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Reputation: 11

Remapping Alt key to Ctrl key in AutoHotKey causes both keys to be pressed

So, just like the title says, whenever I remap my LAlt key to LCtrl (or LCtrl to LAlt) they both get pressed when either key is used, and this causes a variety of issues.

The main reason I need these keys to be swapped is for use with a Mac keyboard on a Windows 7 computer. Honestly, though, it is only the beginning of my problem. I would actually like the LAlt key to be the LCtrl key, the LWin key to be the LAlt key, and the LCtrl key to be the LWin key so it appropriately emulates the Mac keyboard for personal use within Pro Tools 10. When I attempt this 3-way-swap, LCtrl and LWin function properly (as LWin and LAlt respectively), however, the LAlt key continues to press both LCtrl and LAlt anyways.

My code looks like this:

#IfWinActive
LAlt::LCtrl
LWin::LAlt
LCtrl::LWin
Return

I am fairly new to AHK, but this shouldn't be overly complicated, right? It's pretty short and sweet, and I'm not even worried about the Alt+Tab ordeal; I just need to figure out the issue so these three buttons can be swapped correctly. If anyone has any clue as to why this might be happening, I would be profoundly grateful. Thanks for your time and effort.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1132

Answers (1)

Clive Galway
Clive Galway

Reputation: 504

I think your hotkeys are probably triggering each other.

When you hit LALT, it sends LCTRL, which triggers LALT... When you have a hotkey whose output matches the input of another hotkey, prefix your hotkeys with $ to stop them triggering each other:

$LAlt::LCtrl
$LWin::LAlt
$LCtrl::LWin

Also, I don't think your #IfWinActive is doing anything, since it has no WinTitle param, plus the return at the end is not how you end an #IfWinActive block, you start it with #IfWinActive <WinTitle> and end it with #IfWinActive

Upvotes: 1

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