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Leon Fasser
Leon Fasser

Reputation: 43

How to make different hotkeys for a key being tapped vs a key being held for 1000ms

For example I want to set a timer in ahk where if a key is held for less than 1000ms it is changed to eg. Esc, and if it is held for more than a second some other script is executed?

Thank you in advance.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 249

Answers (1)

Archie Adams
Archie Adams

Reputation: 779

I believe this code forums may help you.

Source: https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=82436

; triple Tap or Hold key snippet


;??????????????????????????????????????\ .----------------------------------------+
return                                  ;                                         ¦
Timer:                                  ; -  - triple Tap + Hold - BLOCK 1 -  -   ¦
   {                                    ; This is the block that starts           ¦
    If !%A_ThisHotkey%key               ; the count forall Hotkeys.               ¦
    SetTimer, %A_ThisHotkey%key, -400   ; Make sure it is placed above            ¦
    %A_ThisHotkey%key++                 ; Block 2 & that the prefix is changed    ¦
    Return                              ; to match the key's Name, as only 1      ¦
            }                           ; may Exist. instance of this lable       ¦
;______________________________________/ `----------------------------------------+



Q:: goto timer    
;???????????????????????????????????????????\      
qkey:                                        ;           +------------------+
If GetKeyState("q","P") and %A_ThisLabel%=1  ;>----------¦   Hold  Action   ¦
     msgbox you held down the key Q          ;           +------------------+
;  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  +
   Else If %A_ThisLabel% = 3                 ;           +------------------+
    msgbox you pressed the key Q 3 times     ;>----------¦ 3X Press  Action ¦
;  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  +           +------------------+
   Else If %A_ThisLabel% = 2                 ;           +------------------+
    msgbox you pressed the key Q 2 times     ;>----------¦ 2X Press  Action ¦
;  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  +           +------------------+
   Else If %A_ThisLabel% = 1                 ;           +------------------+
     msgbox you pressed the key Q 1 time     ;>----------¦ 1X Press  Action ¦
;  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  +           +------------------+
%A_ThisLabel%=0                              ;
 return                                      ;
;___________________________________________/


key:
return

Upvotes: 1

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