允许按下禁用键的热键

Question

My keyboard key/letter f is ruined and continuously presses the letter. I am using AutoHotKey to successully disable the letter, but I need an alternative hotkey to press the key. I have chosen to use CTRL+j as the hotkey to press the letter f . I tried this script but it does not seem to press the key:

f::return

^j::
Send f
return

I also tried this but it also does not work:

f::return

^j::
Send {f down}
return

How can I get the script to press f using the hotkey CTRL+j , while disabling the key f ?

Answer 1

The $ modifier is going to solve this problem.
That modifier makes it so that your f::return hotkey wont affect keys that are sent from AHK.

So here's your finished script:

$f::return
^j::SendInput, f

Also switched over to SendInput due to it being the recommended faster and more reliable send mode.

Answer 2

I used the ASCII code for the letters in both uppercase and lowercase, and it also worked:

; disable the key 'f':
f::return

; press CTRL+j to press f:
^j::
Send {Asc 102}
return

; press CTRL+Shift+j to press F:
^+j::
Send {Asc 70}
return