WindowsKey + number Topic is solved

[pospa]

Hi,
I am trying to send WinKey+<number> to open specific program from Taskbar, yet behaviour is not the same as actual WinKey+<number> press. If I press that combination using keyboard it open the program or minimize/restore if is already running. Yet

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Send, #<number>

and even

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Send, {LWin down}<number>{LWin up}

run new instance every single time. Any hint how to mimic real WinKey+<number> press, please? Thanks

[mikeyww]

You can try this exact script by itself with no other code, and no other scripts running.

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F3::Send #3

[pospa]

I have tried, yet still the same. Number 7 on my Taskbar is Visual Studio Code. I am running just one script with just that one line like

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F7::Send #7

For every single press of F7 key, new VS code instance is open. If I press WinKey+7 it is switching among already running instances of VS code.

[mikeyww]

Strange. I do not know why.

[pospa]

Can you at least reproduce or am I the only one having this issue, please?

[shanshans]

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f7::

Send, {LWin down}
sleep 20              ; needed ?
send {7 down}
keywait f7
send {7 up}
send, {LWin up}
return

I am using a highly modified taskbar , so i don't it will work or not, haha, but it is a start maybe.

[pospa]

Nice, works like a charm. This is exactly what I have boon looking for. Thanks

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f7::

Send, {LWin down}
sleep 20              ; needed ?
send {7 down}
keywait f7
send {7 up}
send, {LWin up}
return

I am using a highly modified taskbar , so i don't it will work or not, haha, but it is a start maybe.

[pospa]

Actually it worked under very specific circumstances I am not able to reproduce any more. So help still needed. Any other hint @mikeyww, @shanshans, please? Thanks

[mikeyww]

In some cases, the Up version helps.

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F3 Up::Send #3

[pospa]

Doesn't work. I have tried on a different PC with Windows 10 and even Windows 11, yet it is still the same.

In some cases, the Up version helps.

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F3 Up::Send #3

[mikeyww]

Is your script running? You used this script with no other code? No other scripts, hotkey managers, keyboard or mouse utilities running? No conflicting hotkeys in other software?

KeyHistory can show you what is happening with the keys.

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F3 Up::
Send #3
KeyHistory
Return

Key history

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[pospa]

I have found what is the difference. As I wrote, it works Yesterday for a while. It is depends on keyboard layout. Yet what is even more weird to me is fact, like historical values in column Key of KeyHistory changes every single time I switch layout.
with ENG-US:

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Window: C:\Users\pospa\OneDrive\Desktop\Test.ahk - AutoHotkey v1.1.34.03
Keybd hook: yes
Mouse hook: no
Enabled Timers: 0 of 0 ()
Interrupted threads: 0
Paused threads: 0 of 0 (0 layers)
Modifiers (GetKeyState() now) = 
Modifiers (Hook's Logical) = 
Modifiers (Hook's Physical) = 
Prefix key is down: no

NOTE: To disable the key history shown below, add the line "#KeyHistory 0" anywhere in the script.  The same method can be used to change the size of the history buffer.  For example: #KeyHistory 100  (Default is 40, Max is 500)

The oldest are listed first.  VK=Virtual Key, SC=Scan Code, Elapsed=Seconds since the previous event.  Types: h=Hook Hotkey, s=Suppressed (blocked), i=Ignored because it was generated by an AHK script, a=Artificial, #=Disabled via #IfWinActive/Exist, U=Unicode character (SendInput).

VK  SC	Type	Up/Dn	Elapsed	Key		Window
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A2  01D	 	d	29.25	LControl       	Program Manager
76  041	s	d	0.27	F7             	
76  041	h	u	0.08	F7             	
5B  15B	i	d	0.00	LWin           	
A2  01D	i	u	0.00	LControl       	
37  008	i	d	0.00	ý              	
37  008	i	u	0.00	ý              	
5B  15B	i	u	0.02	LWin           	
A2  01D	i	d	0.00	LControl       	
A2  01D	 	u	0.11	LControl       	Test.ahk - Visual Studio Code
A2  01D	 	d	7.22	LControl       	
76  041	s	d	0.25	F7             	
76  041	h	u	0.09	F7             	
5B  15B	i	d	0.00	LWin           	
A2  01D	i	u	0.00	LControl       	
A0  02A	i	d	0.00	LShift         	
37  008	i	d	0.00	ý              	
37  008	i	u	0.00	ý              	
5B  15B	i	u	0.02	LWin           	
A0  02A	i	u	0.00	LShift         	
A2  01D	i	d	0.00	LControl       	
A2  01D	 	u	0.20	LControl       	
78  043	 	d	4.75	F9             	
78  043	 	u	0.06	F9             	C:\Users\pospa\OneDrive\Desktop\Test.ahk - AutoHotkey v1.1.34.03
74  03F	 	d	60.20	F5             	
Press [F5] to refresh.

with CES-CZ:

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Window: C:\Users\pospa\OneDrive\Desktop\Test.ahk - AutoHotkey v1.1.34.03
Keybd hook: yes
Mouse hook: no
Enabled Timers: 0 of 0 ()
Interrupted threads: 0
Paused threads: 0 of 0 (0 layers)
Modifiers (GetKeyState() now) = 
Modifiers (Hook's Logical) = 
Modifiers (Hook's Physical) = 
Prefix key is down: no

NOTE: To disable the key history shown below, add the line "#KeyHistory 0" anywhere in the script.  The same method can be used to change the size of the history buffer.  For example: #KeyHistory 100  (Default is 40, Max is 500)

The oldest are listed first.  VK=Virtual Key, SC=Scan Code, Elapsed=Seconds since the previous event.  Types: h=Hook Hotkey, s=Suppressed (blocked), i=Ignored because it was generated by an AHK script, a=Artificial, #=Disabled via #IfWinActive/Exist, U=Unicode character (SendInput).

VK  SC	Type	Up/Dn	Elapsed	Key		Window
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A2  01D	 	d	29.25	LControl       	Program Manager
76  041	s	d	0.27	F7             	
76  041	h	u	0.08	F7             	
5B  15B	i	d	0.00	LWin           	
A2  01D	i	u	0.00	LControl       	
37  008	i	d	0.00	ý              	
37  008	i	u	0.00	ý              	
5B  15B	i	u	0.02	LWin           	
A2  01D	i	d	0.00	LControl       	
A2  01D	 	u	0.11	LControl       	Test.ahk - Visual Studio Code
A2  01D	 	d	7.22	LControl       	
76  041	s	d	0.25	F7             	
76  041	h	u	0.09	F7             	
5B  15B	i	d	0.00	LWin           	
A2  01D	i	u	0.00	LControl       	
A0  02A	i	d	0.00	LShift         	
37  008	i	d	0.00	ý              	
37  008	i	u	0.00	ý              	
5B  15B	i	u	0.02	LWin           	
A0  02A	i	u	0.00	LShift         	
A2  01D	i	d	0.00	LControl       	
A2  01D	 	u	0.20	LControl       	
78  043	 	d	4.75	F9             	
78  043	 	u	0.06	F9             	C:\Users\pospa\OneDrive\Desktop\Test.ahk - AutoHotkey v1.1.34.03
74  03F	 	d	60.20	F5             	
Press [F5] to refresh.

How come, historical data are changing in KeyHistory after switching layout, please? Btw WinKey+7 (or ý, which is on 7 with CES layout) works as it should, yet not with AHK. And I am not running any other tool for keyboard and only one AHK script like this:

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^F8 Up::
Send, {LWin down}
sleep 20              
send {7 down}
send {7 up}
send, {LWin up}
return

^F7 Up::Send #7

^Numpad7 Up:: Send #7

F9:: KeyHistory

[mikeyww]

You could try a scan code.

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F3::Send #{SC004}

Explained: Scan code

[pospa]

Thanks @mikeyww, Scan Code works all the time no matter what layout I have selected.

Now I only have to re-program my additional keyboard to F13 - F24 to not interfere with my standard 122-key keyboard and I can remap using AHK freely.
Is AHK using SC64-6E + 76 for F13-24, please?

You could try a scan code.

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F3::Send #{SC004}

Explained: Scan code

[mikeyww]

In your post, you showed that the key history displays the scan codes in the "SC" column. Best of luck!