Autohotkey hotkey handlers fall through/continue to lines below

Question

I’m having some trouble with Autohotkey. I have a script with a few hotkeys but it seems that when a hotkey is pressed, not only does its handler run, but so do all lines below it, including the contents of other hotkey handlers. Below is a demonstrative example.

What is the problem? How can I get Autohotkey to execute only the lines specified in the handler?

#SingleInstance force

;Main loop
While 1
{
}

;Hotkeys:

;Quit with Ctrl+Q
^q::
{
    MsgBox  Quitting
    ExitApp
}

^s::
{
    MsgBox  Hotkey1
}
MsgBox 1

^a::
{
    MsgBox  Hotkey2
}
MsgBox 2

What the? What’s wrong with the question? Hit-and-run down-voters. :roll: — Synetech

Synetech Synetech · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-22T00:20:18

I am missing the return command:

^s::
    MsgBox  Hotkey1
return

MsgBox 1


^a::
    MsgBox  Hotkey2
return

MsgBox 2

I guess I’m just too used to more strict C++ syntax; the braces don’t quite work the same way. I’ll just have to think back to the good old days of Basic and Assembler when working with Autohotkey scripts.

Autohotkey hotkey handlers fall through/continue to lines below

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