AutoHotkey

Keyboard

Hotkeys

• When a hotkey is triggered, the name of the hotkey is passed as its first parameter named ThisHotkey

Modifier Symbols

• # Win
• ! Alt
• ^ Ctrl
• + Shift
• & Used between any two keys or mouse buttons to combine them into a custom hotkey
• < Use the left key of the pair
• > Use the right key of the pair

Hotstrings

Varibles

• A_ThisHotkey The most recently executed hotkey or non-auto-replace hotstring
  • This value will change if the current thread is interrupted by another hotkey or hotstring, so it is generally better to use the parameter ThisHotkey when available.
• A_PriorHotkey Same as above except for the previous hotkey.
• A_TimeSinceThisHotkey The number of milliseconds that have elapsed since A_ThisHotkey was pressed.
• A_TimeSincePriorHotkey The number of milliseconds that have elapsed since A_PriorHotkey was pressed.
• A_EndChar The ending character that was pressed by the user to trigger the most recent non-auto-replace hotstrin
  • If no ending character was required (due to the * option), this variable will be blank.

Functions

• Suspend [Mode] Disables or enables all or selected hotkeys and hotstrings.
  • 1 or True: Suspends all hotkeys and hotstrings except those explained the Remarks section.
  • 0 or False: Re-enables the hotkeys and hotstrings that were disable above.
  • -1 (default): Changes to the opposite of its previous state (On or Off).

Directives

• #HotIf [Expression] Creates context-sensitive hotkeys and hotstrings.
  • The expression is evaluated when the key, mouse button or combination is pressed, or at other times when the program needs to know whether the hotkey is active.
  • It affects all hotkeys and hotstrings physically beneath it in the script, until the next #HotIf directive, and braces have no effect. So we can specify #HotIf without any expression to turn off context sensitivity.
  • A particular hotkey or hotstring can be defined more than once in the script if each definition has different #HotIf criteria. These are known as hotkey variants.

Flow of Control

If Statements

if Expression
{
    Statements
} else if Expression {
    Statements
} else {
    Statements
}

Loop Statements

• SetTimer [Function, Period, Priority] Causes a function to be called automatically and repeatedly at a specified time interval.
  • Period The approximate number of milliseconds

Threads

• The current thread is defined as the flow of execution invoked by the most recent event; examples include hotkeys, SetTimer subroutines, custom menu items, and GUI events.
• If a second thread is started, the current thread will be interrupted (temporarily halted) to allow the new thread to become current.
• When the current thread finishes, the one most recently interrupted will be resumed.