Hi.
Is there a smart way to "alt+tab" with a remote? When i use "emulate keystroke" it only swithes between the curent window and the one i used last.
Is there a way to go to the next one.
Say if you have 4 folders open, the first pres would take you to the first and the second press to the 2end window and so on.
Thanks
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Task Switching
Re: Task Switching
That's an interesting one. The problem is that when you use alt-tab, you keep down the alt button and hit tab successively to switch the target. EG sends Alt+Tab as a single shot, so it always switches between the first two targets. That's exactly what happens on the keyboard.
I'm not sure there's any intuitive way to have a remote act like holding down one key and let you hit other keys, unless maybe there's something that could be down with long button presses and autorepeat?
Brett
I'm not sure there's any intuitive way to have a remote act like holding down one key and let you hit other keys, unless maybe there's something that could be down with long button presses and autorepeat?
Brett
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jsonnabend
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Re: Task Switching
I haven't tried it, but the approach I would explore is:
1. have a button turn on "alt tab mode" by programmatically pressing the alt key.
2. in that mode, use right arrows to trigger tab, left arrows to trigger shift-tab.
3. use enter to turn off "alt tab mode" by programmatically releasing the alt key.
(Although I don't recall now whether EG allows "key down" events as opposed to "key press" (i.e., key down followed by key up) events).
- Jeff
[edit]If EG doesn't allow key down events, you might look into using win32api.keybd_event in a script. That should allow you to press and hold the alt key.[/edit]
1. have a button turn on "alt tab mode" by programmatically pressing the alt key.
2. in that mode, use right arrows to trigger tab, left arrows to trigger shift-tab.
3. use enter to turn off "alt tab mode" by programmatically releasing the alt key.
(Although I don't recall now whether EG allows "key down" events as opposed to "key press" (i.e., key down followed by key up) events).
- Jeff
[edit]If EG doesn't allow key down events, you might look into using win32api.keybd_event in a script. That should allow you to press and hold the alt key.[/edit]