Hold down a key

[lml]

I can't figure out how to do this for the life of me.

How do you press and hold a key down?

I see a MouseDown command, but no KeyDown command.

I see a SendKeyDelay.. But that wouldn't let me hold down shift, then press a, then release shift?

Example:

Start()
   Func Start()
      Sleep(100)
      KeyDown( "{SHIFT}")
      Sleep(100)
      Send(A)
      Sleep(100)
      KeyUp( "{SHIFT"})
   EndFunc

[Belini]

See if this is what you want:

Send("{LSHIFT DOWN}"); Press Down
Sleep(500); holding down
Send("{LSHIFT UP}"); releases the key

Edited August 12, 2012 by Belini

[Earendil]

  On 8/12/2012 at 12:22 AM, 'Belini said:

See if this is what you want:

Send("{LSHIFT DOWN}"); Press Down
Sleep(500); holding down
Send("{LSHIFT UP}"); releases the key

I spotted this post,and as a noobie now starting scripting,i have a question:Based on these 3 lines can i (using sleep command)make a combined keystroke?(like Shift+T or something similar for hotkeys)

Thank you in advance,

Earendil

[Melba23]

Earendil,

Welcome to the AutoIt forum.

If you look at the Help file entry for HotKeySet, you will see that you can define key combinations directly when you assign the HotKey - the syntax for the various combinations can be found on the Send page of the Help file.

M23

[Earendil]

  On 8/12/2012 at 11:08 AM, 'Melba23 said:

Earendil,

Welcome to the AutoIt forum.

If you look at the Help file entry for HotKeySet, you will see that you can define key combinations directly when you assign the HotKey - the syntax for the various combinations can be found on the Send page of the Help file.

M23

Thank you again,I'll try this immediatelly.