a hotkey links to another hotkey? Topic is solved

[surfactant]

I have two scripts:

1.ahk

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LWin::^+a

2.ahk

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^+a::Send XXX

I hope pressing LWin gives XXX. How should I fix the codes?

Thank you for your help!

[safetycar]

You could use #InputLevel on your first script.

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#InputLevel, 1 ; The following hotkeys will have higher level.
LWin::^+a
#InputLevel, 0 ; To add hotkeys with normal level after this.

[necomerx]

Hi, try this in on script:

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^+a::
Send, XXX
return
LWin::
SendInput, ^+a
return

[surfactant]

@safetycar Thank you for your solution!

But it's odd what I got are inconsitent results when pressing LWin again and again:

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xXX
xXX
XX
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xXX
XX
xXX

[surfactant]

@necomerx

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^+a::
Send, XXX
return
LWin::
SendInput, ^+a
return

With your codes above, pressing LWin gives nothing. Thanks!

[safetycar]

@safetycar Thank you for your solution!

But it's odd what I got are inconsitent results when pressing LWin again and again:

XX
XX
xXX
xXX
XX
XX
xXX
XX
xXX

It's making the Shift key stuck
I'm going to take a look at it.

I don't recommend you to keep using the code script like this, it's going to be annoying.

[safetycar]

I can't debug it now anymore.
It has started working properly by itself for me

[surfactant]

@safetycar

Yes, you are absolutely right ---- the practice should be avoided. But now I have an special situation and need to call a hotkey defined in another script.

Thanks a lot!

[safetycar]

I've found that this line at the top of both scripts make quite a big difference:

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SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.

If your keys are still acting up because of the previous try pressing Ctrl and Shift, separately a couple of times each to try to release them.

[necomerx]

@necomerx

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^+a::
Send, XXX
return
LWin::
SendInput, ^+a
return

With your codes above, pressing LWin gives nothing. Thanks!

That's strange, it is working for me... Did you exit your first script and only run this one? Because if the two scripts using LWin are running the hotkey won't work.

[surfactant]

@safetycar With the new statement added, the issue seems to persist, although slightly less frequently.

@necomerx If you press the hotkey for more times, it seems to disrupt the functions of Ctrl and Shift.

Thank you both!

[swagfag]

instead of "linking" hotkeys from one script with another's(and possibly have the keyboard hooks duke it out), PostMessage from one script to the other telling it which hotkey subroutine to invoke(and optionally with which parameters in case its a function)

[surfactant]

@swagfag Passing an argument seems to be the right choice. Thank you!