Tooltip closes early sometimes Topic is solved

[imkira3]

The title pretty much says it all, the tooltip is supposed to close after 10 seconds, but about a quarter of the time it closes early and I can't figure out why, I'm sure my syntax is perfect

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; Settings

A_NumLock := "NumLock`rCtrl = Pause`rWin = Control Panel (System)`rAlt = Process Explorer"
A_TooltipDelay := "10000"
A_TooltipX := "0"
A_TooltipY4 := "-59"

; Basic Functions

<^NumLock::pause
<!NumLock::numpadclear
<#NumLock::#pause
<+NumLock::{
WinActivate "ahk_class" "Shell_TrayWnd"
ToolTip A_NumLock, A_TooltipX, A_TooltipY4
Sendinput "!{Esc}"
}

; Tooltip Timer

SetTimer () => ToolTip(), A_TooltipDelay

[swagfag]

change it to

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<+NumLock::{
WinActivate "ahk_class" "Shell_TrayWnd"
ToolTip A_NumLock, A_TooltipX, A_TooltipY4
Sendinput "!{Esc}"
SetTimer () => ToolTip(), -A_TooltipDelay
}

[imkira3]

Oh wow that worked nicely, thanks! Now I just need to figure out why !{Esc} isn't switching back to the previous app. It works sometimes, but sometimes not. It's very odd

[imkira3]

Its supposed to shift to taskbar, do tooltip, then switch back to whatever app you had focus on

[imkira3]

Ok so it turns out it doesn't switch back to windows marked as "On Top"

[imkira3]

Hmmm so Alt+Tab switches back to the previous window if it's marked as on top, as the on top function has an effect on the order of apps in the Alt+Tab menu, but usually I would want to use Alt+Esc. I might have to try and make some kind of if based on whether or not the currently selected window is on top, if it's even possible for AHK to detect such a thing. Either that or I will have to try using a completely different method for switching windows

[mikeyww]

WinActivate is a great choice. An example is on line 14 of your script.

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#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0
originalWindow := WinActive("A")
Run 'notepad'
Sleep 1500
SoundBeep 1500
WinActivate originalWindow

[imkira3]

WinActivate is a great choice. An example is on line 14 of your script.

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#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0
originalWindow := WinActive("A")
Run 'notepad'
Sleep 1500
SoundBeep 1500
WinActivate originalWindow

Wow, it's perfect! Exactly what I needed to finish my script, thanks