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sequence of key combinations

Open kalyazin opened this issue 10 years ago • 5 comments

Hi,

First, thanks for the great software! It's much more convenient than running native utility in VM :)

My question is: is it possible to program a sequence of key combinations (e.g., ctrl+alt then win+d)? In other words, I'd like to issue several commands instead of pressing all keys at the same time.

kalyazin avatar Jun 19 '14 10:06 kalyazin

Thanks for the feedback :)

AFAIK, sequence of key combinations is not supported by the device (at least mine doesn't support this). You can probably try and hack something with http://code.google.com/p/autokey or similar that assign keys to series of actions (where the action is sending key event).

rgerganov avatar Jun 19 '14 10:06 rgerganov

Thanks for the suggestion. Am I understand right, that you propose to solve this problem on a higher level, i.e., to map a sequence to a single key (using 3rd party tool) and then flash this key into the switch?

kalyazin avatar Jun 19 '14 12:06 kalyazin

Yes. Let me know if it works. Thanks.

rgerganov avatar Jun 19 '14 12:06 rgerganov

Ok, thanks.

kalyazin avatar Jun 19 '14 13:06 kalyazin

Hi,

I tried out autokey. It doesn't look like the way to go for me, since:

  • it doesn't support "key chaining" (https://code.google.com/p/autokey/issues/detail?id=138);
  • ctrl+alt and ctrl+g combinations (the crucial ones) don't work for me;
  • (didn't check though) I need multiscreen support.

Anyway, I'll describe my full intention here. Maybe it will be interesting for somebody.

  • I need to use my 3-pedal footswitch to move focus between my 3 monitors;
  • One of them usually shows VMware window, which requires Ctrl+G to capture focus and Ctrl+Alt to uncapture. What I'd like to have is a single press to a footswitch to go to each of 3 monitors:
  • 1st (with VMware): focus 1st screen, then Ctrl+G to "get in" into the VM;
  • 2nd: Ctrl+Alt to uncapture from VM, then focus 2nd screen;
  • 3rd: Ctrl+Alt to uncapture from VM, then focus 3rd screen. That's why I need sequences of key combinations implemented somehow.

kalyazin avatar Jun 23 '14 07:06 kalyazin