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Neoking
Neoking

Reputation: 21

I want to simply make a script for send "arrow right" in autohotkey

I want to simply make a script for send "2x arrow right" in autohotkeys. I now have:

^Tab::
 Send, 
 return

After Send, I tried several combinations, some of them being {right}, {Right}, plus over 10 more combinations I found on the net which supposed to perform the difficult task of arrow right, but none which managed to work. Only thing I want is to Send, [insert some words which will do the trick] to have autohotkeys perform "2x arrow right". Would make my life a lot easier during programming. Who can help me out?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 8046

Answers (2)

Joe DF
Joe DF

Reputation: 5548

No need for Return for single-line statements. Keys can be repeated as so:

^Tab::SendInput {Right 2}

See more about repeating keys with Send[Raw|Input|Play|Event] and about using SendInput instead of Send here: https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/commands/Send.htm#SendInputDetail

Upvotes: 2

Spyre
Spyre

Reputation: 2344

Switched from Send to SendInput for reliability.

The easiest way to solve this would just be to make your script send two SendInput, {right} one after another.

For Example:

^Tab:: 
SendInput, {right}
SendInput, {right}
return

If you needed it to loop a finite number of times, you could use this instead:

^Tab:: 
Loop 2 ;replace '2' with however many times you want the next line to repeat
    SendInput, {right}
return

Sidenote: In the context that I am using it, return just means to stop executing a multi-line hotkey. What your example above does is send the word "return". If you want to send a special key like the right arrow button or the return/enter key, you would have to enclose it in curly braces {}. For example, {right} or {return} corresponding to the aforementioned examples. For more information about this, please see this documentation link.

Upvotes: 1

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