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Basic problem is with Photoshop.
When I click on the photo being edited, Window spy shows: ahk_class Photoshop
But if I click in the tools palette or the history palette or the layers palette, Window spy shows: ahk_class PSFloatC

A super simple example script is:

So my problem is that the F1 and F2 hotkeys work fine if the last place I worked was on the photo when those hotkeys are pressed. But if I happened to click on the history palette or other floating palette, the #IfWinActive does not recognize Photoshop anymore.

One way I found to always change the ahk_class PSFloatC back to ahk_class Photoshop is if I press alt-F to select the File menu and then press Escape to get rid of the File menu.

With the above information, can anyone figure out a way to get my Photoshop hotkeys to work even if the last place I clicked was on a floating palette?

Thanks,
Skyglider

when u open the program, enter the first few words in the top left corner of the window... Window SPY sometimes dosn't work or you clicked on the actual script you where using because u got "ahk_class".

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Something like following should work:

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I don't know what you mean by your first sentence. When I open Photoshop, it displays the browser window with thumbnails of all of the photos in a folder. Then I double click the photo I want to edit and go from there.

To get the window spy arguments I did this:

- Open window spy. It is blank.
- Click on the photo being edited. It shows the ahk_class Photoshop.
- Click on any floating palette. It shows the ahk_class PSFloatC.

Thanks,
Skyglider

Hi SKAN,
I tried your code and it loads without errors but then the F1 and F2 keys don't work at all.
Just in case it makes a difference, I'm using two scripts. The first script is an autohotkeymain.ahk script which includes the photoshop.ahk script as follows:





Thanks,
Skyglider

Try photoshop.ahk as standalone. You cannot mix different SetTitleMatchMode, I guess.

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SKAN,

I removed the SetTitleMatchMode 2 from the autohotkeymain.ahk script. But the F1 and F2 keys still don't work in Photoshop.

As a work around, I created two idential Photoshop scripts and named them:
PhotoshopNormal.ahk
-and-
PhotoshopFloat.ahk.

The only difference is the #IfWinActive in in each. One is for Photoshop and the other is for PSFloatC. This allows the F1 and F2 keys to work regardless of whether the focus is on the photo or a floating palette but it requires me to update two scripts if any changes are made to my Photoshop script.

Any other ideas on how to do what I need using only one photoshop script would be great.

Thanks,
Skyglider

No need for seperate scripts.. put them together. It will work.

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Thanks for the help SKAN.

Using the method above, I will still have to duplicate my Photoshop script twice which is what I'm trying to avoid. What I'm trying to accomplish is similar to what you proposed earlier by using an OR function in the #IfWinActive command.

Something like:
#IfWinActive ahk_class Photoshop OR PSFloatC
But this does not work.

I also tried
#IfWinActive ahk_class Photoshop OR #IfWinActive ahk_class PSFloatC
But this did not work either.

Thanks again,
Skyglider