AutoHotKey: Simulate winkey+s (universal search) by pressing ctrl+space

1
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Ideally I'd like ctrl+space to bring up "search everywhere" from anywhere in windows (8.1) and also dismiss it if it's already active (with something like #IfWinActive ...).

So far I've been able to make ctrl+space simulate pressing the winkey with the following AutoHotKey script:

<^Space::
KeyWait Ctrl
Send {RWin}
return

...but not winkey+s. It feels sort of hackish anyway because it doesn't initiate "on press." It only initiates once I've released the ctrl key.

P.S. If I can't get this figured out I'm taking suggestions for a good third party launcher application

EDIT: Thanks to Robert. Here is the result:

<^Space::
SendInput {RWin Down}s{RWin Up}
return
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windows-8.1autohotkey
Are you trying to send <kbd>win+s</kbd> by pushing <kbd>ctrl+space</kbd>? - bgmCoder
Yes, exactly. Sorry if I was unclear. I'm thinking about using a launcher like Launchy because you can specify the hotkey but not if I don't have to. - TheBlackKeys
Why do you use KeyWait Ctrl if you want the hotkey to trigger directly? - MCL
Because I'm just kind of hacking this thing together and the script would stop working whenever I removed that line. But for some reason it is working perfectly after removing that line plus changing Send {RWin} to SendInput {RWin Down}s{RWin Up}. - TheBlackKeys

2 Answers

3
votes

One way to do this is through:

 SendInput, {RWin Down}s{RWin Up}
0
votes

Really simple:

^Space::SendInput, #s