AHKMacroMenu

Popup menu-macros for Autohotkey.

Hit a hotkey, select an item with keyboard (or mouse), and run the text/command macro -- similar to part of KeyText, but with a mini-menu to avoid needing to remember the macros.

Features

• Menu format for easier to forget lists of macros
• Simple ini file data storage
• Self-editing commands built-in
• AHK's ability to force input to a specific target window, regardless of focus
• Use any editor, without registry edits

Installation

1. Edit the SETTINGS and HOTKEY SETUP section of the AHKMacroMenu.ahk file

2. Edit AHKMacroMenu.ini

3. Run AHKMacroMenu.ahk

4. Press the hotkey (Ctrl-\ default), and select an item.

NOTE: If the target window is selected, but no text appears, AHK may be blocked by systems protections. Running as administrator is one way to fix/test this.

Macro Config .ini Example

[My_Info]
My_Email[email protected]
My_Phone=555-867-5309

[SEP]

[Search_Sites]
Google=https://google.com{Enter}
Bing=https://bing.com{Enter}
DuckDuckGo=https://duckduckgo.com{Enter}

[Email]
Mom[email protected]
Dad[email protected]
SEP=SEP
Tina[email protected]
Steve[email protected]
Lina[email protected]

[SEP]

[Fun]
Konomi={Up}{Up}{Down}{Down}{Left}{Right}{Left}{Right}ba{Enter}

NOTE: Most common script error is a space in a section or item label. Replace it with an underscore and reload.

Config Options

; Set to 0 to paste window active at time of invoking
; Set to 1 and options enable always forcing the paste into a specific window
SelectClient := 0

; Set to window to select
; See WindowSpy and https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/misc/WinTitle.htm for options
ClientIDType := "ahk_exe"
ClientID := "notepad.exe"

; Path and name for you config file, defaults to same folder as this script
ConfigFile := A_ScriptDir . "\" . "AHKMacroMenu.ini"

; Enable to the show self editing/reload options in the menu
ShowSelfEditOptions := 1 

; Set your editor
; (Skips the annoying registry setting by AHK)
EditorPath := "C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe"
; EditorPath := "C:\Program Files\Sublime Text\sublime_text.exe"

; Prefixes all sent commands
CommandPrefix := ""
; CommandPrefix := "some prefix " 

; Postfixes all sent commands
; For example, to always press enter after a string is sent
CommandPostfix := "{Enter}"

; Menu Header String
ShowMenuHeader := 1
MenuHeader := "== SELECT MACRO =="

Known Issues

• Mix of AHK v1.0 and 2.0 styles
• Limitations in label naming to support simplest file format
• I am not an AHK expert

License

MIT