I just started using Autohotkey (I am a noob with it) for remapping some key combinations like CTRL+TAB (which is good if you are using your left hand) to be accessible while using your right hand.
My initial script is the following:
RControl & RShift::
{
send {LControl down}{tab}{LControl up}
return
}
It works fine, but while switching tabs in Visual Studio, for example, I cannot hold the CTRL key to keep switching tabs, I can only switch between 2 tabs.
Does anyone know if it is possible to achieve this kind of functionality with Autohotkey?
Thanks in advance.
You don't need the { } around the hotkey body. Hotkeys simply start with :: and end with return. Braces are only needed in functions afaik.
send {LControl down}{tab}{LControl up} could be expressed easier by send ^{tab} which is Ctrl+Tab. The tab-switch in VS also works with right RCtrl.
In either way, this does not work because of the send {ctrl up}. Ctrl needs to stay pressed down in order for the "Active files" window to stay open. Try:
RControl & RShift::send {RCtrl down}{tab}
Related
I want to make a script that would allow me to click once every time I press the mouse, however, if instead of letting go immediately, I hold the RMB for more than 0.25s it would click again on release.
Essentially allowing me to use RMB normally as long as I don't hold it for too long but allowing me to do a double click if held.
This is a work around since my mouse's button gets stuck if I click too fast and I'm not able to get a new one atm.
The purpose of this is to be able to use my mouse on PS and to play the one game i play some times: Black Ops 2 while i save enough for a new mouse. In the context of the game, i want to be able to use Toggle ADS as a base and be able to use the toggle by default by just clicking but be able also do a Hold to ADS with the same button on the fly without changing the game's configuration.
I am not very proficient at AHK and this is all I got so far, holding works fine, however if I don't hold, it does a double click which is annoying.
RButton Down::
Send {Click, Right}
keywait RButton, t.25
if errorlevel
keywait RButton,
Send {RButton Up}
return
You could maybe do some trickery with multiple KeyWaits, but I wouldn't recommend time consuming processing inside hotkey labels in any case due to AHKs single threaded nature.
Here's something very simple I'd recommend instead:
~*RButton::RClickTime := A_TickCount
~*RButton Up::
if (A_TickCount - RClickTime >= 250)
Click, Right
return
So first when we press down RButton (note that there is no "down" state for hotkey names, the key name itself means it being pressed down) we store the current system time with A_TickCount.
And we use the ~ modifier for the hotkey so the keypress itself isn't consumed.
And the * modifier is used so holding down e.g. Ctrl or Shift, etc, wouldn't make the hotkey not work.
Then on RButton release (RButton Up::) we compare the current system time with the stored system time to see if over 250ms passed. If so, we send another right click with Click, Right (don't use a send command here, it isn't really intended for this).
It looks like you're missing some curly braces around your if block; but I think you can implement the right double-click functionality with something as simple as,
RButton::
KeyWait RButton, T.25
numberOfClicks := errorLevel + 1
Send {Click Right %numberOfClicks%}
return
~RButton:: ;*When Right Mouse Button is Down, do the following.*
keywait RButton, T.25 ;*Wait (250 milliseconds) for it to be released.*
if errorlevel { ;*When it exceeds the said time*
keywait RButton ;*Wait for it to be released*
Send, {RButton Up} ;*Send Right Mouse Button up*
}
return
I'm trying to map ctrl+alt+d to delete. Unfortunately, when I press that combination, the system sees ctrl+alt+delete, which naturally brings up the lock screen.
I've tried this to make the ctrl and alt keys look up to the system, but it didn't work:
^!d::Send {Alt Up}{Ctrl Up}{Delete}
I've tried putting ~ and $ in front of the hotkey, but that didn't work either.
I realize I can use KeyWait to wait for the modifier keys to be released:
~^!d::
KeyWait Control
KeyWait Alt
Send {Delete}
return
But then I can't repeatedly press ctrl+alt+delete to quickly delete characters. I have to release the modifier keys between each press, which is awkward.
I realize I can simulate a forward delete with a selection to the right followed by a backspace:
^!d::Send {Shift Down}{Right}{Shift Up}{Backspace}
But that's a bit kludgy, though it does work without releasing the modifiers. It's starting to feel like there isn't a way of accomplishing this, so any help would be appreciated.
You can try SendPlay as that creates a series of events (messages) that flow directly to the active window rather than performing their native operating system function.
^!d::Sendplay {Delete}
Doc link http://ahkscript.org/docs/commands/Send.htm#SendPlayDetail
Hope it helps
I use autohotkey to simplify copying, using Alt+W instead of Ctrl+C. However, I often switch my keyboard to a Hebrew layout, so the w key is now the ' key. Then the autohotkey script for w doesn't work.
I tried to write a second script into the same file but it doesn't get activated when I press Alt+' when I'm in the Hebrew layout. I'm not sure whether it's my syntax or something else, any ideas?
This is my code:
!w::
Send, {ctrl down}{a down}{a up}{c down}{c up}{ctrl up}
return
!'::
Send, {ctrl down}{a down}{a up}{c down}{c up}{ctrl up}
return
Thanks!
Catching Alt-' with the code you used works in other keyboard layouts (like the German layout) so your syntax looks OK to me.
To solve your problem I'd start the autohotkey help file.
Read "List of Keys, Mouse Buttons, and Joystick Controls"
where the section on "Special Keys" explains how to attempt
to catch inrecognized keys via the "keyboard hook".
Basically it describes how to find out the !' scancode which
you then can use as a hotkey alternative.
It is worth to try to use the virtual/scan codes of keys, instead names, This example uses the virtual code (vkXX):
;~ SetKeyDelay, keyDelay:=25, pressDuration:=25 ; details for SendEvent mode.
!vk57:: ; w/'/я... (en/he/ru...)
Send, {CtrlDown}{vk41}{vk43}{CtrlUp}
KeyWait, vk57
;~ Do something by release this key, if necessary...
Return
language: Autohotkey on Win7
"Shift" plus "right mouse button" plus "mouse wheel up"
I want my hotkey to be holding those three keys simultaneously. I have tried the following without any success
+ & rbutton & wheelup::
send 6
+rbutton & wheelup::
send 6
shift & rbutton & wheelup::
send 6
I always get an error when I try to make this hotkey does anyone know how to do it?
I'm still a newbie but I'll try and help =].
It doesn't seem to work when you use a modifier key with two mouse buttons, so this is a way that kind of works:
+WheelUp::
KeyWait, RButton, D ; Waits for RButton to be pressed down.
MsgBox, This works!
Return
The problem is it clicks (or releases) the right mouse button once the hotkey has run. If you instead put it like so:
+RButton::
KeyWait, WheelUp, D
There will be another problem in that it will work fine for the first use of the hotkey, it will from then on work with only Shift + Right Mouse Button, because it's already waited for WheelUp to be pressed down (or rather scrolled up).
I mucked around for a little bit with GetKeyState and the like but still being new I can't find a way around it xD. These may be sufficient for what you need for now, otherwise better to wait for someone more knowledgeable to post.
With the information from your comment (hold Shift+right and spam WheelUp) following solution works fine. Use Shift + WheelUp and check if the right mosue button is down.
+WheelUp::
if (GetKeyState("RButton", "P"))
send 6
else
send +{WheelUp}
return
You could remove the else part and add a ~ modifier, but then Shift + WheelUp will be catched and blocked by AHK even if you dont press the right mouse button.
I want to remap alt+e when caps is on in autocad.
And when capslock is not on, alt+e should open menu edit.
I use script like this
<!e::
if(GetKeyState( "CAPSLOCK", "T" ))
{
SendInput erase{space}wp{space}
}
else
{
Send !e
}
When I turn on capslock, remap key is OK.
When I turn off capslockand alt+e, menu edit opened, but closed immediately.
Thanks.
You will want a $ at the beginning of your hotkey to prevent the endless loop that the !e in your else block will trigger. You will also want to add a Return at the end of the hotkey to prevent the script from continuing into what is below this hotkey.
$!e::
if GetKeyState( "CapsLock", "T" )
Sendinput, erase{space}wp{space}
else
Sendinput, !e
Return
(Brackets are only required when if/else blocks are more than one line.)
Beyond that, the likely issue is that it's an alt hotkey that is also set to send alt.
I say this is an issue because if you press and hold alt, it activates menus,
and then the script sends alt, which will be in conflict with that.
As Ricardo said, the ideal way to script this is with the #IF command (only included with AHK_L).
#If GetKeyState("CapsLock", "T") and WinActive("AutoCAD")
!e:: SendInput, erase{space}wp{space}
#If
Notice that you can add the WinActive() function to the #If command's expression.
Try it without that first, and also realize that the application's title needs to be exactly "AutoCAD" at all times for that to work. I would recommend finding AutoCad's ahk_class,
with AHK's window spy, instead of using the title.
If it still does not work, it is likely that AHK is sending faster than AutoCAD would like to receive.
Info on how to deal with that can be found here.
Try to change your else block to this:
Send, {ALTDOWN}e{ALTUP}
I do not rely on these symbols to send keystrokes in AutoHotKey.