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foxer · Guest

There is a problem with AltGr: Control and Alt keys aren't sent.

For instance:

<^>!m::Send +z
sends Shift z (OK)

but:

<^>!m::Send ^z
sends z (NOK)

<^>!m::Send !z
sends z (NOK)

Titan · Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 5068 Location: imaginationland

edit: nvm mistake
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foxer · Guest

Titan, you didn't understand my topic.
I gave examples followed by a part of a phrase. "sends" is an English word here.

Chris · Site Admin Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 10467

I've confirmed this is a bug and will try to fix it for the next release. Thanks for reporting it.

More info: As shown by the changelog, the AltGr key may be the single largest source of bugs so far. This is because of its difficult to detect whether a layout has an AltGr key; and even if you detect it, its interactions with the LControl key lead to complexities with hotkeys and Send.

The next release will also have a better method of detecting whether the current keyboard layout has an AltGr key.

foxer · Guest

In fact, is this a bug from AltGr or from Send ?

Chris · Site Admin Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 10467

I believe it's caused indirectly by AltGr; but there is most likely some part of Send and/or hotkeys that mishandles AltGr in cases like these.

Chris · Site Admin Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 10467

In case you need a workaround until it gets fixed, the following seems to work:

<^>!m::Send {LControl down}z{LControl up}

foxer · Guest

Thanks Chris, that worked.

foxer · Guest

Version 1.0.43.00 corrected this bug. Thanks Chris

abg · Guest

Chris · Site Admin Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 10467

The internal detection of AltGr is somewhat complicated because the Windows API doesn't provide any way to detect it (that I know of). The AutoHotkey code waits for the user to press the AltGr key or simulate keystrokes that involve AltGr. From that, it deduces whether AltGr exists.

Because of the above, the program doesn't know instantly whether AltGr exists, so it wouldn't be reliable to provide a built-in variable like A_AltGrPresent. Even if it weren't for that, the rarity of its use would make me reluctant to build it in.

To work around this, I think a script can do something like the following, though I haven't tested it: