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Hello. On the last macro I wrote (Mouse Jog Buttons, http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6002&highlight=) I use the * modifier before the key name, as in $*Left:: to accept all variations of the Left key (Alt-Left, Alt-Shift-Left, Ctl-alt-left, etc...).

I set up my script so that if Scroll Lock is turned OFF, the actual keystroke should be passed on to the application, instead of the special function.

So, when using the * modifier to allow a hotkey definition to accept all variations of the hotkey, HOW can I determine the actual keystroke that was pressed (as in alt-left, ctl-shift-left, etc...) and send THAT on to the application? Is there a variable somewhere that stores the actual keystrokes which caused the macro to fire? This would be a GREAT feature if it doesn't already exist.

Thanks for any help in this matter!!! If I don't make sense, please ask for clarification.

In a nutshell, what I need to know is:
HOW can I determine the exact sequence of keys which were pressed which caused the macro to run?

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RG

check GetKeyState for each modifier key you need

So there is no way to say something like

Send,KeySequence

where KeySequence is a variable containing the entire key sequence that caused the macro to fire?
I actually have to test each modifier to determine if it's been held down?

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RG

Another alternative is to define a hotkey for each combination of modifiers. This is tedious, but can be automated as below. The A_ThisHotKey variable then shows the hotkey fired with the actual set of modifiers. If you want to distinguish left- an right- modifiers, replace the corresponding entry in the Modifiers list with its two variants, like instead of "!" use "<!,>!".If you want to Send the hotkey, you have to StringReplace...Left,{Left}

Also (although I'm not sure if it would help in this case), you might look into Send {Blind}, which avoids releasing Alt/Control/Shift/Win if they started out in the down position. For example, the hotkey *LButton::Send {Blind}RButton would send a right-click in place of each left-click, and it would retain the same modifiers that the user is holding down.