"CTRL + mousebutton 4" to send a key

[S1lver]

Hello guys. I've spent 4 hours on google, and i cannot find a solution to how I make a script where Ctrl + mousebutton4 sends a key. I hope you can guide me if i send you my tiny script which looks like:

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^XButton2::

While GetKeyState("^XButton2","p")
{
send {g down}
sleep 100
send {g up}
}
return

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the "^" sign suppose to be CTRL but nothing happens when I hold down the CTRL plus the mousebutton. it's very frustrating

[Hardcoder]

Hi, GetKeyState only works for a single key, not a combination, so you probably have to check twice.
Maybe that's all

Edit: After testing, I can't get it to continually send g

Edit2: What does work is this (though it continues after you release Ctrl but still hold XButton2):

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#SingleInstance Force

^XButton2::
	SetTimer, SendG, 100
	KeyWait, XButton2
	SetTimer, SendG, Off
return

SendG:
	Send, g
Return

Edit 3: Unless you actually want to hold the key for 100ms, what your script says, in that case you can do what you did, or call

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SetKeyDelay, 1, 100

Which then is active for all send, until you reset without parameters.

[RussF]

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^XButton1::
    MsgBox, It works!
    Return

Russ

[RussF]

Try:

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^XButton1::
    While GetKeyState("XButton1", "P" ) AND GetKeyState("Ctrl", "P" )
    {
        Send g
        Sleep 100
    }
    Return

Russ

[Hardcoder]

Try:

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^XButton1::
    While GetKeyState("XButton1", "P" ) AND GetKeyState("Ctrl", "P" )
    {
        Send g
        Sleep 100
    }
    Return

Russ

Interesting, I did the same at first, but it didn't work at all, now it does most of the time.
I hope I don't need a new mouse

Edit: Nope, my mouse is ok, but as soon as I press the mouse button in addition to Ctrl, Ctrl state is toggling between pressed and released
Edit2: So, the cause is the sending of g, I would guess because the script releases Ctrl very short, to not send ^g. I would prefer a different version then, that does not rely on Ctrl state, as that will obviously stop at random times (when Ctrl up and the check happen at the same time).

[RussF]

I'm sure it can be fine tuned. If I release xbutton1 while holding ctrl, the g's stop and start up again when I re-press xbutton1.

If I release ctrl while holding xbutton1, the g's stop, but DON'T start up when I re-press ctrl.

Hopefully @Silver can work within those constraints.

Russ

[Hardcoder]

Yeah, maybe it doesn't even matter for him.
But anyway an interesting find for me

[S1lver]

Nice guys. Thx alot for trying to figure this out, and the same way confirm I'm not total noob
I will try it out, and see if I can make a workaround with what you wrote.
The point for the script is that xbutton1 is giving another command.
So that is why Ctrl has to be implemented.
Happy easter