[AutoHotkey-jk] How to use hotIf() Topic is solved

[func]

How to use hotIf() with this?
Note: I'm not actually trying to just detect if winActive("A"), it's for debugging only, I really need hotIf() instead of hotIfWinActive()
Everything I'm trying with hotIf() is getting an error "Parameter 1 must match an existing #HotIf expression."

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hotIf(winActive("A")) // error
hotIf('winActive("A")') // error
hotIf 'winActive("A")' // error

[Mod action: Moved post to its own thread from an existing thread in “Announcements” and gave it a subject line, which refers to AutoHotkey-jk.]

[Helgef]

Sets the criteria to an existing #HotIf expression

my bold
I.e., eg,

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hotif 'winactive("a")'
#hoif winactive("a")

Or, pass a function object,

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hotif hk=>winactive('a')

Cheers.

[func]

Accepted it just doesn't work in AHK-JK, had the correct syntax, it's just not working. Found a much more important problem anyway

[lexikos]

The following code works with both AutoHotkey-jk (v2.0-a130) and AutoHotkey v2.0-beta.3.

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hotIf(hk => winActive('ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd'))
hotkey('Space', hk => msgBox('Pressed Space with taskbar active'))

i.e. pass a function.

hotIf('winActive("A")') would not work for the reason explained in the documentation.

Sets the criteria to an existing #HotIf expression. ... Although this function is unable to create new expressions, it can create new hotkeys using an existing expression.

There is no way for an expression to exist unless you add #HotIf directives on the AutoHotkey side.

hotIf(winActive("A")) would not work because you are just passing a window ID to hotIf.