Strange behavior for Hotkeys that are implemented with Wildcard

[Roland]

Hi, in the following simple script i implement hotkeys for most keys on the keyboard.

They are created all in the same way with WIldcard(*) so that they also trigger while other keys are pressed.
The script shows a tooltip with the registered keys as soon as all keys are released.

My Problem is that if i press
a
s
d
d up
s up
a up

it shows this order correctly in the tooltip.

But if i do,
d
f
g
g up
f up
d up

then i get in the tooltip:
d
f
f up
d up

So the g key isnt registered anymore which is surprising because the code treats all these keys equally.

If i only press g then it is registered so "g" was definitly not forgotten in the Hotkey implementation

Am i missing something here?
Can you confirm that you get the same Output as i do? It might be my computer that is doing something odd.
(Otherwise i would suspect that the reason lies in the intrinsic code for hotkeys)

Code: Select all

#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
#Persistent
global hkHistory
global pressedAKey

hkHistory:=""
pressedAKey:=0
hotkeys()

SetTimer , checkForFullKeyRelease, 150

return

;#########################Hotkeys#####################################


hotkeys(on = true) {		;sets hotkeys for most keys on the keyboard, except Page Up and so on...
   ;#MaxThreadsPerHotkey 1
   ;#UseHook
   nums=0123456789ABCDEF
   StringSplit numarray, nums

   Loop %numarray0%
   {
      n1 := numarray%A_Index%
      Loop %numarray0%
      {
         n2 := numarray%A_Index%
         n := n1 . n2
         
         
         if n=00		;no Mouse buttons
            continue
         if n=01
            continue
         if n=02
            continue
         if n=04
            continue

			 k := "*VK" . n				; 	*: also fire if there are already other keys pressed
    
		if (n="1B")		;This is ESC, dont set for it since it is used to exit the script
		   continue
            Hotkey, %k%, LogKey, % "B" . (on ? "On" : "Off") ;%
            Hotkey, %k% up, LogKeyUp, % "B" . (on ? "On" : "Off") ;%
      }
   }
   
}

ESC::
ExitApp
return

;#########################Labels#####################################

LogKey:
pressedAKey:=1			;this variable is needed so that the Timer keeps showing the last key combination that was fully released
v:=A_ThisHotkey
StringTrimLeft, v, v, 1 ; -1 to remove "*"
hkHistory := hkHistory .  GetKeyName(v) . "`n"
return

LogKeyUp:
pressedAKey:=1
v:=A_ThisHotkey
StringTrimLeft, v, v, 1 ; -1 to remove "*"
hkHistory := hkHistory . GetKeyName(v) . " up`n"
return



checkForFullKeyRelease:				;Timer to show keys in a tooltip
if(allKeysUp()&&pressedAKey)
{
	TTatRandLoc(hkHistory)		;create Tooltip with String hkHistory
	
	hkHistory:=""				; all keys are up, begina new string.
	pressedAKey:=0				;set to 0 so that the Tooltip is not updated the next time the Timer is called, only if keys were pressed in the meantime and all Keys are released now
}
return



allKeysUp(){					;goes thorugh all keys and returns 1 if none is physically pressed

   
   nums=0123456789ABCDEF
   StringSplit numarray, nums

   Loop %numarray0%
   {
      n1 := numarray%A_Index%
      Loop %numarray0%
      {
         n2 := numarray%A_Index%
         n := n1 . n2
         
         
         if n=00		;no Mouse buttons
            continue
         if n=01
            continue
         if n=02
            continue
         if n=04
            continue

         k := "VK" . n
		 GetKeyState, state, %k%,P
         if  (state=="D")
		{
            return 0
		}
      }
   }
   return 1
}



TTatRandLoc(stringToShow)
{
			Random, rand1, 0.4, 0.6
			detX:=rand1*A_ScreenWidth
			Random, rand2, 0.4, 0.6
			detY:=rand2*A_ScreenHeight
			tooltip, %stringToShow%,detX,detY,9
}