AutoHotkey Community

[Julia76]

This may be a beginner question but I've tried out this fabulous tool for just an hour:

I've defined several Hotkeys, all beginning with 'Win-..' (Win-S, Win-X, Win-A etc.) - while the autohotkey script is active, it would be a great feature if a small background picture (or something similar leaving the active window _active_) containing information about all defined Hotkeys (what they do + shortcut code) would fade in when the 'Win'-button gets pressed

this would deliver an excellent reminder on what additional key actually is to press in order to trigger the desired action..

I find it difficult to remember which action is connected to which key when dealing with dozens of Hotkeys... (was it Win-Q or WIN-W triggering www.google.com for instance...)

any help/hint is appreciated, thanks a lot
Julia76

[Rajat]

here's a very simple implementation... doesn't require you to hold down both simultaneously... just hold down Left Win key, see list, and type next key.

[Julia76]

wow, I'm impressed!

but: this feature disables the native 'Win'-Key

[Julia76]

ok, I replaced LWin with APPSKEY (a key I usally dont use) - works great

two more questions:

what do I have to add to the code so that the tooltip disappears when pressing the APPSKEY again?

what do I have to add to the code in order to get the Hotkey Captions ('Google', 'Notepad') in an alphabetical order?

this would help me a lot, thanks
Julia

[Guest]

actually, the tooltip should disappear by pressing _any_ key or mouse button, not only APPSKEY

[Chris]

Here is another topic related to this one. It has a script to display and sort all your hotkeys: http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=215

[Julia76]

sorry but that looks way too complex, I would be quite happy with the two extras I've referred to

thanks anyway!

[Rajat]

this allows normal win key functions and the tooltip disappears if u've not pressed a key recognized by script in 2 secs (modify if desired). RTFM.

[Rajat]

for sorting, as the text shown in tooltip is specifically defined, u can either sort it (in any editor) and use as desired, or use the 'Sort' cmd from ahk.
_________________

[Julia76]

ok, I sorted my key in an external editor

the timeout-function is unfortunatley not very usable

isn't it possible to include a certain key in the tooltip syntax, which
lets the tooltip disappear again?

[Chris]

Some clarification might be needed.

[Julia76]

very simple: tooltip should disappear by pressing LWin again

[Rajat]

for a change, y don't u try to figure some things on your own? ...we can help where u get stuck.

[Julia76]

well, if I could I would - I have no clue about whatsoever programming, sorry

plus: I appreciate your help but your script isnt working properly as a press of the LWin-Key launches the tooltip AND the start menu

[jonny]

Remove the tilde (~) from the hotkey. That symbol passes the key that activated the hotkey through.