How to detect input field in every application?

[tatagi]

I'd like to use hotkey that is only activated when input field is focused by mouse cursor. (ex: chrome search box, notepad text field, find text box etc)

for instance like this:

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^lbutton::
send, {click}^ac
return

so this is when I press ctrl + click left mouse button on form field, it sends the mouse click once in the form field, and select all and copy it so I can do whatever I want after that.


any tips?

[boiler]

That’s sending ^a but not ^c. It sends ^a and c. You can do this:

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^lbutton::send, {click}^a^c

or this:

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^lbutton::send, {click}{ctrl down}ac{ctrl up}

Note that you can do single-command hotkeys on the same line without a return.

[tatagi]

That’s sending ^a but not ^c. It sends ^a and c. You can do this:

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^lbutton::send, {click}^a^c

or this:

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^lbutton::send, {click}{ctrl down}ac{ctrl up}

Note that you can do single-command hotkeys on the same line without a return.

oh thanks I wasn't aware of that , and do you have a clever idea how to detect input field? I squeeze my head to figure that out but failed.

[boiler]

It is very different depending on the application, especially when the input field doesn’t have a specific control (in a Windows control sense) associated with it, as is the case with most or all browsers. I doubt there is a great way of knowing you’re in an input field consistently except to rely on you not pressing ^LButton if you weren’t.

[tatagi]

It is very different depending on the application, especially when the input field doesn’t have a specific control (in a Windows control sense) associated with it, as is the case with most or all browsers. I doubt there is a great way of knowing you’re in an input field consistently except to rely on you not pressing ^LButton if you weren’t.

I c.. then is it easier to detect every input field in single application, specifically chrome browser? most of my use of computer is on browsing internet.

[boiler]

In other specific applications, it would be easier because you could find out what the focused control is and see if it’s an edit box or similar, but as I mentioned, browsers don’t use Windows controls.