Global hotkey

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binocular222
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Global hotkey

Post by binocular222 »

It would be cool if all hotkey can be made global.
Is that possible?
I'm a casual coder using AHK language. All of my xys scripts:
http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... 243#p82488

nas8e9
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Re: Global hotkey

Post by nas8e9 »

binocular222 wrote:It would be cool if all hotkey can be made global.
Is that possible?
Could you elaborate? What hotkeys and for what purpose?

binocular222
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Re: Global hotkey

Post by binocular222 »

Example 1:
I have a user-script which pop-up a list of programs. I assigned it a hotkey.
If the hot-key is global, then I can call out this list and start my favourite program anytime, even when XYplorer window is not active

Example 2:
I am typing on a word document and want to jump to D:\documents\xyz
If I have a global hotkey, then I can pop-up my list of favourite folders, select D:\documents\xyz
then XYplorer window will be brought to front and take me to that folder
I'm a casual coder using AHK language. All of my xys scripts:
http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... 243#p82488

j_c_hallgren
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Re: Global hotkey

Post by j_c_hallgren »

You are already using the tweak "HotKeyShowApp=", right? Just checking....

As described in http://88.191.26.34/XYwiki/index.php/IN ... Restore_XY
Still spending WAY TOO much time here! But it's such a pleasure helping XY be a treasure!
(XP on laptop with touchpad and thus NO mouse!) Using latest beta vers when possible.

binocular222
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Re: Global hotkey

Post by binocular222 »

This tweak simply brings XYplorer window to front.

Normally, I have to make XYplorer window active before using any script.

However, I think global hotkey can do more than that. Activate an user-defined script without activating XYplorer window can save a bit of time
I'm a casual coder using AHK language. All of my xys scripts:
http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... 243#p82488

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