I'm trying to set up AutoHotkey macros for some common tasks, and I want the hotkeys to mimic Visual Studio's "two-step shortcut" behaviour - i.e. pressing Ctrl-K will enable "macro mode"; within macro mode, pressing certain keys will run a macro and then disable 'macro mode', and any other key will just disable macro mode.
Example - when typing a filename, I want to be able to insert today's date by tapping Ctrl-K, then pressing D.
Does anyone have a good example of a stateful AutoHotkey script that behaves like this?
This Autohotkey script, when you press ctrl+k, will wait for you to press a key and if you press d, it will input the current date.
^k::
Input Key, L1
FormatTime, Time, , yyyy-MM-dd
if Key = d
Send %Time%
return
A slight variation on the accepted answer - this is what I've ended up using. I'm capturing Ctrl+LWin (left Windows key) so it doesn't conflict with VS inbuilt Ctrl-K shortcuts.
; Capture Ctrl+Left Windows Key
^LWin::
; Show traytip including shortcut keys
TrayTip, Ctrl-Win pressed - waiting for second key..., t: current time`nd: current date, 1, 1
; Capture next string input (i.e. next key)
Input, Key, L1
; Call TrayTip with no arguments to remove currently-visible traytip
TrayTip
if Key = d
{
FormatTime, Date, , yyyyMMdd
SendInput %Date%
}
else if Key = t
{
FormatTime, Time, , hhmmss
SendInput %Time%
}
return
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