AutoHotkey Community

Hot keys where you have to hold down a key (alt/control/shift) and press another key will stop working after the first one, if you are trying to hold down the alt/control/shift throughout. For example, if I want to do control-1, then control-2, I would normally hold down control, then press 1, and then 2 while still holding down the control key. The control-1 would trigger but not control-2. For some reason, the fact that the control key is still held down is lost to AHK once that first hotkey is registered. Not a major bug but it doesn't conform to normal keying habits and definitely a convenience issue. Thanks.

Oh, here's a quick sample script to illustrate the problem using wordpad:

Try adding #InstallKeybdHook near the top of the script. For an explanation for why this helps, see #HotkeyModifierTimeout. You can also use #HotkeyModifierTimeout itself if you're running Win9x.