Just wondering if anyone can tell me how to get AutoHotkey to identify specific key presses on the Elgato Stream Deck. Keyboard's are easy - The "A" key is A, the escape key is ESC, etc., but how are the keys on a StreamDeck identified?
I'm trying to set us a script that will cycle through 3 different send events in Davinci Resolve each time a specific key on my StreamDeck is pressed.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
The Elgato Stream Deck is a Hardware Device that does have a own Windows Driver, If this Driver is not a maked like a Keyboard Driver then your are not able with Autohotkey to identify these specific key presses.
What you can try to do is:
1 - You can Look into the Windows Registry that is created by Elgato Stream Deck Driver, and find a Registry Key for the Keypress Value.
2 - Or You can Try to Monitor The keypress Value's with the Help Of these Two AHK Scripts. (if the keypress Value's is changing then you now if Autohotkey is able to get the keypress Value's for your Elgato Stream Deck Devices - Change the ShowKeypressValue.ahk a little bit and it done.)
3 - if 1 and 2 does not work, you can use a Thirt part Software buttoncommander with this you can make on your Desktop a Virtual Elgato Stream Deck the pros are: 1-the Main Languages is Autohotkey 2-this onscreen Elgato Stream Deck can have more Buttons and you can Click it with your Mouse or Touch Device and it can Show/Hide into the mouse Pointer)
Note: Run These two AHK Scripts at the Same Time. (KeypressValueToREG + ShowKeypressValue)
KeypressValueToREG - Put Keypress Value to only Windows Registry:
ShowKeypressValue - Monitor Keypress Value:
KeypressValueToREG.ahk
;KeypressValueToREG.ahk comes from KeypressOSD.ahk that was Created by Author RaptorX
; Open this Script in Wordpad and For Changelog look to the Bottom of the script.
;This code works with a getkeyname from a Dllcall (See Bottom Script- by Lexikos)
;you can press the esc key to exit.
#SingleInstance force
#NoEnv
SetBatchLines, -1
ListLines, Off
; Settings
global TransN := 200 ; 0~255
global ShowSingleKey := True
global ShowMouseButton := True
global ShowSingleModifierKey := True
global ShowModifierKeyCount := true
global ShowStickyModKeyCount := false
global DisplayTime := 2000 ; In milliseconds
global GuiPosition := "Bottom" ; Top or Bottom
global FontSize := 50
global GuiHeight := 115
CreateGUI()
CreateHotkey()
return
OnKeyPressed:
try {
key := GetKeyStr()
ShowHotkey(key)
SetTimer, HideGUI, % -1 * DisplayTime
}
return
OnKeyUp:
return
_OnKeyUp:
tickcount_start := A_TickCount
return
CreateGUI() {
global
Gui, +AlwaysOnTop -Caption +Owner +LastFound +E0x20
Gui, Margin, 0, 0
Gui, Color, Black
Gui, Font, cWhite s%FontSize% bold, Arial
Gui, Add, Text, vHotkeyText Center y20
WinSet, Transparent, %TransN%
}
CreateHotkey() {
Loop, 95
{
k := Chr(A_Index + 31)
k := (k = " ") ? "Space" : k
Hotkey, % "~*" k, OnKeyPressed
Hotkey, % "~*" k " Up", _OnKeyUp
}
Loop, 24 ; F1-F24
{
Hotkey, % "~*F" A_Index, OnKeyPressed
Hotkey, % "~*F" A_Index " Up", _OnKeyUp
}
Loop, 10 ; Numpad0 - Numpad9
{
Hotkey, % "~*Numpad" A_Index - 1, OnKeyPressed
Hotkey, % "~*Numpad" A_Index - 1 " Up", _OnKeyUp
}
Otherkeys := "WheelDown|WheelUp|WheelLeft|WheelRight|XButton1|XButton2|Browser_Forward|Browser_Back|Browser_Refresh|Browser_Stop|Browser_Search|Browser_Favorites|Browser_Home|Volume_Mute|Volume_Down|Volume_Up|Media_Next|Media_Prev|Media_Stop|Media_Play_Pause|Launch_Mail|Launch_Media|Launch_App1|Launch_App2|Help|Sleep|PrintScreen|CtrlBreak|Break|AppsKey|NumpadDot|NumpadDiv|NumpadMult|NumpadAdd|NumpadSub|NumpadEnter|Tab|Enter|Esc|BackSpace"
. "|Del|Insert|Home|End|PgUp|PgDn|Up|Down|Left|Right|ScrollLock|CapsLock|NumLock|Pause|sc145|sc146|sc046|sc123"
Loop, parse, Otherkeys, |
{
Hotkey, % "~*" A_LoopField, OnKeyPressed
Hotkey, % "~*" A_LoopField " Up", _OnKeyUp
}
If ShowMouseButton {
Loop, Parse, % "LButton|MButton|RButton", |
Hotkey, % "~*" A_LoopField, OnKeyPressed
}
for i, mod in ["Ctrl", "Shift", "Alt"] {
Hotkey, % "~*" mod, OnKeyPressed
Hotkey, % "~*" mod " Up", OnKeyUp
}
for i, mod in ["LWin", "RWin"]
Hotkey, % "~*" mod, OnKeyPressed
}
ShowHotkey(HotkeyStr) {
WinGetPos, ActWin_X, ActWin_Y, ActWin_W, ActWin_H, A
if !ActWin_W
throw
text_w := (ActWin_W > A_ScreenWidth) ? A_ScreenWidth : ActWin_W
;remove this gui codeline if you want only to Write the Value to Windows registry
;GuiControl, , HotkeyText, %HotkeyStr%
;GuiControl, , HotkeyText, %HotkeyStr%
RegWrite, REG_SZ, HKEY_CURRENT_USER,software\GetKeypressValue,KeypressValue,%HotkeyStr%
;remove this gui codeline if you want only to Write the Value to Windows registry
;GuiControl, Move, HotkeyText, w%text_w% Center
;GuiControl, Move, HotkeyText, w%text_w% Center
if (GuiPosition = "Top")
gui_y := ActWin_Y
else
gui_y := (ActWin_Y+ActWin_H) - 115 - 50
;remove this gui codeline if you want only to Write the Value to Windows registry
;Gui, Show, NoActivate x%ActWin_X% y%gui_y% h%GuiHeight% w%text_w%
;Gui, Show, NoActivate x%ActWin_X% y%gui_y% h%GuiHeight% w%text_w%
}
GetKeyStr() {
static modifiers := ["Ctrl", "Shift", "Alt", "LWin", "RWin"]
static repeatCount := 1
for i, mod in modifiers {
if GetKeyState(mod)
prefix .= mod " + "
}
if (!prefix && !ShowSingleKey)
throw
key := SubStr(A_ThisHotkey, 3)
if (key ~= "i)^(Ctrl|Shift|Alt|LWin|RWin)$") {
if !ShowSingleModifierKey {
throw
}
key := ""
prefix := RTrim(prefix, "+ ")
if ShowModifierKeyCount {
if !InStr(prefix, "+") && IsDoubleClickEx() {
if (A_ThisHotKey != A_PriorHotKey) || ShowStickyModKeyCount {
if (++repeatCount > 1) {
prefix .= " ( * " repeatCount " )"
}
} else {
repeatCount := 0
}
} else {
repeatCount := 1
}
}
} else {
if ( StrLen(key) = 1 ) {
key := GetKeyChar(key, "A")
} else if ( SubStr(key, 1, 2) = "sc" ) {
key := SpecialSC(key)
} else if (key = "LButton") && IsDoubleClick() {
key := "Double-Click"
}
_key := (key = "Double-Click") ? "LButton" : key
static pre_prefix, pre_key, keyCount := 1
global tickcount_start
if (prefix && pre_prefix) && (A_TickCount-tickcount_start < 300) {
if (prefix != pre_prefix) {
result := pre_prefix pre_key ", " prefix key
} else {
keyCount := (key=pre_key) ? (keyCount+1) : 1
key := (keyCount>2) ? (key " (" keyCount ")") : (pre_key ", " key)
}
} else {
keyCount := 1
}
pre_prefix := prefix
pre_key := _key
repeatCount := 1
}
return result ? result : prefix . key
}
SpecialSC(sc) {
static k := {sc046: "ScrollLock", sc145: "NumLock", sc146: "Pause", sc123: "Genius LuxeMate Scroll"}
return k[sc]
}
; by Lexikos - https://autohotkey.com/board/topic/110808-getkeyname-for-other-languages/#entry682236
GetKeyChar(Key, WinTitle:=0) {
thread := WinTitle=0 ? 0
: DllCall("GetWindowThreadProcessId", "ptr", WinExist(WinTitle), "ptr", 0)
hkl := DllCall("GetKeyboardLayout", "uint", thread, "ptr")
vk := GetKeyVK(Key), sc := GetKeySC(Key)
VarSetCapacity(state, 256, 0)
VarSetCapacity(char, 4, 0)
n := DllCall("ToUnicodeEx", "uint", vk, "uint", sc
, "ptr", &state, "ptr", &char, "int", 2, "uint", 0, "ptr", hkl)
return StrGet(&char, n, "utf-16")
}
IsDoubleClick(MSec = 300) {
Return (A_ThisHotKey = A_PriorHotKey) && (A_TimeSincePriorHotkey < MSec)
}
IsDoubleClickEx(MSec = 300) {
preHotkey := RegExReplace(A_PriorHotkey, "i) Up$")
Return (A_ThisHotKey = preHotkey) && (A_TimeSincePriorHotkey < MSec)
}
HideGUI() {
Gui, Hide
}
~esc::exitapp
;---------------------------------------------
; ChangeLog : v2.22 (2017-02-25) - Now pressing the same combination keys continuously more than 2 times,
; for example press Ctrl+V 3 times, will displayed as "Ctrl + v (3)"
; v2.21 (2017-02-24) - Fixed LWin/RWin not poping up start menu
; v2.20 (2017-02-24) - Added displaying continuous-pressed combination keys.
; e.g.: With CTRL key held down, pressing K and U continuously will shown as "Ctrl + k, u"
; v2.10 (2017-01-22) - Added ShowStickyModKeyCount option
; v2.09 (2017-01-22) - Added ShowModifierKeyCount option
; v2.08 (2017-01-19) - Fixed a bug
; v2.07 (2017-01-19) - Added ShowSingleModifierKey option (default is True)
; v2.06 (2016-11-23) - Added more keys. Thanks to SashaChernykh.
; v2.05 (2016-10-01) - Fixed not detecting "Ctrl + ScrollLock/NumLock/Pause". Thanks to lexikos.
; v2.04 (2016-10-01) - Added NumpadDot and AppsKey
; v2.03 (2016-09-17) - Added displaying "Double-Click" of the left mouse button.
; v2.02 (2016-09-16) - Added displaying mouse button, and 3 settings (ShowMouseButton, FontSize, GuiHeight)
; v2.01 (2016-09-11) - Display non english keyboard layout characters when combine with modifer keys.
; v2.00 (2016-09-01) - Removed the "Fade out" effect because of its buggy.
; - Added support for non english keyboard layout.
; - Added GuiPosition setting.
; v1.00 (2013-10-11) - First release.
;--------------------------------------------
ShowKeypressValue.ahk
#SingleInstance force
Gui, +AlwaysOnTop -MaximizeBox ; -Caption +Resize -MinimizeBox +Disabled -SysMenu -Owner +OwnDialogs
Gui, Add, Text, center y10 h50 w300 vVar, %KeypressValue%
Gui, Color, White
Gui, show
size=20
Gui, Font, s%size%
GuiControl, Font, var
;run KeypressValueToREG.ahk - together with ShowKeypressValue.ahk
;The Features Are:
; - It will Show On your Screen, [All your Mouse Movements] and [All Keyboard Shortcuts Movement]
; - You can Make Scripts, that can do actions with MultiClicks on All Keyboard Shortcuts Clicks, How Cool Is that.
loop
{
RegRead, KeypressValue, HKEY_CURRENT_USER,software\GetKeypressValue,KeypressValue ; read KeypressValue
sleep 50
GuiControl,, var, %KeypressValue%
if (KeypressValue="Alt ( * 2 )") ;use this for [1x=Alt][2x=Alt ( * 2 )][3x=Alt ( * 3 )] [and many more]
{
;Here you can put any AHK CODE
msgbox you did click Alt 2x Times
}
if (KeypressValue="Alt ( * 3 )") ;use this for [1x=Alt][2x=Alt ( * 2 )][3x=Alt ( * 3 )] [and many more]
{
;Here you can put any AHK CODE
msgbox you did click Alt 3x Times
}
} ;End Loop
~esc::exitapp
