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Reputation: 3161

Auto hot key mapping to switch Control and Alt ^<+Tab::ShiftAltTab does not work

I'd like to use the following Auto Hot Key shortcuts to switch CTRL and ALT:

LCtrl & Tab::AltTab
return 

^<+Tab::ShiftAltTab
return

But I've got an error The AltTab hotkey "^<+Tab" must specify which key (L or R).

Changed then I get another error: ... must have exactly one modifier/prefix.

<^<+Tab::ShiftAltTab
return

I found my question asked on Reddit too but no answer there: https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoHotkey/comments/bb5xlv/tab_for_alttab_tab_for_shiftalttab_how

Upvotes: 1

Views: 249

Answers (2)

Lukas Kalinski
Lukas Kalinski

Reputation: 2243

After researching this issue much more than I would like to admit, here is what I came up with:

<^Tab::AltTab
<+Tab::ShiftAltTab

The only glitch with this is that you additionally can do the reverse alt tab operation (i.e. shift + ctrl + tab) by only pressing shift + tab when ctrl has not been pressed. But in my eyes this is not an issue as long as shift + ctrl + tab works as it should, which it does in this case.

I have only tested this with AutoHotKey v2, so it may or may not work with v1.

Upvotes: 0

Relax
Relax

Reputation: 10543

Try this

; LCtrl + Tab
<^Tab::
    Send, {Alt Down}{Tab}
    KeyWait, LCtrl ; waits for LCtrl to be relesead
    Send, {Alt Up}
return

; LCtrl + LShift + Tab
<^<+Tab::
    Send, {Alt Down}{Shift Down}{Tab}
    KeyWait, LCtrl
    KeyWait, LShift
    Send, {Alt Up}
return

Upvotes: 1

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