If you like Autohotkey, you probably have a lot of scripts you use or want to try out. Additionally, you will probably want to use those scripts on more than one machine, but potentially, you do not want to have all those scripts running on all machines. In my case, I only use Outlook on my work laptop, so all the Outlook hotkeys only need to be active on that machine, while at the same time I want to leverage Live Mesh (part of Windows Live Essentials) to sync all my scripts across machines. Th... [More]

Often when people look over my shoulder (or are watching a presentation I am giving), they ask how I get my computer to perform specific tasks without ever touching my mouse. I could write on a long-winded post on being the master of your own tools and all that, but the answer is actually quite simple: I use AutoHotkey. Their tagline says it all: Automation. Hotkeys. Scripting. Using Autohotkey (or AHK for insiders), you can automate virtually anything by sending keypresses and mouse clicks. Yo... [More]

I love the Apple keyboard. To me, the low profile with very low physical resistance to the key presses makes it the ideal developer keyboard. People ask me on a regular basis what I had to do to make it work on my Windows 7 computer, so let me summarize it in 3 levels.   Basic – getting it to work Plug it in, it works. It has a standard USB connector (even though the included extension cord does not).   Intermediate – mapping Windows & Alt keys I am a touch typist... [More]

Any window in Windows can be set to be "always on top", which means that no other windows will overlay it on your screen. By using a AutoHotkey script, you can assign a global shortcut key to toggle the "always on top" flag for the active window, like this:   ^+t:: WinSet, AlwaysOnTop, Toggle,A return   In this example, the keyboard shortcut CTRL+T sets or releases this flag. I have had this script lying around for quite some time before figuring out an actual reason to us... [More]

FireFox 4 is supposedly just around the corner. I have been using the beta versions for some time now without major problems (besides unsupported extensions). One thing I find annoying however: the keyboard shortcut CTRL+E has been changed from "highlight the search box" to "show tab thumbnails". Since this is a keyboard command: AutoHotkey to the rescue. The following script captures CTRL+E and sends CTRL+K (the new keyboard shortcut in FF4) instead: #IfWinActive ahk_class MozillaWindowClass ... [More]