Hotkeys

hotkey-name::action

hotkey-name::
{
    if condition
    action ; comment
    else
    action
}

Examples

#n:: Run "notepad" ; Win + N to run notepad.exe
#n::MsgBox ThisHotkey ; returns "#n"

LButton — left mouse button RButton — right mouse button

Modifiers

• LWin — Left Winkey
• ^ — Ctrl
• <^ — Left Ctrl
• ! — Alt
• ! Up — only fire when Alt is released (vs pressed)
• + — Shift
• - — hotkey will fire even if extra modifier keys are held
• ~ — prevents hotkey from blocking the key’s native function
• $ — if the script uses the Send function to send the keys that comprise of the hotkey itself, use this.

Note: : is not a valid modifier

Context-sensitive Hotkeys

#HotIf WinActive("Notepad")
^a::MsgBox "You pressed Ctrl-A while Notepad is active. Pressing Ctrl-A in any other window will pass the Ctrl-A keystroke to that window."
#c::MsgBox "You pressed Win-C while Notepad is active."

#HotIf
#c::MsgBox "You pressed Win-C while any window except Notepad is active."

Use WinExist instead of WinActive to test for the presence of the app, even if it is not in focus

Custom Hotkey Combinations

Numpad0 & Numpad1:: — fires when Numpad 0 and 1 are both depressed

Note: Numpad0 will lose its native function—it is now a prefix key.