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Extended Capslock Context Menu
Xavier > 2024-11-07 00:37
Hi y'all!
This is a project I've been working on for a few months.
The Extended Capslock Context Menu an AHK Context menu for working with TEXT in a varieties of helpful ways.
It can even replace the stock context inside of Notepad++ if you so choose!
I have taken a deal of inspiration from QAP and Designed it to work with Directory Opus before it tries windows explorer.
I'm no where near as advanced an ahk programmer as out QAP Creator mind you. I've only been playing with AHK for less then a year.
Thou nonetheless, if you work in in a lot of text editors you may find this menu helpful. I do! I run it at start up and use it everyday!
I'll put a short outline of its features below, there's much more and long list of changes made as I've been creating this on my Github Page.
![[Image: qawRAZ6.png]](https://i.imgur.com/qawRAZ6.png)
This Extended Capslock Menu is a expanded context menu, written with AutoHotkey.
It made for working with text.
With this menu, after [**SELECTING SOME TEXT**] and then picking a menu item, the text will be copied to your clipboard (with your previous clipboard item preserved) so you can...
- + search the web or local computer (using free software),
- + save selected text to a New Text Document(s),
- + added some simple & quick code formatting around text (e.g. .md, .xml, .ahk),
- + modify text & cOnVeRt cAsE,
- + create temp stickies,
- + append\add new text to your existing clipboard,
- + save the text content of your clipboard to a new document,
- + paste rich text as plane text,
- + shows a GUI above the system try when your caps lock is toggled on,
- + run apps,
- + the basic cut, copy, paste,
- + insert the date and time,
- + shift your number row when capslock is ON, e.g.
- `1234567890-=[]\
- ~!@#$%^&*()_+{}|
- From the 'Open\Run\Explore... [ Files Menu ]' , you can ...
- ... When a Folder\File Path, Url, or Regkey path is [*SELECTED*]
- e.g. C:\Users\YourUserName\Documents\AutoHotkey\Some Script File.ahk
- - Open a folder
- - Run\Open the file without navigating to it.
- *- Copy the file\folder to your clipboard
- *Requires Directory Opus.
- for windows explorer users it
- opens a 'Copy To..' dialogue.
- - copy the Content of a text-base file to you clipboard without opening it
- - copy directory details via the CMD prompt
- - make a Duplicate File Copy, adding a ' -CopyDup.ext' suffix
- - move a file, into it own sub-folder, or up into its parent folder
- - open RegEdit, to the select key
- - open a website from a none-hyperlinked text
- - open Everything 1.5a, to explore the folder
- - open Everything 1.5a, to search the filename
- *+ open an alternative live folder to peek what else is there
- * this features is a bit Experimental
- * it has it own hotkey as well 'Ctrl' + 'Space'
- * its limited to Notepad++ and Everything
- * in Notepad++, if nothing is selected,
- it will show the Dir of the active file.
- ++ Other Features With Toggle Options ++
- - light & dark mode toggle (DARK is default),
- - sound beeps for capslock state change (ON by default)
- - shifted number row, when caps on, (OFF by default)
- `1234567890-=
- ~!@#$%^&*()_+
- *+ Replace Notepad++'s Right Click Menu with this one! (OFF by Default)
- *+ Auto Copy & Live Preview Mode
- * See Known Issues warning below.
- ... And more ... to come ...
If you're interested you can view more Here on my Github Page. And you can Download it here on the RELEASES page, check it for new updates, bug fix, and changelog. The download come zip with the script, a portable versrion of AHK and a compiled .exe so you have 3 options to check it out without having to install anything.
There are many more screenshots on both cover pages. - + search the web or local computer (using free software),
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RE: Extended Capslock Context Menu
emp00 > 2024-11-07 15:24
@Xavier - thanks for sharing!
As a sidenote for other users (it's not directly mentioned in the github repository): unfortunately Extended Capslock Context Menu is coded in deprecated AHK v1. I'd be very interested in an up-to-date v2 revision! -
RE: Extended Capslock Context Menu
Xavier > 2024-11-07 20:23
(2024-11-07 15:24)emp00 Wrote: @Xavier - thanks for sharing!
As a sidenote for other users (it's not directly mentioned in the github repository): unfortunately Extended Capslock Context Menu is coded in deprecated AHK v1. I'd be very interested in an up-to-date v2 revision!
Thanks @emp00
I just updated there repository and\or you can work from the `.ahk` file in the download if you wanted to update it..., have fun with it. :-)
this menu is just about done after a few months. I'm pleased with it, its working well for my use. I wont add much more it but do have a little bit of code clean up on my todo list for it. as mentioned I'm an AHK NOOB, 75% of this script has been collected from other forums and patch-worked together.
Everyones hung up on the newest and greatest, I get it... But... I'm not learning ahk v2 for this. for 2 main reasons. besides that v2 and still run v1 code. deprecated doesn't mean its broken.
#1.
the code for v1 is sssoooo much more simple to use and learn. Easy. e.g. The few bits of scripts I've tried to convert to v2 has more than twice the amount a lines with mostly picky symbol punctuation. A simple 10 lines of commands turn into 25 lines of { '[ ( " | " ) ]' }, for no good reason for very simple tasks. this script is around ~5000 lines. It WILL be over 10000 if its all converted to v2.
which leads me to ...
#2.
This menu is simple. It only working with text copied into the clipboard. It either runs a simple command or converts the text to paste and than restores the clipboard. Nothing advanced is happening in the background. Its all done with simple regex matches to the text. ahk v1 is more than adequate to handle processing only text.
all that being said! let me know if you convert it to v2, I would still like to take a look at!