Perform action only when nothing else was pressed...

[4k3or3et]

Hi Guys

I have simple script:

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appskey::
send {alt down}{space}{alt up}
return

What I need to achieve is to execute {alt down}{space}{alt up} action only when AppsKey was pressed alone. For example if i press AppsKey+a then {alt down}{space}{alt up} should not be executed.

Can anyone help me how to achieve that?

The thing is that i have two script running at the same time. One is elevated, second it not. The problem is that when I press AppsKey+A the elevated script is also executing {alt down}{space}{alt up} which is not desired at that time.

Thanks for any help.

[TheArkive]

The easiest way I can think of is to run a timer every 100ms, and check for the key state of that key.

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SetTimer, CheckAppsKey, 100

CheckAppsKey() {
	keyState := GetKeyState("AppsKey","P")
	If (keyState = 1) {
		; do stuff
	}
}

But i would not recommend doing it this way. Does this need to be a global hotkey? Or are you pressing this while a script GUI window is active?

[4k3or3et]

Thank you for you reply. Yes it has to be global hotkey... :-/

[TheArkive]

I've been racking my brain and I can't think of any other better method for the time being ... try the script i posted ... make sure the SetTimer command is above all of your specified hotkeys. It should work just fine.

I tested it on my machine with the Ctrl button, and it worked.

Here's a more complete simple example:

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SetTimer, CheckAppsKey, 100

CheckAppsKey() {
	keyState := GetKeyState("Ctrl","P")
	If (keyState = 1) {
		msgbox "Ctrl pressed!"
	}
}

F12::ExitApp