Press 2 buttons at the same time? Topic is solved

[james2]

Hello,
What is the best way to make 2 buttons pressed at the same time ( Time delay between 2 presses is as short as possible)?

[CPLNet]

make 2 labels



label1:
send {K Down}
send {K up}
return

label2:
send {K Down}
send {K up}
return

*~$n::
{
gosub label1
gosub label2
}

[Rohwedder]

Hallo,
let two scripts run at the same time.
F4 presses a and b almost simultaneously.
A.ahk:

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~F4::a

B.ahk:

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~F4::b

(If pressing F4 is bothering, use a third script to mask F4)
F4.ahk:

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F4::Return

But this simultaneity is unnecessary!

I recommend you:
Key a presses a and b:

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~a::b

[Nwb]

Technically if the purpose of this is to trigger two actions that you want to go simultaneously then Send, {a}{b} should do the job. There's hardly any delay.
Of course you can do what rohwedder did too. The problem with ~a::b is that the hotkey will be triggered when a is pressed as well!

[evilC]

It really depends on what you mean by "Press at the same time".
As Nwb says Send, {a}{b} will send keys quickly, but using that, at no point are the two keys "held" simultaneously (It presses, then releases each key in sequence).
If you truly want to hold two keys at the same time, you would want Send, {a down}{b down}{b up}{a up}