AutoHotKey: Trigger infinite loop of keyboard button press when pressing another keyboard button

1
votes

I am trying to make a process automatic, until I require it to stop.

I press a button on my keyboard, for example F2.
When F2 pressed, it starts a loop that presses F9 every second or so.
This keeps on going until I press F2 again.

I have watched tutorials but all people ever really cover is the mouseclicks. Also the help/tutorialpages from autohotkey itself are very bombastic. This should be very simple and yet it is not.

F2::

SetTimer TheLoop, 200
Return

TheLoop:
Send {F9}

Return

Anyone that can help me here?

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autohotkey

1 Answers

3
votes

Try using a variable as a toggle as to whether the timer is run or turned off. Something like:

F2::
bToggle := !bToggle
If bToggle
    SetTimer , TheLoop , 200 ; This is 200 ms
Else
    SetTimer , TheLoop , Off
Return

TheLoop:
Send , {F9}
Return

Here's a more condensed version using the ternary operator and evaluated expressions:

f2::SetTimer , TheLoop , % (( bToggle := !bToggle ) ? "200" : "Off" )

TheLoop:
Send , {f9}
Return