Autohotkey - Send default behavior if condition not met

Question

In Autohotkey, how can I make NumpadDot double-click if Foxit Reader is active, otherwise send a normal NumpadDot?

My (broken) attempt:

NumpadDot::
  SetTitleMatchMode 2 ; allow partial titles
  IfWinActive, Foxit
      Click 2
  else
      Send {NumpadDot} ; THIS CREATES AN ENDLESS LOOP!
Return

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 06 '13 at 13:48

I recommend @RobertIlbrink's answer, but here's another way to do it.

$NumpadDot::
IfWinActive, Foxit
    Click 2
else
    SendInput {NumpadDot}
return

The $ prevents AutoHotkey from confusing sent keystrokes (via Send commands) with keypresses made by the user. If we didn't put that, we would get an infinite loop.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 06 '13 at 13:48

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Well, I would do it this way:

SetTitleMatchMode 2 ; allow partial titles

#IfWinActive, Foxit ; Any hotkeys defined between #IfWInActive ONLY works in Foxit
  NumpadDot::Click 2
#IfWinActive

Oh btw the endless loop is because your Send, {NumPadDot} initiates your own script. If you want to prevent that place a $ before the hotkey like this $NumpadDot::

edited Apr 06 '13 at 13:48

Brigand

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answered Apr 05 '13 at 18:23

Robert Ilbrink

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Works perfectly. Thanks! I had avoided this approach, perhaps wrongly, because of performance reasons: each key pressed must evaluate if Foxit is active, as opposed to first evaluating which key was pressed. – mellow-yellow Apr 05 '13 at 18:29
I made a small edit to clarify that only hotkeys are affected by `#IfWinActive`. Other code will still run, with no effect. – Brigand Apr 06 '13 at 13:49

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 06 '19 at 08:48

I Have solved it through "SendPlay", in this example i have 2 keyboards, so i use {tab} from keyboard1 to do {RAlt}{TAb} to Windows and I use {tab} from the main keyboard to do the usual stuff

Tab::
  getKeyboardID()               ; AHKHID based routine
  if(kbID = keyboard1){
    send, {Ralt Down}{Tab}{RAlt Up}
  } Else {
   SendPlay {Tab}               ; here the solution
  }
Return

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 05 '13 at 18:11

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You don't have to have the else statement:

 NumpadDot::
     SetTitleMatchMode 2 ; allow partial titles
     IfWinActive, Foxit
 Click 2

return

answered Apr 05 '13 at 18:11

Robert

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when I copy and paste this to Autohotkey and reload the script, then go to Notepad and press the period on the numeric keypad, no period appears. How can I make the period appear? – mellow-yellow Apr 05 '13 at 18:19

Autohotkey - Send default behavior if condition not met

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