Issue with key hold down Topic is solved

[fona]

Hi everyone,
When the hotkey Alt + Left is held down it closes the active tab in Firefox. However, if the hotkey Alt + Left is held down more than 0.20 seconds it closes also other tabs, which I really don't like. I just want it to execute only once and stop. Is it possible to prevent the routine?

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~!Left::
		KeyWait, !, T0.20 ;Check if mouse button get's released immediately
		KeyWait, Left, T0.20 ;Check if mouse button get's released immediately
		if (ErrorLevel = 1){ ; Button is still down
			Sendinput ^w
		}
return

[mikeyww]

You can add another KeyWait as the last line of your hotkey routine.

KeyWait can use a key name such as Alt where needed. See https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/KeyList.htm#modifier

It is a single key from the key list or keyboard itself (not a modifier used as a modifer).

[fona]

You can add another KeyWait as the last line of your hotkey routine.

KeyWait can use a key name such as Alt where needed. See https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/KeyList.htm#modifier

It is a single key from the key list or keyboard itself (not a modifier used as a modifer).

Is that correct? Or you meant something different?

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~!Left::
		KeyWait, Alt, T0.20 ;Check if mouse button get's released immediately
		KeyWait, Left, T0.20 ;Check if mouse button get's released immediately
		
		if (ErrorLevel = 1){ ; Button is still down
			Sendinput ^w
		}
		KeyWait, Left, T7 ;Check if mouse button get's released immediately
return

[mikeyww]

It looks OK.

[fona]

It looks OK.

Yes, It works fine. Thank you!

[mikeyww]

It's unusual to have two KeyWait commands consecutively when both have timeouts. I'm not sure that it helps you much here, since you do not check the ErrorLevel for the first KeyWait. Note, too, that the ErrorLevel pertains only to the immediately preceding command in this case. Most users would release the non-modifier key (e.g., Left) first, rather than the modifier key.