Tab

[jrachr]

Why does this not work ~Q::Tab

[mikeyww]

If your goal is to send Tab after Shift+Q, you can do it this way:

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~+q::Send {Tab}

[jrachr]

Sorry Mike. Should have been a little more clear. My goal is to be able to use q as tab hence ~q::Tab but still have q as normal key. According to documentation using the tilde should make it work but for me it does not. Any ideas? Tk's

[mikeyww]

When you press the key Q, what should happen?

[jrachr]

When I press q(Does not have to be Capitol q) I want it to be Tab but also remain q if I am using it as a regular letter. IE when notepad,word,is open etc. As I said according to documentation if I have the ~ in front of it it should work but it does not. Tk's.

[mikeyww]

Your description is not clear. Give specific examples for each case. Are you simply wanting different actions depending on the specific target window? If so, then what are the specific windows, and what should happen in each of them?

[jrachr]

I want q to be the Tab Key. But I also want it to be the q key.

[20170201225639]

When I press q(Does not have to be Capitol q) I want it to be Tab but also remain q if I am using it as a regular letter. IE when notepad,word,is open etc. As I said according to documentation if I have the ~ in front of it it should work but it does not. Tk's.

but how's the computer supposed to tell when you want which to happen?

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#If not NotepadWordEtcIsOpen()
q::Tab
#If

NotepadWordEtcIsOpen(){
for i, e in ["ahk_exe notepad.exe", "ahk_class OpusApp"]
    if WinActive(e)
        return 1
}

[mikeyww]

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GroupAdd, q, ahk_exe notepad.exe
GroupAdd, q, ahk_exe WINWORD.exe
GroupAdd, q, ahk_exe iexplore.exe
GroupAdd, q, ahk_exe chrome.exe
GroupAdd, q, ahk_exe firefox.exe
GroupAdd, q, ahk_exe msedge.exe
#IfWinNotActive ahk_group q
q::Tab
#IfWinNotActive

[jrachr]

Thank you all for your help.