How do I press 2 non modifier keys to do something in AHK with minimal side effects? Topic is solved

[pharmokan]

I want to press F + J to do MsgBox for example,
how do I do it minimizing key delay and unintended behavior when I type regularly while still maintaining this functionality in AHK?

[swagfag]

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f & j::MsgBox % "something"

[pharmokan]

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f & j::MsgBox % "something"

f key doesn't work now.

[OCP]

try to add ~ before your f and j

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; as a hotkey it triggers a msgbox
~f & ~j:: MsgBox, hi 
return

[pharmokan]

try to add ~ before your f and j

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; as a hotkey it triggers a msgbox
~f & ~j:: MsgBox, hi 
return

COOL! and lets say i push those keys while a text cursor is active in notepad for example, f and j are typed out and then msgbox comes up
so if i want to make sure the f and j keys dont get typed out, would this be the logical solution:

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; as a hotkey it triggers a msgbox
~f & ~j::
send {Backspace}{Backspace}
MsgBox, hi 
return

Thanks for your help.

[OCP]

not sure if i understand you but here is a few examples

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; as a hotkey it triggers a msgbox
~f & ~j:: MsgBox, hi 
return 

;as a string it replaces text fj for MsgBox
:R:fj::MsgBox 

; as a hotkey that only works if a window is active
#IfWinActive ahk_class yourwindowname
~f & ~j:: MsgBox, hi 
return 

[pharmokan]

not sure if i understand you but here is a few examples

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; as a hotkey it triggers a msgbox
~f & ~j:: MsgBox, hi 
return 

;as a string it replaces text fj for MsgBox
:R:fj::MsgBox 

; as a hotkey that only works if a window is active
#IfWinActive ahk_class yourwindowname
~f & ~j:: MsgBox, hi 
return

sorry for not being clear. i found this final snippet to be satisfactory. thanks for your help, I wasn't expecting to be helped this fast. I really appreciate it.

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~f & ~j::
send {LCtrl Down}z{LCtrl Up}
sleep 50
MsgBox, hi
Return