+    },
     Watch {
         action: WatchAction,
     },
@@ -316,6 +327,9 @@ fn handle_action(action: &ButtonAction, press: &mut PressData, app: &mut AppStat
         ButtonAction::Watch { action } => run_watch(action, app),
         ButtonAction::Overlay { target, action } => run_overlay(target, action, app),
         ButtonAction::Window { target, action } => run_window(target, action, app),
+        ButtonAction::VirtualKey { keycode, action } => app
+            .hid_provider
+            .send_key(*keycode, matches!(*action, PressRelease::Press)),
         ButtonAction::Toast {
             message,
             body,
diff --git a/src/hid/mod.rs b/src/hid/mod.rs
index d4d013c..0844fad 100644
--- a/src/hid/mod.rs
+++ b/src/hid/mod.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use input_linux::{
 };
 use libc::{input_event, timeval};
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+use serde::Deserialize;
 use std::mem::transmute;
 use std::{fs::File, sync::atomic::AtomicBool};
 use strum::{EnumIter, EnumString, IntoEnumIterator};
@@ -316,7 +317,7 @@ pub const META: KeyModifier = 0x80;
 
 #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
 #[repr(u16)]
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Copy, IntegerId, EnumString, EnumIter)]
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Clone, Copy, IntegerId, EnumString, EnumIter)]
 pub enum VirtualKey {
     Escape = 9,
     N1, // number row