When I use the following , autohotkey says 'Error:Invalid hotkey". Is there any way to fix it?
_t::T
AutoHotkey has Hotstrings and Hotkeys.
Hotstrings
What you have there is a "Hotkey" (e.g. a key on keyboard). As there is no such key it is indeed an error. So what do you want, do you want to type _t followed by a space, tab or other Endcharacter and have it replaced by T? In that case it is ::_t::T so you need to start the line with a :
More about Hotstrings and various options here https://autohotkey.com/docs/Hotstrings.htm (you can have it send T without the need for typing an Endcharacter for example).
Hotkeys
If you want to press _ and t at the same type and have it send T that is a Hotkey and you should us a Custom Combination by using & like so _ & t::T
More information on Hotkeys here https://autohotkey.com/docs/Hotkeys.htm#combo
Related
I searched for hours but can't find a way to swap : with it's shifted key /. I am new to AutotHotkey. Can someone help me ?
colon key with slash (shifted)
Answer for the updated question from comments:
The layout is French AZERTY. The layout has a : key, and if it's shifted, it sends /. These should be swapped around so not shifting would send / and shifting would send :.
So the trick is to just send the other key, when other key is detected. Like so:
#UseHook
:::SendInput, /
/::SendInput, :
Using the keyboard hook #UseHook(docs) is important to make the hotkeys not trigger each other.
Normally this could be done with the $(docs) prefix, but due to bug in the syntax, $::: comes up as a syntax error.
Also, why couldn't the simple remapping syntax be used?
:::/
/:::
It's because the remapping syntax uses the blind sendmode(docs), which would cause the shift modifier to pass through and you'd always end up with the shifted variant of the key.
Technically you can use the remapping syntax for the first hotkey like this:
:::/
/::SendInput, :
This also wouldn't require you to use the keyboard hook, due to DownR(docs) being used in the remapping syntax.
Since we cannot use the typical remap sequence here (i.e. ::), we can instead use the Hotkey command to detect when the Colon is pressed, and then to remap it to a label
Hotkey, :, ColonDetected
return
ColonDetected:
Send, /
Answer based on this post in the AHK forums: https://autohotkey.com/board/topic/99092-remap-colon-key-help/
I want define a custom hotkey to rename a selected file in File Explorer. So my new hotkey should behave exactly like the F2 key does by default. That is, when I press the hotkeys, the file name should be editable, allowing me to type a new name. However, I can't use the F2 key to cause windows to do this.
The reason is that I'm using the default hotkeys for something else. I am often running an application (unrelated to AutoHotKey) where the buttons in the UI are triggered using keyhooking for all of the F keys. The only suggestions that I can find on this are to have my custom hotkey use 'send' to raise the default key codes that would be associated with the action. This won't work, because I am using those hotkeys for something else. What I need is a solution that causes a file to be renameable without sending the F2 keycode.
^+!R::
Send {F2} ;This won't work for me
return
Actually the original hotkey can be used, just add $ before the hotkey that you don't want to be fired by the send command. Also using app-specific hotkeys a good idea to minimize possible conflicts.
Try this:
#If winActive("ahk_exe Explorer.EXE")
^+!R::
send {F2}
return
$F2::
send {down}
return
In case you have an application which scans the F2 key globally and unconditionally, and you cannot redefine it, there is not much you can do from within AHK. So ideally you should get rid of that application, and use e.g. AHK for same functionality, or find some workaround.
In this particular case the easiest workaround is alternative way to rename the file:
^+!R::
send {AppsKey}
sleep 100
send {m}
return
Within the steelseries engine it is very easy to change the basic key functionality. But I can not find an option to change what happens when you press a modifier key like 'shift' + that specific key.
I was wondering if anyone knows either a way of doing this in Steelseries engine, or another way perhaps using AHK or something of the sort?
It depends on what you are trying to do with the key binding. But yes you can capture shift+ another key with the syntax below.
+A::
MsgBox, Shift A was pressed!
return
+B::
Send, Shift B was pressed!
Return
To see a full list of the modifier hotkeys and the symbol to use for each you can look at Hotkeys
[Key Mappings of New Media Remote]
http://i.stack.imgur.com/ivMSK.png
Using AutoHotkey I want to interrupt Keyboard Keys sent like AppsKey and Browser_Home and send another key instead. Unfortanately the best I can manage is to send a key as well as the key function.
F3::SendInput {a}
Browser_Home::SendInput {a}
Browser_Home::SendInput a
Browser_Home:: a
The first line 'F3 to a' works as intended; the F3 Key outputs the letter a.
The 2nd and 3rd line Browser_Home only launches Browser to Home.
The 4rd line launches the Browser_Home as well as outputting the letter a.
Anyone know what I'm doing wrong / know how to fix my script to output a without launching browser to home?
According to documentation under Hotkey:
$ is usually only necessary if the script uses the Send command to send the keys that comprise the hotkey itself, which might otherwise
cause it to trigger itself. The $ prefix forces the keyboard hook to
be used to implement this hotkey, which as a side-effect prevents the
Send command from triggering it. The $ prefix is equivalent to having
specified #UseHook somewhere above the definition of this hotkey
Try this and report back: $Browser_Home::SendInput {a}
I have the follow autohotkey map:
^j:: Send ^{PgUp}
This works fine. It maps control + j to control+pagedown.
But I would like to map the keycombination
s & j:: Send ^{PgUp}
So when you press s and j simultaneously, it will send control pagedown to Windows.
Then i'm running into the problem that the character 's' never shows up in my input field, but the character 'j' is appearing as normal. That is weird. The combo key is working, by the way. But I want to get the character 's' key working too.
And are there ways to map the key combination sj (when the both are pressed simultaneously) ?
~s & j::
Send ^{PgUp}
return
was the winning answer by the way, got it from the user RCHP on Autohotkey forum :)
This is by design. The first key of a custom hotkey always loses it's original function. To work around this, create a new hotkey for "s" that sends "s".
In AutoHotKey, hotkeys override their normal function, which is generally desirable. In order to avoid this behavior, prefix your hotkey with a tilde.
~s & j:: Send ^{PgUp} return
The terrific AHK docs explain this.