I need to use hotkeys like [Ctrl + 9 + 8], or [Ctrl + A + B].
Autohotkey documentation here says that combinations of three or more keys are not supported. However [Alt + Ctrl + Shift + X] modifier key combinations are supported, where X can be an alphanumeric character.
KeyWaiting is showed in the other answer, I'd like to show the other option, which is using #If.
You create a context sensitive hotkey by setting whatever condition with the #If directive.
In your case you'd want to check if the first key(s) of your hotkey is/are held down.
And then you'd set the last keys as a hotkey.
#If, GetKeyState("Ctrl") ;start of context sensitive hotkeys
8 & 9::
MsgBox, % "Ctrl + 8 + 9 held down"
return
#If ;end of context sensitive hotkeys
;example of holding down even more keys
;is only going to work if your system can
;recognize this many keys at once
#If, GetKeyState("Ctrl") && GetKeyState("1") && GetKeyState("2") && GetKeyState("3") && GetKeyState("4") && GetKeyState("5")
6 & 7::
MsgBox, % "Ctrl + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 held down"
return
#If
Whether or not I'd recommend this approach is another thing.
If your script is just about simple hotkeys or something like that, this is a very good approach.
But if your script is more complex than that, you might run into the problems #If can cause. More about that from the documentation.
Basically, just try it out and if you have problems, maybe consider another approach.
There are different workaround to do this. The following script uses KeyWait to handle multiple keys. Script for handling the hotkey needs be placed inside the If block.
;Script to handle multiple key combinations ;Press Ctrl first then 9 and 8 in correct order for this to work
^9::
KeyWait, 8, D T3
;KeyWait, 7 D T3 ;add if more combinations are required
if (ErrorLevel = 0)
{
MsgBox, [Ctrl + 98] key combination recognized ; script to handle the hotkey to be placed here
}
return
