check which button on keyboard is stuck

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brutus_skywalker
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check which button on keyboard is stuck

24 Dec 2016, 13:34

;usage examples
loop
{
getKeyState_fnc("RAlt")
getKeyState_fnc("LAlt")
getKeyState_fnc("RCtrl")
getKeyState_fnc("LCtrl")
getKeyState_fnc("RShift")
getKeyState_fnc("LShift")
Sleep, 100
}

getKeyState_fnc(modifier) ;simply checks if the specified key is being held down,usefull to check if a key is stuck or not.
{
GetKeyState, state, %modifier%
if state = D
MsgBox %modifier% key is down.
}
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Re: check which button on keyboard is stuck

24 Dec 2016, 13:38

so,I've been using ahk for ages but my first posting so excitin, neeway I have a slightly rusty laptop with a few modifier keys that tend to get stuck,so here's a little script to detect if a suspected key is currently stuck, though I actually poll for stuck keys on demand instead of a loop that'll pop up msgbox everytime I press a button...
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Re: check which button on keyboard is stuck

25 Dec 2016, 18:41

I'd suggest rewriting it to return true or false depending on whether it is stuck or not... I'd also recommend including the Win keys.. Create a second function which runs the function and if stuck it releases the key.. Create a 3rd function which calls check and release for all of them.
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brutus_skywalker
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Re: check which button on keyboard is stuck

26 Dec 2016, 07:37

yeah a bool return us probably better,but this was just for the casual ahk user if u will...
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TheDewd
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Re: check which button on keyboard is stuck

26 Jan 2017, 14:54

Here's my attempt at writing a function to release the keys:

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ReleaseKey("RAlt", "LAlt", "RCtrl", "LCtrl", "RShift", "LShift")

ReleaseKey(Keys*) {
    For Index, Value In Keys {
        If (GetKeyState(Value, "P")) {
            SendInput, % "{" Keys " Up}"
        }
    }
}
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Re: check which button on keyboard is stuck

29 Jan 2017, 01:11

TheDewd wrote:Here's my attempt at writing a function to release the keys:

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ReleaseKey("RAlt", "LAlt", "RCtrl", "LCtrl", "RShift", "LShift")

ReleaseKey(Keys*) {
    For Index, Value In Keys {
        If (GetKeyState(Value, "P")) {
            SendInput, % "{" Keys " Up}"
        }
    }
}


Neat,beats just finding the stuck key and physically beating down on it,though,if key is physically stuck,you still gotta physically beat on the key... :clap:
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guest3456
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Re: check which button on keyboard is stuck

29 Jan 2017, 01:22

your getKeyState_fnc() is redundant because AHK has a GetKeyState() built in func already

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Re: check which button on keyboard is stuck

02 Feb 2017, 08:09

@guest3456

getKeyState_fnc() is a configurable abstraction for the built in function that alerts user to a stuck key based solely on key being specified as a param, nothing more nothing less. though perhaps I should have named it getStuckKey()....
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Re: check which button on keyboard is stuck

02 Feb 2017, 10:35

brutus_skywalker wrote:@guest3456

getKeyState_fnc() is a configurable abstraction for the built in function that alerts user to a stuck key based solely on key being specified as a param, nothing more nothing less. though perhaps I should have named it getStuckKey()....
no.

your func is an abstraction for the built-in GetKeyState command. there is also a GetKeyState() function built-into AHK as well, which is what TheDewd used in his reply above.

read the docs:
https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/GetKeyState.htm

this is all that is needed:

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Loop
   MsgBox, % GetKeyState("LCtrl")
or if you want more text:

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Loop
   MsgBox, % "LCtrl modifier is " . (GetKeyState("LCtrl") ? "down" : "up")

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Re: check which button on keyboard is stuck

03 Feb 2017, 10:54

well silly me,my bad AND thanks for the heads up. I didn't consider callin the function from the msgbox, cheers.

I SHOULD HAVE READ THE DOCS MORE THOROUGHLY!

I'll leave up my post incase anyone else makes the same mistake...
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