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How do i shut off Autohotkey when i am typing?

 
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Jiashern



Joined: 09 Aug 2008
Posts: 26
PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:59 pm    Post subject: How do i shut off Autohotkey when i am typing? Reply with quote
The case is like this:
I am using photoshop and intended to assign single key to an action
for example: 8:send {m}

however, when i do this, what i type out will run, mother--->8other

Is there any function that can stop the script when the user is typing?
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Sivvy



Joined: 21 Jul 2008
Posts: 711
Location: Calgary, AB, Canada
PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Code:
#IfWinExist, Photoshop
m::8


Should only allow the "m" hotkey to work while in Photoshop, and not in any other window.
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Jiashern1
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks Sivvy, i have tried it out, it has solved the problem when i am typing in the other window, but..... What if i want to type text in photoshop?

I have tried to use Windowspy to see if there any chance to find ahk_class of text tool in photoshop, but it shows the ahk_class of photoshop....

Shocked how!!?
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Sivvy



Joined: 21 Jul 2008
Posts: 711
Location: Calgary, AB, Canada
PostPosted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Look up "Hotkey" in the helpfile. You can use:

Code:
Hotkey, 8, on
Hotkey, 8, off
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Razlin



Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Posts: 434
Location: canada
PostPosted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
As others have mentionned you can disable your hotkeys and enable them later

Example of something I use

Code:

;Autoexec section
menu, Tray, icon, c:\myU.ico

; make sure scrolllock is "off"
 if (GetKeyState("scrolllock" , "T"]))
 {
   ;turn if off if it isnt
   SetScrollLockState , Off
 }
   hotkey , F4, Off
   hotkey , F1, Off
   hotkey , lwin, Off
   hotkey , Pause, Off
   hotkey , RButton, Off
   hotkey , ^up, Off
   hotkey , ^down, Off
   hotkey , ^enter, Off
;...
;...
return

~scrolllock::
   GetKeystate , scrollstate, scrolllock, T
   hotkey , F4, toggle
   hotkey , F1, toggle
   hotkey , lwin, toggle
   hotkey , Pause, toggle
   hotkey , RButton, toggle
   hotkey , ^up, toggle
   hotkey , ^down, toggle
   hotkey , ^enter, toggle
;...
;...
   menu , Tray, icon, c:\my%scrollState%.ico
return


When I hit scrolllock it activates all my hotkeys and changes my icon in my taskbar

I have 2 icons one green for "active" and one yellow for disabled.
call your icons myU.ico and myD.ico
U for Up and D for down...
Anyhow you can change it to your likings.. thats what I use anyhow.
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jk7800



Joined: 06 Jan 2008
Posts: 40
Location: Gdi+ v1.1
PostPosted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Jiashern1 wrote:
I have tried to use Windowspy to see if there any chance to find ahk_class of text tool in photoshop, but it shows the ahk_class of photoshop....

Shocked how!!?


Try with "Winspector Spy".
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