SetHotKey without function call

[MichaelDavid]

Hi folks,

I am new to autoit and would like to remap a large number of keys, e.g. a->b, b->c, c->d etc. I can do this with the SetHotKey function, but then I need to define a separate function for all the keys that I want to rename.

Is there no better way? E.g. specifying the target key directly instead of a function, as in SetHotKey("a", "b"). Ideally I would like to do something like (pseudo-code):

hashmap remap

foreach key in remap do

SetHotKey(key, remap[key])

Can such a thing be done? Alternatively, I would have to generate my autoit script using an external programming language, and I would rather avoid this.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Michael.

[WideBoyDixon]

You can remap all keys to the same function and check the value of @HotKeyPressed in your function.

[MichaelDavid]

Perfect, thank you.

Michael.

You can remap all keys to the same function and check the value of @HotKeyPressed in your function.

[Richard Robertson]

The problem with remapping keys is that you are going to run into the problem of trying to send a hotkeyed key. If you have "a" hotkeyed, and you have "b" send "a", it will just end up calling your hotkey again.

[martin]

The problem with remapping keys is that you are going to run into the problem of trying to send a hotkeyed key. If you have "a" hotkeyed, and you have "b" send "a", it will just end up calling your hotkey again.

If you do want to use Send within your HotKey function that might not be a problem. Maybe something like this would work. (Haven't tried.)

Global $HotDog = false
   
   Func AllHotKeys()
     if $Hotdog then
      HotKeySet(@HotKeyPressed,"")
      Send(@HotKeyPressed)
      HotKeySet(@HotKeyPressed,"AllHotKeys")
      return
     endif
    
   $HotDog = true
   
   ; other stuff which might include Send
   
    $HotDog = false
   EndFunc