Key is not detected in KeyHistory
Posted: 08 May 2021, 11:18
Current system I am using: dell xps17
Problem: 'Increase brightness' key not detected in KeyHistory. Therefore, the name of this key is unknown to me, which prevents me from setting it as a hotkey.
On the keyboard of the XPS 17 the 'increase brightness' button is located on the default spot of the F7 key as you can see in the picture. Pressing both Function key + 'increase brightness' keys activate F7, which is still read by KeyHistory.
Other keys like the 'decrease brightness' button appear have similar behavior.
Why is autohotkey unable to detect the key. Might it be a low-level driver problem? Might there be a workaround for detecting these special keys?
Problem: 'Increase brightness' key not detected in KeyHistory. Therefore, the name of this key is unknown to me, which prevents me from setting it as a hotkey.
On the keyboard of the XPS 17 the 'increase brightness' button is located on the default spot of the F7 key as you can see in the picture. Pressing both Function key + 'increase brightness' keys activate F7, which is still read by KeyHistory.
Other keys like the 'decrease brightness' button appear have similar behavior.
Why is autohotkey unable to detect the key. Might it be a low-level driver problem? Might there be a workaround for detecting these special keys?
. I have fixed the problem by toggling "increase brightness" button/F7 via FN + esc. This way the "increase brightness" button is now detected in keyhistory as F7 and can act as a hotkey.