How to: Left & Right Alt and Shift always pressed?


  1. Posts : 317
    Windows 10 Home
       #1

    How to: Left & Right Alt and Shift always pressed?


    So this has to do with my previous post about a Auto Hot key script I'm using
    How to work around Windows' restricted characters — mythofechelon

    So for this to work, you need to either hold left or right Alt keys :
    To make a Unicode ? mark, I have to Hold right Alt. Naturally also have to hold any Shift.
    Then the question mark key. So too many keys to press.

    To make this special colon : need to hold Left Alt, and then hold any Shift.
    Not sure why the AutoHotkey is set up this way, to have to press left or right alt to trigger different characters.

    So is there a way to increase productivity by having left right alt and shift is always down, when i want to do a question mark, colon, etc ? Meaning just press one key, to make ? : etc
    If there is something in the script ,that can be changed, i would not know. Or can I just another software to change the behavior to allow all these keys to act as one key press ?

    Hope this made sense thanks .
    Last edited by OtherWay1982; 07 Aug 2022 at 02:06.
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  2. Posts : 42,963
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #2

    Potentially you could define any key combination you choose (that's available without affecting one you might use in a given context) to launch 'SendInput'

    As you can see the key combo (hotkeys) are defined before ::

    It might be you can find a way to use this free program:
    Universal single-key accenting for Windows and Javascript
    file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Utilities/AX/AXen.htm

    Normally it's used to adapt a just-typed character to produce an accented form of it by pressing a certain key (which you can select).

    E.g.
    ß ö
    - there I hit s then F8, o then F8

    But you can create your own 'character set'.
    Perhaps that set could be your Unicode characters...
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