hold a key and press another to activate a key Topic is solved

[lancerbetter]

I'm trying to make a code that lets me hold a and press shift to send a twice, isn't working and has locked me a key, can anyone help me?

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A & LShift::

send {a down}
sleep 50 
send {a up}
sleep 200
send {a down}
sleep 50 
send {a up}

return

the explanation is for Terraria I hate double pressing a key to dash with the shield of Cthulu so I want to be able to press shift to dash. Basically, I want to hold a key and press another to activate that held key twice.

[mikeyww]

Welcome to this AutoHotkey forum!

Does your script work in Notepad?

[lancerbetter]

I am relatively new to AutoHotkey and I dont know

[mikeyww]

A way to tell:

1. Run Notepad.
2. Run your script.
3. Activate Notepad window.
4. Trigger your hotkey.
5. See if the script does what you expect in Notepad.

[lancerbetter]

yes, as stated on my post, the A key is just locked entirely and provides no input

[mikeyww]

A by itself is blocked via your custom combo.

https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/Hotkeys.htm#combo

You can fix the problem as noted there. This forces the lone hotkey to be triggered upon releasing it.

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a::a
a & LShift::Send x

[lancerbetter]

thanks