First line in script works but the rest does not execute Topic is solved

[M4verick]

Here's my code:

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^+Right::Run, Firefox.exe https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
Sleep, 3000
Send, !d
Sleep, 500
Send, {end}
SendInput, #installation{Enter}

It opens up the desired website but for some strange reason, the rest of the script is not executing. Any ideas?

[mikeyww]

Move the Run command to a new line below your hotkey. This will remove the implicit Return and allow the other statements to execute.

Hotkey subroutines typically end with a Return command. Without a Return or other control flow, the script will proceed to the next statement.

Example of a multi-statement hotkey subroutine

[M4verick]

OK, first let me try to understand your statement:

"This will remove the implicit Return and allow the other statements to execute."

I don't follow. What does this mean exactly?
EDIT: nevermind - I see you edited your original comment.

EDIT 2: I still don't understand how this works. How does moving everything down to the next line below the hotkey make everything else work?

Secondly, I did as you instructed and everything is working.... but not quite. On the very last line of the code, it's not typing out the pound symbol (hashkey). Should I use SendRaw instead?

EDIT 3: I figured it out: I changed the very last line to:

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SendInput, {#}installation{Enter}

[mikeyww]

You'll want to read this section carefully.

Introduction and simple examples:

If a hotkey needs to execute only a single line, that line can be listed to the right of the double-colon. In other words, the return is implicit.

Next:

Should I use SendRaw instead?

How to find out, in two steps.

1. Run a script that uses SendRaw.

2. See if it works!

Enjoy!

[M4verick]

OK so I can understand this better, I went back to my original script & tried to fix it a different way by using Return:

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^+Right::Run, Firefox.exe https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
Sleep, 3000
Send, !d
Sleep, 500
Send, {end}
SendInput, {#}installation{Enter}
Return

Based on your first comment above saying that it's looking for a Return, I thought this would work, but it's not!

[mikeyww]

Perhaps if I say this a different way, it will help.

1. Whenever a statement is listed on the same line as a hotkey, that statement is immediately followed by an implicit Return command.

2. Unlabeled code that follows a Return command is unreachable and will never execute.

[M4verick]

OK I understand better now. Thanks.

[GEV]

From an older documentation:

To have more than one command executed by a hotkey, put the first line beneath the hotkey definition and make the last line a return.
For example:
...

That was easier to understand for beginners.

Why is that so?

Because

1. Whenever a statement is listed on the same line as a hotkey, that statement is immediately followed by an implicit Return command.

2. Unlabeled code that follows a Return command is unreachable and will never execute.

and

Without a Return or other control flow, the script will proceed to the next statement.