After updating Teams Shortcuts to also support Teams opened in the Web Browser i.e. not only the fat client, I have noticed one other hotkey in another script did not work anymore.
I have leaned thanks to it some differences in AutoHotkey between #IfWinActive and #If Function and the usage of ~ as hotkey modifier.
Problem description
In my TextExpander script, I had a hotkey (alt+q) to paste my email
; alt + q
!q:: ; My Email
SendInput thierry.dalon@gmail.com
return
In Teams Shortcuts I had the same hotkey assigned for another function:
; -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Alt+Q
~!q:: ; <--- Quote conversation
QuoteConversation:
Teams_SmartReply(False)
return
In the past these Teams Shortcuts Hotkeys were conditioned with
#IfWinActive,ahk_exe Teams.exe
and I had no hotkey conflicts
Now it is conditioned by:
#If Teams_IsWinActive()
see previous post)
Explanation
It seems the #IfWinActive expression is evaluated without running the hotkeys below and there is no hotkeys conflict while using it.
On the contrary if you use a #If Function(), the hotkey is evaluated no matter what, even if the condition is not true and in this case it does simply nothing. Though by the "evaluation" of the hotkey, other conflicting hotkeys are not triggered.
Solution
I have found the solution in the AHK Forums here Avoid key binding conflict among scripts - Ask for Help - AutoHotkey Community.
The solution is to use the ~ modifier before the hotkey as shown below:
; -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Alt+Q
~!q:: ; <--- Quote conversation
QuoteConversation:
Teams_SmartReply(False)
return
Conflicting hotkey in second script (TextExpander) will be run if hotkey in first script is not active (TeamsShortcuts).
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