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The 3rd hotkey !+t doesn't work.

Changes to global hotkey works fine:

tmplinshi wrote:

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#If !WinActive("MozillaWindowClass")
  !+t::MsgBox % A_ThisHotkey ; This hotkey doesn't work

aren't you missing an ahk_class ?

yes, but that's not the point. The hotkey was setup on any window except "xxxxx". So whatever "MozillaWindowClass" or "ahk_class MozillaWindowClass" is fine.

If you have a wildcard hotkey *x:: and a normal hotkey !x::, Alt+X resolves to the latter. If that hotkey is inactive, AutoHotkey looks for a wildcard hotkey which matches the current set of modifiers.

AutoHotkey doesn't support this for custom combination hotkeys, because they are meant for custom combinations. LAlt+t is a standard combination; a combination of a standard modifier and another key. Custom combinations act like wildcard hotkeys in that they don't care what other modifiers are held down. Since the prefix key is a custom modifier, it is presumed that no other hotkeys could match that combination, since you can't define multiple modifiers, like !x & y:: or z & x & y::. Even if you define separate combos, AutoHotkey only supports holding one custom modifier at a time.

So in short, use *~<! instead of ~LAlt &. If you didn't intend the wildcard behaviour (which is always present for custom combinations), remove the *.

So it's about priority:

• wildcard hotkey is higher than normal hotkey
• custom combination hotkeys is higher than normal hotkey

BTW, just a thought: When !+x hotkey being pressed, why not choose !+x to fire? Just like context-sensitive hotkeys has higher priority than global hotkey.

Never mind, I will remember the priority.

Hotkey prioritization is not possible for registered hotkeys, and !+x:: is most likely a registered hotkey unless you #UseHook.

Hook hotkeys are sorted according to specificity: *x < *^x < *^+x < x < ^x ... Custom combinations are not sorted, but are handled separately and before other hotkeys. If you have both Alt & x and LAlt & x, which one fires when you press LAlt+x depends on the order of definition.

Cool. Good to know the hotkey can be sorted.