Hot keys without sending original combination

[akirofe]

Hi guys,

Hope you are well.

Please kindly help me with this please: Using this key press detector website https://en.key-test.ru/, I saw that my codes below

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Ctrl & Shift::
{
Sleep(300)
Send "{LButton}"
return
}

did send the unwanted Ctrl
- and

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Shift & Ctrl::
{
Sleep(300)
Send("{Lbutton}")
Send("{Lbutton}")
return
}

did send the unwanted Shift

Could you please help as to where for me to read to understand this matter or help me fixing these codes thank you very much? <3

Warm Regards,
Aki.


[Mod edit: Added [code][/code] tags. Please use them yourself when posting code.]

[Noitalommi_2]

Hi.

Please try.

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#Requires AutoHotkey 2.0
#SingleInstance

^Shift:: {

	Sleep 300
	Send "{LButton}"
}

+Ctrl:: {

	Sleep 300
	Send "{LButton}"
	Send "{LButton}"
}

[gregster]

What means "sends the unwanted ctrl"? This website detects the key events which it can see, but it doesn't even distinguish between down and up events. How do you know if it's a sent Ctrl or simply an event of your own physical keypress? Especially since Ctrl doesn't get suppressed like regular keys in a custom combo:

The prefix key loses its native function, unless it is a standard modifier key or toggleable key such as CapsLock.

(highlight by me)


Why not use AHK's own KeyHistory for the discussion which is much more detailed and can give you information even about suppressed or hooked keys and up/down events (don't forget to install the mouse hook, if necessary).

Also, you might know that Send (without blind mode), might require additional key events so that it can send unmodified keys.
This might be more obvious when not using a long sleep like above, eg: ^Shift::Send "{LButton}"

And yes, for actual modifier keys like Ctrl it is recommended to use their respective symbols (like Noitalommi_2 showed above):

Note: For combinations with standard modifier keys, it is usually better to use the standard syntax. For example, use <+s:: rather than LShift & s::.