What is a hotkey?
A hotkey is a keyboard key, that when pressed by itself or in combination with other keys, carries out a function. Hotkeys provide convenient shortcuts to common tasks that are otherwise accessed through menu navigation. Users can also assign shortcuts to keys within many software programs by using macros to create hotkey functions. Most operating systems have a library of built-in hotkeys with many of these standardized to help users that might switch operating systems or use more than one platform. Software programs, including word processors, spreadsheets and Web browsers also incorporate standardized hotkeys in addition to offering specialized hotkeys specific to the program. For those running Microsoft™ Windows™ operating systems, holding down the Control (Ctrl) key while pressing the “C” key (Ctrl + C) copies selected text to the clipboard. Ctrl + V pastes the text into an available window. Ctrl + X cuts text, and Ctrl + Z is the undo function. The F-keys (F1 – F12) are commonly
A hotkey is a combination of keyboard strokes to do a task. It saves time. E.g. the hotkey combination “Ctrl+C” is commonly used to copy in Windows. In ScreenHunter, by default, to start capturing, the F6 key is the hotkey. If you want to change this key, you can click the hotkey button and choose any function key, Print Screen key or any other key combination.
Aquarius Soft PC Keyboard Hotkey Professional allows you to manage and create hotkeys. A hotkey is a global keyboard shortcut, which means that no matter which application you are currently using now, pressing and releasing the hotkey key combination will activate the hotkey configured event. In Aquarius Soft PC Keyboard Hotkey Professional, a hotkey can be set to execute an event which can be one of the following: • auto-typing text • cleaning up PC • compressing (zipping up) folders and files • copying folders and files • deleting folders and files • control PC volume • controlling a multimedia player like iTunes and Windows Media Player • exploring a drive or folder • opening a file for viewing, editing, printing • remapping a keyboard key • running a program • sending command to window • sending keys • size/position active window • trigger mouse actions • uploading files to FTP server • visiting a website • running multiple events • and others. A hotkey key combination can be made
In AutoHotkey, you can create keyboard shortcuts or remap keys easily in more than one way, but today we’re going to focus on one method: Hotkey labels. The syntax of creating a hotkey is very simple, and can be used in two ways. First, if you want to do something very simple—like remap a key—it looks like this: hotkey::remapped key …where hotkey is the keyboard shortcut that will activate the second part—in this case, a remapped key. That may seem rather vague, so let’s look at a concrete example. I don’t like the Capslock key as is, preferring instead to remap it to my Control key. With AutoHotkey, all it takes is: Capslock::Control If you add that small snippet of code to the AHK file you created above and then run the file (just double-click it), you’ll notice that your Capslock key now works as a control key instead. Now not only have you got your control key at a much closer, less stressful range for your pinky, but you’re not likely to accidentally fire the Capslock key when y
