Controls with shortcut keys

[newbieforever]

Hi!

The following demo script shows a gui with a button, for which a shortcut key (b) is set. If a MsgBox ist open, the shortcut key does not work, even if the gui is the active window (but clicking on button works).

Is there a way to make the shortcut key work even if there is a MsgBox?

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Gui New: Add, Button, ggButton, &Button
Gui New: Show, x100 y100 w100 h100, GuiNew

MsgBox MSGBOX

RETURN

gButton:
  ;WinActivate, GuiNew
  MsgBox BUTTON
Return

EDITED

[WalkerOfTheDay]

For me it works (I think).

When I press F9, while the MsgBox is open a new gui button is being added.

[newbieforever]

WalkerOfTheDay, I edited my demo script to illustrate the problem better. The shortcut letter doesn't work if the MsgBox is displayed.

[WalkerOfTheDay]

It's still not really clear to me what you are trying to accomplish in the demo script.

What do you mean by 'shortcut' letter ?

[gregster]

What do you mean by 'shortcut' letter ?

The & in &Button creates a shortcut (alt+b) for the button which, it seems, doesn't work while the msgbox is shown.

Compare:

Certain controls may contain an ampersand (&) to create a keyboard shortcut, which might be displayed in the control's text as an underlined character (depending on system settings). A user activates the shortcut by holding down the Alt key then typing the corresponding character. For buttons, checkboxes, and radio buttons, pressing the shortcut is the same as clicking the control.[...]

Perhaps someone knows a trick to enable this shortcut while a regular msgbox is displayed (although that's probably not the point of a msgbox) - if not, perhaps build your own pseudo-msgbox with another GUI or use a regular AHK-hotkey for !b (perhaps context-specific: only when your GUI is active) to jump via gosub to the gButton label, if you really need this functionality while a msgbox is displayed...

[newbieforever]

Thank you, gregster. In the meantime I believe that there is no way (no trick). But there are workarounds, yes.

[WalkerOfTheDay]

Thank you, gregster. In the meantime I believe that there is no way (no trick). But there are workarounds, yes.

Does this work for you ?

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Gui New: Add, Button, ggButton, &Button
Gui New: Show, x100 y100 w100 h100, GuiNew

MsgBox MSGBOX

RETURN

gButton:
  ;WinActivate, GuiNew
  MsgBox BUTTON
Return

!b::
ControlClick, Button1,, Button
return

[newbieforever]

WalkerOfTheDay: Yes, not a perfect workaround, but it works...