KeyWait blocking other hotkeys Topic is solved

[Cakes]

Hey,

I'm looking for some help. I have spent hours trying to figure out how to get around this. I have two hotkeys ~w and MButton.

If w is down then the Mbutton hotkey works fine. However, If I press MButton then w, The script pauses until I release w. I thought it was the KeyWait but it still happens if I take it out. I can't seem to figure it out.

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MButton::
	toggle := !toggle
	Loop
	{
		if !toggle
			break
		else
		{
			Send {3}
			Sleep, 800
			Send {LButton}
			Send {Shift down}
			Send {4}
			Sleep, 800
			Send {LButton}
			Send {Shift down}
		}
	}
	Send {Shift up}
return
~w:: 
	Send {Shift down}
	KeyWait, w
	Send {Shift up}
return

[Cakes]

I tried the changes below but it has the same problem.

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KeyWait, w 

to

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While GetKeyState("w", "P")
    Sleep -1

[Nextron]

I think this is a good read for you: Why you should avoid while(GetKeyState("a", "P")) to detect release of key

Besides that, using a toggle variable to end a loop, don't work when the hokey itself alters it and you don't change #maxthreadsperhotkey.

[Cakes]

I think this is a good read for you: Why you should avoid while(GetKeyState("a", "P")) to detect release of key

Wow, this is good to know. I had no idea about threads but this explains a lot. I was able to get it to work by splitting hotkeys between ~w and ~w up

Besides that, using a toggle variable to end a loop, don't work when the hokey itself alters it and you don't change #maxthreadsperhotkey.

I have #maxthreadsperhotkey 2 set. I'm not sure how else to write that loop. I tried a while loop and it would go in to endless loop. Basically I want it to do the loop until I press MButton again.

Thank you sir. It's working perfect now.