Ctrl+Alt shortcut activates AltGr?

[boardtc]

Apologies if this is a FAQ, it feels like one,but I could not find an answer.

In my .ahk I have a shortcut setup for Ctrl+ALt+a:

^!a::SEND my text

However, when I press AltGr+a to get á it activates the same shortcut.

Why is this? How can I stop it happening?

[mikeyww]

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<^>!a::Send á
^!a::Send my text

You can't use the left Ctrl and right Alt for your "my text", because that's what AltGr is, but you could change what sends your other text, and you can change what AltGr does.

[boardtc]

Really. I had no idea. Every day is a school day.

[boardtc]

My main shortcuts are F10 based but I had run out, it would not allow me to do Ctrl+F10+a for some reason so I tried that

[mikeyww]

Here you can type the A shortly after releasing Ctrl+F10.

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str := {a: "my text", b: "your text"}
$^F10::
Input, key, L1T.6
SendInput % str.HasKey(key) ? "{Text}" str[key] : "^{F10}"
Return

[boardtc]

interesting. How do I use that? It looks like a method. I tried including the body and also the the function name is it (CODE: SELECT ALL - TOGGLE LINE NUMBERS)

[mikeyww]

Paste the text into a new file called "test.ahk". Omit the "CODE" line; that is just part of the online forum itself. Run the script. See the green "H" icon in the Windows system tray. Open & activate Notepad. Press Ctrl+F10 followed by A within 0.6 seconds.

Alternative script:

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:CT:fa::my text

You run this script. In notepad, type F A Space. Use lower-case letters here.

[boardtc]

The alternative script is interesting and works for me. Sticking with my long used F10 shortcuts, the first thing I tried was copying the five lines into my single script file, minus the "header". The return threw me which is why I posted about a function. Including the 4 lines or the 5 lines with the return in my script do not work for me....in notepad it does highlight File for some reason

[mikeyww]

The Ctrl+F10 is sent-- highlighting "File"-- if you do not press A within 0.6 seconds. In any case, if you have a bunch of different text strings to send, then using hotstrings is simple and convenient. It also prevents you from having to memorize various hotkeys, as long as you know the hotstring triggers, which are often easier to remember.

[boardtc]

I'm not following you re the text snippets being easier. I have used F10+e for email address for 10+ years, similarly for a bunch of others, easy to remember. I want to add a control as I need to double up on one letter. the a is not recognised after the ctrl+f10 for me, unfortunately.

[mikeyww]

So you tested my script with no other code in it, and no other scripts running at the same time? You can increase the timeout (T.6) to something like T1 or T2.

[boardtc]

No, I have my own ahk file, I want to include your script in it, surely that's possible? I don't know how to have 2 .ahk files, do I need to have?

[mikeyww]

One script is fine. Since I cannot see what you are doing with the other script, I cannot advise you much, but you will need the str array definition at the top of the script.

[boardtc]

I have your script posted verbatim in lines 48-52 of my script...unsure why I would need to move str to line #1?

[braunbaer]

Because the variable str must be initialized for the hotkey to work correctly.
But you could also move the line below the line $^F10::, then the initialization of str is executed everytime the hotkey is triggered, if you don't wnat to move the line to the top of the script.

[mikeyww]

Explained: Auto-execute

[boardtc]

Moving str definition below means it all works now Thanks!
Does the return match the $ ?

[mikeyww]

Return ends the hotkey routine.

Explained: Return

[boardtc]

I get it, thanks so much Totally sorted now.