Use shortcut as mouse button replacement

[piula]

Hello,

the left mouse button of my notebook ain't working properly anymore so I thought I could use AutoHotkey to configure a keyboard button to behave exactly the same way as left mouse button.

I created this script:

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Appskey::
click Left Down ;click left mousebutton and hold
keywait, AppsKey ; wait until key is released. Double backtick because backtick needs to be escaped (with a backtick)
click Left Up ; release left mousebutton
return

I'm using the "menu" key as I usually don't need it and won't miss it.

It's basically working, but I have a problem with holding the key. I would expect it to just keep the mouse button clicked until I release the "menu" key. However instead, it keeps firing mouse-click events.

I have already tried several alternatives, e.g. using "AppsKey Down" and "AppsKey Up", but didn't succeed.

I would appreciate if someone could tell me what I'm doing wrong because as far as I understand the documentation, it should work

Thanks!

[mikeyww]

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AppsKey::LButton

[piula]

Thanks, but this gives the same behavior. When I hold the key, it keeps clicking and after a while displays this message:

"71 hotkeys have been received in the last 1016ms."

[mikeyww]

This is your entire script, and no other scripts are running?

[piula]

Yes, it's the entire and only script.

[mikeyww]

I wonder if you saved and reloaded the script. All this does is have AppsKey act like your mouse button.

[piula]

I found the problem (but no solution yet): appearently, this hotkey mapping shows the bevahior due to me being connected to the Windows machine via an RDP connection. When I try the same script on a "real" Windows, it works as expected. Seems I have to live with that.

[mikeyww]

I don't use RDP, but there are lots of posts about it-- perhaps with some solutions there.

[Kasper Denmark]

I have the same issue with the let mouse button not working on my laptop. But when i try a script with

PgDn::Lbutton

Clicking and doubleclicking works but I can not drag items for more than a few inches and when i release the PgDn (which i want to use) the item slips back again...

Any help would be appreciated