photoshop -> script for using ctrl+mouse_wheel for zooming doesn't work

[MHHM_88]

Hi all,

I'm a beginner. I tried this script for photoshop (posted on t.ly/QOpA):

Code: Select all

#IfWinActive ahk_class indesign
;Middle mouse button moves the page
    MButton::
    Send {Space Down}{LButton Down}
    Keywait, MButton
    Send {LButton Up}{Space Up}
    Return
;Map Ctrl+Wheel to do Alt+Wheel
    ^WheelUp::!WheelUp
    ^WheelDown::!WheelDown
#IfWinActive

The issue is: "Middle mouse button moves the page" works, but "Map Ctrl+Wheel to do Alt+Wheel" doesn't work!

I hop anyone can help me with it,

Thanks in advance

[mikeyww]

I don't think you can do a remap with two keys, because remapping is used to map something to a single key. You can use Send instead.

[boiler]

You can remap a key with modifiers, but remapping does not release the modifier key. It is like a “blind” hotkey, so remapping a modified key to a different modifier with that key won’t really work unless the desired outcome is another modifier in addition to that one.

…a remapping never "releases" the modifier keys which are used to trigger it. For example, A::b is typically equivalent to A::B and ^a::b is equivalent to ^a::^b. This is because each remapping internally uses {Blind} to allow the key or key combination to be combined with other modifiers.

So, as mikeyww suggested, the solution is to create a hotkey and use Send instead because the modifier key(s) will be released as long as {Blind} isn’t used.