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zircon98
zircon98

Reputation: 41

How to find automate holding down a key

Let's say I want to automate a key hold h for a specific duration, say 10 seconds.

My first thought was AutoHotKey, and I tried it.

#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0
*s::
{
    Send "{h down}" 
    Sleep 10000
    Send "{h up}" 
}

it works. but it taps the h, not holding it. And I look at the AutoHotKey forum, no one has any idea how to make it automatic, the best solution is to hold down the trigger, which defeat the purpose.

Then I went to PyAutoGUI, tried make a simple solution like

import pyautogui
import time


pyautogui.keyDown('h')
time.sleep(10)
pyautogui.keyUp('h')

Somehow it only taps the h, not holding it down.

I tried AutoHotKey and PyAutoGUI, and they only can tap the key, not holding it.

ANSWERED: it does hold the key, but it won't repeat the keypress in word processors such as notedpad like hhhhhhhh, because that's actually the keyboard's driver feature.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 89

Answers (2)

Brawldude2
Brawldude2

Reputation: 137

There might be 2 problems:

1. It's programmed this way

The game engine your game was made in might not care about getting a hold down event. Usually they check if the key is in down state.

2. There is a virtual keyboard preventation system

This more unlikely but may explain why it doesn't hold down.

Specifying the context for the hold down action will help us look through what is the problem and recreate it.

Upvotes: 0

Mikhail V
Mikhail V

Reputation: 1521

It is standard behavior in AHK.
See Repeating or Holding Down a Key

To simulate repeated keypresses as with a real keyboard you have to use loops or timers.

#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
#SingleInstance force

settimer, fire, 50
settimer, fire, off

F2::
    send h
    sleep 500
    settimer, fire, on
    keywait, F2
    settimer, fire, off
return

fire:
    send h
return

Upvotes: 2

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