Hotkey not working twice

[Question84]

I have a hotkey SH+CTRL+Down.
It works fine the first time, but when I do not release SH+CTRL and press Down again, the hotkey does not work.
For it to work I have to release SH+CTRL and then again press SH+CTRL+Down.
Is it a bug? How to make it work?

[Dorian (MJT support)]

I just experimented with this and SHIFT + CTRL isn't an option for HotKeys. CTRL + SHIFT is.

However, as long as CTRL/SHIFT are held down at the same time as Down is pressed, this should work just fine. I was able to execute a macro multiple times whichever of the two I held down first.

Does the same issue arise if you use a different key combination? Could there be a clash with another application trying to reserve that key combination?

[Question84]

This is my code:

Let>SK_DELAY=10
Press LCtrl
Press LShift
Press Right
Press Right
Press Right

It is for selecting 3 words in a text editor.
Hotkey is: Ctrl + Shift + Down

I press on keybord Ctrl+Shift and keep them pressed, then when I first hit Down it works, but when I hit the Down key a second time (while still holding down Ctrl+Shift, without realeasing them), the macro is not executed, instead the cursor moves down.

[Dorian (MJT support)]

I see. I think the problem is your script is pressing CTRL and SHIFT but not releasing them. Then they're still pressed and you're having trouble subsequently using the hotkey.

Try this instead :

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press ctrl
press shift
press right *3
release shift
release ctrl

[Question84]

Nope, not working. That was what I had the first time, and removed release commnads because I thought that they caused the problem.

[Dorian (MJT support)]

Here it is working : https://1drv.ms/v/s!Ao3gpMOkYdfwlagRJfR ... w?e=Ho828J

[Question84]

You are not doing it the way I specified. You are moving the cursor between the two commands and cancel the selection. Please do it twice as I specified (no clicking and no releasing of Ctrl and Shift between hitting Down key two times). The result should be 6 words selected.

[Dorian (MJT support)]

https://1drv.ms/v/s!Ao3gpMOkYdfwlagSEpv ... Q?e=ImUgYx

The thing with this is though, you can run this hotkey multiple times in a row, but you do have to release the keys inbetween - otherwise you're not performing the hotkey sequence you set. CTRL_SHIFT_DOWN...release...CTRL_SHIFT_DOWN...release...CTRL_SHIFT_DOWN...release... Or... SHIFT_CTRL_DOWN...release...SHIFT_CTRL_DOWN...release...SHIFT_CTRL_DOWN...release...SHIFT_CTRL_DOWN...release...

So it seems the hotkey is only working once because you're only actually using it once. Subsequent times you're not pressing the entire hotkey sequence.

[Question84]

OK, so we at last agree on the behaviour part.

Yet I would disagree with "you're only actually using it once", as the MS hotkey behaviour seems inconsistent with any other Windows hotkey behaviour.

Let's take the Ctrl + V shortcut, you can press and hold Ctrl and then hit V several times, each time triggering pasting operation. You do not need to release Ctrl for the operation to be triggered.

Therefore I would say this is a bug that should be corrected.

[Dorian (MJT support)]

This is not a bug.