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My personal authotkey scripts. Hope, they are useful for others, too

autohotkey-scripts

My personal authotkey scripts.

Setup

  • Install AutoHotkey.
  • Put a link to the desired commands into your Windows Startup folder

Keybindings

Shortcut Note Application File
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+D "d" like date. Types the current date. We opted for the thee modifier keys as Ctrl+Alt+D starts a comment in Confluence. (all) SendDate.ahk
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T "t" like ttime. Types the current date and time (all) SendTimeAndDate.ahk
Ctrl+Alt+H "h" for hidden. Toggles display of hidden files in Windows Explorer Windows Explorer ToggleHiddenFiles.ahk
Win+B "b" like browser Firefox Firefox.ahk
Win+G "g" like google Chrome Chrome.ahk
Win++ "Plus" like Nodepad plus plus Nodepad++ Notepad.ahk
Win+E Overrides default Win+E with focusing an active explorer window.
Especially useful for a tabbed Windows Explorer (provided by QTTabBar)
Windows Explorer WindowsExplorer.ahk
Win+C "c", like console ConEmu ConEmu.ahk
Win+W "w" like window (Win+I opens the windows settings dialog) IntelliJ IDEA IntelliJ.ahk
Win+J "j" like JabRef JabRef JabRef.ahk
Win+S "s" like Sumatra PDF Sumatra PDF SumatraPDF.ahk
Win+O "o" like opera Opera Opera.ahk
Win+Z "z" like zotero Zotero Zotero.ahk

Resources

For tool installation, see https://github.com/koppor/koppors-chocolatey-scripts.

Other AutoHotkey resources:

Alternatives

For launching/focussing an application, there is the feature launch application of Quick Access Popup.