My ALT+TAB python config doesn't work with Windows 8 :(

[stisev]

This configuration does not work anymore with windows 8. Windows 7 or before it works beautifully

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<EventGhost Version="1640">
    <Folder Name="ALT+TAB" Expanded="True">
        <Macro Name="Push and hold ALT, send TAB" Expanded="True">
            <Event Name="Firefly.Help" />
            <Action>
                EventGhost.PythonScript(u'import win32api\nwin32api.keybd_event(18,0,0,0)\nwin32api.keybd_event(9,0,0,0)\nwin32api.keybd_event(9,0,2,0)')
            </Action>
        </Macro>
        <Macro Name="Release ALT" Expanded="True">
            <Event Name="Firefly.Mouse" />
            <Action>
                EventGhost.PythonScript(u'import win32api\nwin32api.keybd_event(18,0,2,0)')
            </Action>
        </Macro>
    </Folder>
</EventGhost>

Can anyone help? pretty please!!

[stisev]

Help me pako. ur my only hope!

[leothlon]

Can you explain abit more what you want done?

Brings up the alt tab "selection menu" and keep it up untill a window is selected?
if that is the case try alt + ctrl + tab, on my windows 8 machine it brings up alt tab menu and keep it up untill i select a window with "enter" key.

i cant get it to work with windows 7 tho. will try your python script when i get home to my htpc running win7, been looking for a way to do it

[stisev]

Can you explain abit more what you want done?

Hi,
Basically I want to open the alt tab menu and cycle through the different entries.

Brings up the alt tab "selection menu" and keep it up untill a window is selected?

Yes, but I would be selecting the correct entry by pressing the specific key (lets say KEY1), then choosing that entry using KEY2.

if that is the case try alt + ctrl + tab, on my windows 8 machine it brings up alt tab menu and keep it up untill i select a window with "enter" key.

This doesn't work for me. Can you post your entry?

Here's mine

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<EventGhost Version="1640">
    <Macro Name="Push and hold ALT, send TAB" Expanded="True">
        <Event Name="Firefly.Help" />
        <Action>
            Window.SendKeys(u'{Ctrl+Alt+Tabulator}', False)
        </Action>
    </Macro>
</EventGhost>

i cant get it to work with windows 7 tho. will try your python script when i get home to my htpc running win7, been looking for a way to do it
leothlon

The one I posted in the opening post one worked for XP, Vista, and Windows 7



If anyone can help me do this, I would sincerely appreciate it!

[stisev]

BTW, it was definitely Pako who made this
see
http://www.eventghost.org/forum/viewtop ... f=2&t=1729

[stisev]

So the only workaround I have found so far is to use VistaSwitcher. I have to admit this is a ghastly solution since a) it's not portable b) I have to run yet another program.

For anyone who cares:
Download vistaswitcher

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<EventGhost Version="1640">
    <Folder Name="ALT+TAB (Win8 - VistaSwitcher" Expanded="True">
        <Macro Name="Push and hold ALT, send TAB" Expanded="True">
            <Event Name="Firefly.Help" />
            <Action>
                Window.SendKeys(u'{Win+F11}', False)
            </Action>
        </Macro>
        <Macro Name="Release ALT" Expanded="True">
            <Event Name="Firefly.Mouse" />
            <Action>
                Window.SendKeys(u'{Return}', False)
            </Action>
        </Macro>
    </Folder>
</EventGhost>

That works for me.


Please Please Please!! If there's any other way to get this done using the default switcher, I would greatly appreciate a notice. I have tried all known available solutions and failed.

[leothlon]

i didn't actually try ctrl + alt + tab throu EG keystimulaton. just tried it manually on win8 comp at work and there was no problem. other than that i dont know unfortunatly.

[stisev]

leothon
lol. I know it's control-tab. The tricky part of is getting it to work in EG.

Does no one have a way to do this in Windows 8/8.1?

[Pako]

Read this.
It seems that (for EventGhost) it is impossible to do it without using an auxiliary program.
Unfortunately, EventGhost.exe is not signed.

Pako

[frangagn]

Stisev, thanks for this solution. It works half for me though... probably just a little more tweaking.

I installed Vistaswitcher, and pasted the code you kindly provided. Now when I press the Firefly.Help key, it shows Vistaswitcher, but after that nothing else works. I have to revert to gold old keyboard!

Any clue of what I'm doing wrong, if this works for you?

I'm using a Surface Pro with Windows 8.1

Thanks!

[Tryanderror]

Hello,

no idea if this might work with Windows 8, but you could try to write an AutoIt-script that deals with these keys and call autoit3.exe from eventghost with path and name of the script as command line option (action: Start application). AutoIt3.exe is digitally signed.

Best wishes
Tryanderror