Windows custom shortcuts

Question

Some years ago, google was offering an exe, when installed on windows, pressing the alt (or ctl) key twice quickly would bring up a google-search-box/widget on the screen.

I am constantly switching in to text editor from other windows, so how can I customize windows so that when I press alt key twice quickly, then my text editor is brought to the foreground.

Answer 1

By default, Windows does not have a method for executing actions based on rapid succession of characters. AutoHotKey (AHK) is a good scripting language with a large community and I believe it can register an event similar to how you described.

Just a quick search finds this, would shows a proof of concept.

AutoHotKey rapid hotkey