Custom keyboard shortcuts

[bluesman86]

I recently bought a new laptop. The old one had a really handy shortcut that I miss dearly and daily. The Fn key + arrow keys would bind to Home, End, PgUp, PgDn.

Simple and brilliant, but now I don't have that anymore. Any way to get it back?

[Max Norris]

Could always try something like AutoHotKey, can do all sorts of things with it, including a simple thing like this.  

[bluesman86]

Could always try something like AutoHotKey, can do all sorts of things with it, including a simple thing like this.  

Thanks, I'm going to check that out.

[Max Norris]

Thanks, I'm going to check that out.

No problem, it's really simple to configure.  For example, I have one old junker I keep around for testing, has a prehistoric keyboard on it with no media keys, etc.  Set up simple keystrokes to adjust the volume on it:

^!m::
Send {Volume_Mute}
return

^!=::
Send {Volume_Up}
return

^!-::
Send {Volume_Down}
return

It just receives a key sequence (control+alt+M, + or - in this case) and spits a key sequence back out. Just replace the in and out key and you're done.

http://ahkscript.org/docs/Hotkeys.htm
http://ahkscript.org/docs/KeyList.htm