How can I get a hotkey with ":" (colon) that works in AutoHotKey?

Question

I am trying the following but only the first part works:

*^!;::
Send <
return

*^!`:::
Send >
return

Apparently it is not the proper way to escape the colon ":". Do you have any idea on how to do this?

Short info for people find this. You escape (catch) the colon with an apostroph in AHK `\`:` not with `;:` — Avatar, Nov 18 '18 at 09:33

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 03 '12 at 13:09

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Erwin,

Try this:

+*^!;::
Send >
return

I assume here that the : character is actually shift ; on your keyboard.

By using the + and ; it should work.

answered Feb 03 '12 at 13:09

Robert Ilbrink

Actually I would like {RIGHT ALT} + the ":" key (on a French keyboard layout) to produce >. The above code works with ; to produce <, but for some reason it does not work with :. – Erwin Mayer Feb 03 '12 at 15:39
Erwin, I can't test this on my keyboard. Have you tried using ScanCodes e.g. RAlt & SC027:: (for the ; character on my kb) works. – Robert Ilbrink Feb 03 '12 at 16:38
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I know, but I can't find the SC for the column. This is something you need to do on your PC with the AutoHotKey ScanCode application. When I do this, it will show the scan code for Shift and an other scancode for the semicolumn. To get the ScanCodes, right-click on the AHK icon, then [Open], then [Ctrl]+k, then press :, then [F5] to see the ScanCode in column 2. Salut. – Robert Ilbrink Feb 03 '12 at 18:08
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P.s. the ScanCode for : on a French keyboard might be SC034, but I am not sure. – Robert Ilbrink Feb 03 '12 at 18:13

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