DEL key only works alone

[Nickie]

hi guys ,
i've been trying to wrap y head around AHK to fit my new 75% keyboard based on a logitech K270 ,
the thing is it doesn't include a DELETE key so i've been trying to remap the PAUSE key that i don't use in this basic manner :

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pause::
    Send {Del}
Return

and the DEL key works indeed, but not in combination with anything, I can't do CTRL+ALT+DEL, or can't do SHIFT+DEL , nothing happens ....


is that normal ? how can i improve on that ?

[swagfag]

thats because in your current script, holding down pause doesnt hold DEL down, but rather spams it over and over again

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Pause::Send, {DEL Down}
Pause Up::Send, {DEL Up}

[Nickie]

i seee
i was thinking that holding and spamming were the same thing to the OS

your script still doesn't work though, i'm trying other vatiations of the concept


but i'm not holding down DEL btw, i'm holding every other key ( such as SHIFT for SHIFT+DEL ) and then pressing DEL, which doesn't gets registered , so i'm thinking that's not the issue ..

[Nickie]

oh, and i just figured that shift will also not work with anything i remap, as the media keys i've remaped to do something else actually DO launch the media things when i use them together with shift :O

this has to be a known thing, isn't it ?

[evilC]

Del (The one above the arrow keys) is an extended key. Technically, it is Shift+NumpadDot

the DEL key works indeed, but not in combination with anything, I can't do CTRL+ALT+DEL, or can't do SHIFT+DEL

"Do"? What do you mean? AHK cannot simulate or respond to CTRL+ALT+DEL

[Nickie]

i don't want AHK to respond to ctrl+alt+ del, i want my pause key that i remapped into DEL to still work as a DEL key when i SHIFT+DEL

but even though it does work as a DEL key when used alone, it reverts to PAUSE while SHIFT is being pressed


SHIFT somehow cancels all remapping, not limited to DEL

[evilC]

Del is ALREADY a shifted key.
Put numlock in the mode so that pressing numpad 1 gives a number.
Hit NumpadDel - you get a dot.
Hold shift and hit NumpadDel - it deletes one char to left (This is what "Del" does).
In AHK, if you declare a hotkey to say F12::, then hold shift and hit F12, the hotkey will NOT fire. If you want the hotkey to fire in that instance, use *F12::

If you want COMPLETE control over the keyboard, you can use AutoHotInterception "Subscription Mode" and completely block the OS from seeing that key change state (Requires installing a custom driver).

[Nickie]

Del is ALREADY a shifted key.
Put numlock in the mode so that pressing numpad 1 gives a number.
Hit NumpadDel - you get a dot.
Hold shift and hit NumpadDel - it deletes one char to left (This is what "Del" does).

but that only applies to the numpad DEL, you can't get a dot from the function cluster's DEL

In AHK, if you declare a hotkey to say F12::, then hold shift and hit F12, the hotkey will NOT fire. If you want the hotkey to fire in that instance, use *F12::

THAT's exactly my problem!
all i needed was this litle asterisk, amazing


thanks!

[evilC]

but that only applies to the numpad DEL, you can't get a dot from the function cluster's DEL

Because there is no "Unshift" button. "Function cluster DEL" = Shift + "Numpad DEL"

[Nickie]

but then how does the SHIFT+CLUSTER DEL function even exists at all ?
(and works with the non-numlocked numpad del as well)

it's quite a basic windows shortcut too