Mac Parallel & Win11 Issues

[justha]

Hey Guys,

I've recently migrated back to mac with parallel running windows.

I use hotkey for Autocad. for some reason Capslock will not work for my script anymore. does anyone have any suggestion?

CAPSLOCK & 2:: (example )

Thank you.

[mikeyww]

Welcome to this AutoHotkey forum!

I had no trouble with the following.

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#Requires AutoHotkey v1.1.33.11
CapsLock::CapsLock
CapsLock & 2::MsgBox

If you are new to AHK, I recommend using its current version, which is v2, instead of this older deprecated version that is no longer developed.

[justha]

Hey Mike, I tried ctrl, shift . Also doesn’t work. Your running parallel with win11?? Could it be an issue with the keyboard mapping ? I will install version 2 and see. Thank you

[mikeyww]

Not parallel to anything, but running AHK on Win 11. If you do not see a MsgBox, then perhaps you have other scripts running or the key is already being used or mapped to something else. V2 is not a solution to this issue, so I would not waste time on that with respect to this issue, at least for now.

A new test script may help you track things down.

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#Requires AutoHotkey v1.1.33.11
CapsLock::MsgBox

Some possible reasons for failure of this script:

1. CapsLock was not pressed.
2. Other software is conflicting or using the key.
3. Keyboard is broken.
4. This exact script is not running.
5. MsgBox is hidden behind other windows or on a different display.

If you do happen to want to switch to v2, this test script is essentially the same.

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#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0
CapsLock::MsgBox

[boiler]

What could be happening is that when you run a virtual desktop like Parallels, depending on the settings, it could be trying to sync the states of toggle keys between the physical desktop and the virtual desktop, and in doing so, it can mess up the way those keys are handled, especially on the virtual desktop.

[mikeyww]

Sounds good, boiler!

[justha]

Hey Guys,

I ended up installing 2.0

CapsLock::MsgBox (this works!)


I'm trying to make this shortcut for autocad but i keep getting and error. how do i write the code for capslock and Z. .. I tried ^Z and that works fine.

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capslock + z::
{
    Send "LE{Enter}"
}

thank you


[Mod edit: Added [code][/code] tags. Please use them yourself when posting code.]

[boiler]

Look carefully at your original example of making a hotkey combination out of the CapsLock and 2 keys, and look again and what you tried for a hotkey for a combination of the CapsLock and Z keys, and see if you can spot any difference. One hint: Capitalization isn’t the issue. And using a lowercase z as you have it is preferred.

[justha]

I tried both, when its capslock & z it just turns caps on or off.

thanks

[justha]

I tried alternating my hotkeys to use "Windows key" & "Letter" . numeric numbers work but letters will default to the windows hot key still.