diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions.yml b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
index 56ba2add9a6..532b7d0e920 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
@@ -162,6 +162,15 @@ jobs:
         run: sudo apt-get install --yes libboost-thread-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-regex-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-program-options-dev libyaml-cpp-dev
       - name: install qt from apt
         run: sudo apt-get install qtbase5-dev qt5-qmake qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools qtdeclarative5-dev libqt5svg5-dev libqt5websockets5-dev qtwebengine5-dev
+      - name: install hidapi
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          HIDAPI_VERSION: 0.14.0
+        run: |
+          cd $LIBS_DOWNLOAD_PATH
+          curl -L https://github.com/libusb/hidapi/archive/refs/tags/hidapi-${{ HIDAPI_VERSION }}.zip -o hidapi.zip
+          7z x hidapi.zip -y
+          mv hidapi_* $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/external_libraries/hidapi/hidapi
       - name: configure
         run: |
           mkdir $BUILD_PATH && cd $BUILD_PATH
@@ -172,7 +181,7 @@ jobs:
 
           if $SHARED_LIBSCSYNTH; then EXTRA_CMAKE_FLAGS="-DLIBSCSYNTH=ON $EXTRA_CMAKE_FLAGS"; fi
 
-          cmake $EXTRA_CMAKE_FLAGS -DSC_EL=ON -DSC_VIM=ON -DSC_ED=ON -DSC_QT=ON -DSC_IDE=ON  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=$INSTALL_PATH -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .. # --debug-output
+          cmake $EXTRA_CMAKE_FLAGS -Dhidapi_DIR=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/external_libraries/hidapi/hidapi -DSC_EL=ON -DSC_VIM=ON -DSC_ED=ON -DSC_QT=ON -DSC_IDE=ON  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=$INSTALL_PATH -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .. # --debug-output
       - name: build
         run: |
           cd $BUILD_PATH
@@ -332,6 +341,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: install system libraries
         if: env.USE_SYSLIBS == 'true'
         run: brew install yaml-cpp boost
+      - name: install hidapi
+        run: brew install hidapi
       - name: install qt from homebrew
         if: matrix.cmake-architectures == 'x86_64' && !matrix.qt-version
         run: brew install qt5
@@ -348,6 +359,15 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ matrix.qt-version }}
           cache: true
           cache-key-prefix: ${{ runner.os }}-v1-${{ matrix.os-version }}-${{ matrix.xcode-version }}-${{ matrix.use-syslibs }}-${{ matrix.shared-libscsynth }}-qt${{ matrix.qt-version }}
+      - name: install hidapi
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          HIDAPI_VERSION: 0.14.0
+        run: |
+          cd $LIBS_DOWNLOAD_PATH
+          curl -L https://github.com/libusb/hidapi/archive/refs/tags/hidapi-${{ HIDAPI_VERSION }}.zip -o hidapi.zip
+          7z x hidapi.zip -y
+          mv hidapi_* $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/external_libraries/hidapi/hidapi
 
       - name: configure
         run: |
@@ -372,7 +392,7 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "EXTRA_CMAKE_FLAGS:" $EXTRA_CMAKE_FLAGS
 
-          cmake -G"Xcode" -DRULE_LAUNCH_COMPILE=ccache -DSUPERNOVA=ON $EXTRA_CMAKE_FLAGS ..
+          cmake -G"Xcode" -DRULE_LAUNCH_COMPILE=ccache -DSUPERNOVA=ON -Dhidapi_DIR=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/external_libraries/hidapi/hidapi $EXTRA_CMAKE_FLAGS ..
       - name: build
         run: cmake --build $BUILD_PATH --config Release --target install
       - name: create archive
@@ -526,6 +546,15 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           vcpkg install readline --triplet="${{ matrix.vcpkg-triplet }}" --overlay-triplets="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/vcpkg/triplets"
+      - name: install hidapi
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          HIDAPI_VERSION: 0.14.0
+        run: |
+          cd $LIBS_DOWNLOAD_PATH
+          curl -L https://github.com/libusb/hidapi/archive/refs/tags/hidapi-${{ HIDAPI_VERSION }}.zip -o hidapi.zip
+          7z x hidapi.zip -y
+          mv hidapi_* $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/external_libraries/hidapi/hidapi
       - name: configure
         shell: bash
         run: |
@@ -534,7 +563,7 @@ jobs:
 
           mkdir $BUILD_PATH && cd $BUILD_PATH
 
-          cmake -G "${{ matrix.cmake-generator }}" -A "${{ matrix.cmake-arch }}" -D CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$Qt5_DIR" -D SUPERNOVA=ON -D SC_USE_QTWEBENGINE=${{ matrix.use-qtwebengine }} -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET="${{ matrix.vcpkg-triplet }}" .. # build type is specified here for MinGW build and for vcpkg
+          cmake -G -Dhidapi_DIR=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/external_libraries/hidapi/hidapi "${{ matrix.cmake-generator }}" -A "${{ matrix.cmake-arch }}" -D CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$Qt5_DIR" -D SUPERNOVA=ON -D SC_USE_QTWEBENGINE=${{ matrix.use-qtwebengine }} -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET="${{ matrix.vcpkg-triplet }}" .. # build type is specified here for MinGW build and for vcpkg
 
       - name: build
         shell: bash
diff --git a/HelpSource/Classes/HIDUsage.schelp b/HelpSource/Classes/HIDUsage.schelp
index 2871deb410b..4066685be77 100644
--- a/HelpSource/Classes/HIDUsage.schelp
+++ b/HelpSource/Classes/HIDUsage.schelp
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ the usage name
 
 returns:: an Array with the page id and the usage id
 
+NOTE::
+This method doesn't work for usage names that appear on multiple usage pages.
 
 METHOD:: idsToName
 Retrieve the standard usage name and pagename of an HID usage element or collection.