12 replies to this topic

[HjP]

Hi,
why does the following AHK-Script produce the warning mentioned in the subject when pressing "x"?

#IfWinActive AnyName
    x::
#IfWinActive
$x:: Send x

I use AutoHotkey v1.0.48.05.L61 and Windows 7 64bit.

[HjP]

@gamax92
The line

$x:: Send x

should not send the hotkey to itself, since I used the modifier symbol "$". However it does send the hotkey to itself if there are also the lines

#IfWinActive AnyName
    x::
#IfWinActive

which actually shouldn't have any effect at all unless there's a certain window active.

@a4u
The code you presented is another form of the bug. Actually your code should trigger a warning message, since

x:: Send x

is a self-triggering Hotkey. However, for any strange reasons, the warning message does not occur if there are the additional lines

#IfWinActive ahk_class Notepad
    $x::
#IfWinActive

[MasterFocus]

Where's your Return?

[HjP]

@MasterFocus
Returns are not necessary, since the hotkey definitions comprise each only a single line. If you prefer, you may insert Returns; it doesn't affect the bug..

@a4u
Yes, the bug is that autohotkey evaluates the modifier of only one (the first) hotkey definition ignoring the fact that the two definitions are in different contexts (#directive).

[HjP]

Hi,

could someone from the development section please confirm that this is a bug and provide some information as to whether or not there will be efforts to fix it.

Thanx,
HjP

[KooKsTeR]

This isn't a bug this is just badly written code.
The code you wrote was probably giving a error because the first x hotkey would run and trigger the "send x". Which would cause a infinite loop thus causing that error to appear.

You should of done:

#IfWinActive AnyName
    x::
Return

#IfWinActive
$x:: Send x
Return

[Lexikos]

If you use ListHotkeys with HjP's original script, it will show a single reg hotkey:

Type	Off?	Running	Name
-------------------------------------------------------------------
reg                     x

There are two reasons for this:
[*:239pzr96]$ must be applied to the first instance of the hotkey.

[*:239pzr96]#IfWin causes the keyboard hook to be used only if it is necessary. That is, the keyboard hook is normally required to decide whether the keystroke should be passed through to the system. Since in this case there is a global, non-suspended variant of the hotkey, it will necessarily never be passed through to the system, so the keyboard hook is not required.

Returns are not necessary, since the hotkey definitions comprise each only a single line.

The second hotkey is a single line hotkey. The first hotkey is not, since there is no command to the right of "::". It is similar to the following, which specifies multiple criteria for a single hotkey:

#IfWinActive AnyName
x::
#IfWinActive OtherName
x::
#IfWinActive  ; Reset for any other hotkeys below.
    Send x
return

y::MsgBox This hotkey is not context-sensitive.

[Lexikos]

The following change has been made in v1.1.00.01:

Fixed: $ and #UseHook had no effect if used only on the second or subsequent instance(s) of a hotkey.

Now if any instance of the hotkey has $ or #UseHook, it applies to all instances of that hotkey.