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Evisc · Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 5

I'm pretty new in this so bear with me...

I'm trying to assign a new hotkey for an existing, but unchangeable hotkey in PS. It's the alt + [ and alt + ] hotkeys, which I can't use because of my European keyboard. I have written this script, but it doesn’t work.

#IfWinActive ahk_class Photoshop

!PgUp::Send, {ALTDOWN}[{ALTUP}

!PgDn::Send, {ALTDOWN}]{ALTUP}

Any pointers?

Greg · Joined: 22 Dec 2005 Posts: 246

Put a space between Alt and Down.

PhiLho · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:32 pm Post subject:

Or just try the remapping feature:
!PgUp::![
!PgDn::!]

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vPhiLho := RegExReplace("Philippe Lhoste", "^(\w{3})\w*\s+\b(\w{3})\w*$", "$1$2")

Guest · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:50 am Post subject:

Sorry, neither of these suggestions works for me... Sad

The cursor just briefly changes into a colorpicker or something else depending on the tool chosen, which is probably because of the alt key...

evl · Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 1238

PhiLho's script works here.

If you run this script:

Evisc · Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 5

Yes it works in notepad, it even works when typing text in PS, but it still doesn't work as a hotkey in PS.

It is as though the hotkey alt + [ and alt + ] is deactivated when using any other keyboard language than English... Confused

PhiLho · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:22 pm Post subject:

Does these keys have a menu equivalence? You can then simulate that by using SendMessage WM_COMMAND, menuID...
Other ways are possible. What do these keys do?
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vPhiLho := RegExReplace("Philippe Lhoste", "^(\w{3})\w*\s+\b(\w{3})\w*$", "$1$2")

Evisc · Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 5

Unfortunately the function does not have any menu equivalence... Sad

It's a shortcut for switching between layers. A function, which in my humble opinion, should be mapped to the up and down arrow keys by default (or at least should be remappable).

PhiLho · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:47 pm Post subject:

Perhaps somebody with a non-European keyboard can type these keys in the Key history window and report the VK and SC codes, perhaps they can be simulated this way.
Thank you.
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vPhiLho := RegExReplace("Philippe Lhoste", "^(\w{3})\w*\s+\b(\w{3})\w*$", "$1$2")

Evisc · Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 5

Shit, tried it but it didn't work... I had such high hopes for that method:(

Thanks anyway!

Lemming · Joined: 20 Dec 2005 Posts: 150 Location: Malaysia

It's probably because Photoshop itself uses Alt-PgUp and PgDn for scrolling thru an image. At least it does for my version (Photoshop CS). You could try remapping another pair of keys.

Note that PS does have a whole bunch of hotkeys, so you might want to check its manual or helpfile to ensure there are no clashes.

-Lemming

Evisc · Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 5

I've tried using other keys and combinations that shouldn't clash with Photoshop’s own hotkeys, but I still can't get it to work...

Thanks for the suggestion though...

kapege.de · Joined: 07 Feb 2005 Posts: 186 Location: Munich, Germany

PS is a nasty program like Word. Try to close it with Alt-F4... You have to hold the keys down for about 2 seconds before PS reacts.
Every send-action from AHK has to have "sleep"s between. And so on.
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Peter

Wisenheiming for beginners: KaPeGe (German only, sorry)