How to minimize KeyHistory window to taskbar? Topic is solved

[mslonik]

Dear Forum,

I've found extremely useful "KeyHistory" window of AutoHotkey. I'd like to keep it mimized upon pressing of Esc key. By default (by design?) it is minimized to system tray intead of taskbar. What I'd like to get is to minimize this window to taskbar:

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#NoEnv					; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
#SingleInstance, force		; Only one instance of this script may run at a time!
#Warn					; Enables every type of warning and shows each warning in a message box.

#Persistent				; Keeps a script permanently running (that is, until the user closes it or ExitApp is encountered).
#InstallKeybdHook			; Forces the unconditional installation of the keyboard hook.
#InstallMouseHook			; Forces the unconditional installation of the mouse hook.
#KeyHistory, 500			; For debugging purposes. 500 is maximum allowed value

KeyHistory
WinMaximize, A

Esc::
	WinMinimize, A
return

On this forum there are multiple solutions to reverse issue: how to minimize window to system tray instead of taskbar. I couldn't easily find a way to solve my issue.

Is there any simple workaround?

Kind regards, mslonik

[mikeyww]

You can deactivate the window.

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#Requires AutoHotkey v1.1.33
script := A_ScriptFullPath " ahk_class AutoHotkey ahk_exe AutoHotkey.exe"

F1::
KeyHistory
WinWaitActive % script,, 2
If !ErrorLevel
 WinMaximize
Return

#If WinActive(script)
Esc::
WinSet Bottom
MouseGetPos ,,, hWnd
WinActivate % "ahk_id" hWnd
Return
#If

[mslonik]

Thank you @mikeyww, it works! I didn't know this "trick". Surprisingly AutoHotkey help mentiones about shortcut:

The effect is similar to pressing Alt+Esc.

I'm glad you've teached me something new