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Can anyone open Excel 2007 to test something out =)?

I don’t like to hold my modifier keys; I find it more comfortable to toggle it like a Caps Lock. I got this code from an AHK member along time ago:



Tap LShift once, and it stays down. Tap it again to release it. So I decided recently to do this for my LAlt key:



For excel, I want to open the Office button which is Alt+f. I tap LAlt, then press f, but nothing happens. I had this problem with Ctrl in some adobe applications, so I made LCtrl send a RCtrl down, which seemed to make it work. The code below, where I make LAlt send RAlt down, seems to work in excel, but why is that?



The LShift to make LShift keep down is no problem. Any way to keep LAlt with LAlt?

Thanks for any info

...I don't think Excel is needed, I tested in Notepad.


...in my testing, it appears that GetKeyState() is capable of getting the logical state of LShift while LShift is physically held. However, for some reason, GetKeyState() is NOT capable of getting the logical state of LAlt while LAlt is physically held. This appears to be a bug in GetKeyState()...or possibly a limitation of (or bug in) Windows.

Since GetKeyState() is unreliable in some cases, I recommend a simple toggle...


...this works in Notepad, tell me if it works in Excel. This code should also work for LShift (rename all "LAlt" to "LShift")...(but I didn't test it with LShift). I know your LShift code already works, but this is simpler.