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[Night]

Hi,
I want to send some commands to firefox.
He should do 499 times arrow left and then one time arrow up with a sleep of 1,5-2 sec.
Is it possible to send it always to firefox, even if he is not the active window?
Maybe also to say to which tab?
Or if not, how can I make it work the script gets paused when firefox is not the active window?

What I got so far is this:

[Rabiator]

You should omit the Break in the loop.

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[engunneer]

Instead of using a loop, you can use SetKeyDelay, then send {left 499}{up}

Also, to sent to firefox when it is not active, use ControlSend, though you may have some trouble. Get it working against notepad first.
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[Night]

Could you modifiy my script and post it so it works?
Im not very good in this :/
Best would be:
FF active = 499 left
make another window active: script pause
FF active again = unpause.

I cant get the pause function to work..

[engunneer]

you are currently using "Pause" in two ways. Do you want:

A)
script is disabled when firefox is not active (better to use #IfWinActive on the hotkey instead)

B)
script is sending keys to firefox, but you want to stop sending keys if you change programs, then resume (where it left off) when firefox is active again (better to use WinGet and extra loop inside your loop)


you are also using the Pause key as a hotkey to start it, and a Pause On and Off command, which are unrelated to all of the above. Maybe you just need to add the last (1) parameter to the pause command.
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[Night]

Option B) is what I want x)
I used the "pause" key because its one if the keys I normally dont need. Using the Roll key would also be possible.

[engunneer]

[Night]

What would be better?
I am here for learning x)