| Main
Help Page |
Typing special characters with "Type Text" hotkeys
If you select the "Type Text" hotkey category, you can create a hotkey that types a sequence of keystrokes. If you enter something like: "(800)555-1234" then the hotkey will automatically type this phone number. In addition to regular text, you can type special characters with a Type Text hotkey using special escape sequences. To type each of the following characters, use the text shown:
| The key you want typed | What you should put in
the hotkey text (except for F-keys, these are not case sensitive) |
| Ctrl/Control key | <ctrl> (or <ctrlr>
to specify right Ctrl key) (include characters to be "modified" in < >, e.g. <ctrlc> to specify Ctrl+C for copy hotkey) |
| Alt key (Option on Mac) | <alt> (or <altr>
to specify right Alt key) (use nested < / > symbols for special key combinations, e.g.<alt<F4>> to type the Alt-F4 to close the current application) |
| Shift key | <shift> |
| Windows Key (Win only) | <winkey> |
| Apple Key (Mac only) | <applekey> |
| Tab | <tab> |
| Enter or Return | <enter> |
| Backspace | <backspace> |
| Up arrow | <up> |
| Down arrow | <down> |
| Left arrow | <left> |
| Right arrow | <right> |
| Esc (Escape) | <esc> |
| Page Up | <pageup> |
| Page Down | <pagedown> |
| Home | <home> |
| End | <end> |
| Insert | <insert> |
| Delete | <delete> |
| Scroll Lock | <scrolllock> |
| Pause | <pause> |
| Right Click Key | <rightclickkey> |
| Break Key | <break> |
| Less than '<' | <lessthan> |
| Greater than '>' | <greaterthan> |
| Open Bracket '[' | <openbracket> |
| Close Bracket ']' | <closebracket> |
| Semi-colon ';' | <semicolon> |
| Backslash '\' | <backslash> |
| F-keys | <F1> through
<F12> (must use capital F) |
| Non-English characters | Copy and paste from here:
Á É Í Ó Ú Ý á é í ó ú ý |
*brackets, backslash and semi-colon added in 5.0.12c