Solved Classic Alt Tab (Reincarnation)


das10 said:
Sorry,what I meant was that when the script is running but the AltTab GUI has not been invoked, the ESC key does not seem to work globally.
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i fixed the previous post. had to add an else clause to the esc key portion. thanks for the catch.
 
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updated original post with new version. all changes listed there.
 

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dacrone; In the exe version, the ALT key is globally disabled when the AltTab GUI is not invoked (Ctrl, ESC & SHIFT are not affected).
 
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das10 said:
dacrone; In the exe version, the ALT key is globally disabled when the AltTab GUI is not invoked (Ctrl, ESC & SHIFT are not affected).
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i cannot replicate that issue... the line
Code: 
~Alt::return
is for Alt to be a passthrough key. when i have the script running and use the Alt key in explorer or my web browser or any other application, it operates as normal
 

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Sorry about that. It is the "TAB" key not the ALT key. (Sorry for the confusion. I was juggling with 3 different AltTab scripts going, with 2 suspended - hence the confusion on my part).

The other thing which seems to be not working are the AppFrame icons like Security, Settings &c (they just display as the words such as "Defen", "Settin" &c (without quotes).

pn: There is no hurry to sort these issues. Please take your time.
 

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das10 said:
Sorry about that. It is the "TAB" key not the ALT key. (Sorry for the confusion. I was juggling with 3 different AltTab scripts going, with 2 suspended - hence the confusion on my part).
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cant replicate that either. i fixed that 2 revision posts ago. that and shift tab work normally for me anywhere outside of the script gui
 

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Might be some quirk on my System. I fixed it by extracting & modifying the script in the .exe file. So all's good.
 

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das10 said:
Might be some quirk on my System. I fixed it by extracting & modifying the script in the .exe file. So all's good.
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Which portion did you modify? There’s already an else statement to send tab if gui is not active
 

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I had to change it to:
Code: 
~Tab::
    if (guiActive || persistentAltTab) {
    vIndex++
    if (vIndex > vCount)
    vIndex := 1
    Gosub, UpdateHighlight
}                                                          
return

Added tilde in front of Tab, and removed the "else" part.

(Also, I added my Custom icons for the AppFrame icons to the script directory).
 

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This script is a life saver, huge thanks.
But I'm getting a bug...
The task pop-up icons work fine and ALT-TAB switches to the correct process so I can once again flip back and forth, with the expected order.

But each time, on arrival at the new process, that process has taken a plain ALT as input, so on arrival it is always highlighting the first top level menu item (typically "File"), in effect asking me to enter the key to choose which item on that pulldown menu I wanted. So after each window switch, I have to hit ESC to get out of the highlighted File menu before I use the application. Does anyone else see this? Same effect on various applications, very old and new. Tnx.
 

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ThankyouThankYouThankyou etc. I too am seeing the same behaviour as @EbAngrous in post #90. Doesn't bother me hugely though.
 

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i'll take a look at it this week and post back with the fix
 

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I'm running as a scheduled task on logon at the moment but any chance of a "run on startup" option? Also, can we have a configuration that replicates the old CoolSwitchColumns and CoolSwitchRows reg hacks please?
 

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MustrumR said:
I'm running as a scheduled task on logon at the moment but any chance of a "run on startup" option? Also, can we have a configuration that replicates the old CoolSwitchColumns and CoolSwitchRows reg hacks please?
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Just make a shortcut to the exe and place the shortcut in Shell:Startup directory.
It has no registry mods. It’s fully AutoHotkey
 

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EbAngrous said:
This script is a life saver, huge thanks.
But I'm getting a bug...
The task pop-up icons work fine and ALT-TAB switches to the correct process so I can once again flip back and forth, with the expected order.

But each time, on arrival at the new process, that process has taken a plain ALT as input, so on arrival it is always highlighting the first top level menu item (typically "File"), in effect asking me to enter the key to choose which item on that pulldown menu I wanted. So after each window switch, I have to hit ESC to get out of the highlighted File menu before I use the application. Does anyone else see this? Same effect on various applications, very old and new. Tnx.
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MustrumR said:
ThankyouThankYouThankyou etc. I too am seeing the same behaviour as @EbAngrous in post #90. Doesn't bother me hugely though.
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fixed. updated script is in first post.
 

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dacrone said:
fixed. updated script is in first post.
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New version seems to fix the problem I was having (task to which I switched receiving an "alt" character command). Absolute kudos and thanks.
 

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EbAngrous said:
New version seems to fix the problem I was having (task to which I switched receiving an "alt" character command). Absolute kudos and thanks.
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PS: I am still hugely grateful, but I misspoke above, the latest version still has this bug. I missed it because it's not all the time...maybe it depends on how fast/simultaneously I hit the keys? It happens most of the time when switching to (a very old version of ) Excel. I'm trying to develop the habit of doing [alt-tab][esc] as my task switching shortcut, but it's hard to change after a few decades : )
 

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EbAngrous said:
PS: I am still hugely grateful, but I misspoke above, the latest version still has this bug. I missed it because it's not all the time...maybe it depends on how fast/simultaneously I hit the keys? It happens most of the time when switching to (a very old version of ) Excel. I'm trying to develop the habit of doing [alt-tab][esc] as my task switching shortcut, but it's hard to change after a few decades : )
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i can no longer replicate the issue.
 

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