Holding down the left mouse button in AutoHotkey

Question

I want a script where pressing F1 makes AutoHotkey hold down the left mouse button. I then want the script to release the mouse once I press the key again.

How can I do that?

To those willing to close the thread: this is a programming question, AutoHotkey is a programming language. — PhiLho
– PhiLho, Commented Jan 2, 2010 at 22:53
@PhiLho: Thanks for pointing that out. I nearly closed this myself. — Bill the Lizard
– Bill the Lizard, Commented Jan 3, 2010 at 2:16
@Pizza Overflow: You might want to consider including a short code snippet in AHK questions to avoid any confusion. If you just include a short bit of code showing what you've tried so far, that should be enough that people won't mistakenly close your questions as "not programming related." — Bill the Lizard
– Bill the Lizard, Commented Jan 3, 2010 at 2:18

Stevoisiak · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-30 21:12:13Z

15

I would use Click down and Click up

Click is generally preferred over MouseClick because it automatically compensates if the user has swapped the left and right mouse buttons via the system's control panel.

F1::
    alt := not alt
    if (alt)
    {
        Click down
    }
    else
    {
        Click up
    }
Return

edited Aug 30, 2017 at 21:12

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answered Jan 2, 2010 at 23:12

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Michał Oniszczuk Over a year ago

I've needed to add Return at the end of the hotkey procedure code to make it work for me. F1:: alt := not alt if(alt) { Click down } else { Click up } Return

Forivin · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-24 14:10:24Z

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Here is a one-liner in case anyone is interested:

F1::Click % GetKeyState("LButton") ? "Up" : "Down"

answered Mar 24, 2016 at 14:10

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Alex Ruiz Over a year ago

Can I use this one-liner for Right Mouse Click? Changing LButton -> RButton still appears to be trigger the Left Mouse Click....

Forivin Over a year ago

Yes. F1::Click right % GetKeyState("RButton") ? "Up" : "Down" might do the job. If not do F1::Click % "right " (GetKeyState("RButton") ? "Up" : "Down")

Alex Ruiz Over a year ago

Perfect! F1::Click % "right " (GetKeyState("RButton") ? "Up" : "Down") works as intended! Thanks Forivin!

PhiLho · Accepted Answer · 2010-01-02 23:00:22Z

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Mmm, I am a bit rusty in AHK programming, but here is what I tried, seems to work:

F1::
  alt := not alt
  If (alt)
  {
    MouseClick Left, 217, 51, , , D
  }
  Else
  {
    MouseClick Left, 217, 51, , , U
  }
Return

answered Jan 2, 2010 at 23:00

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syaz Over a year ago

Using MouseClick is overkill and makes it look more complicated. Click Up/ Down should suffice.

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