Provides Vantage-like F12 customization options for the F4
-F12
keys.
- Emulating a single key (eg. Play/Pause key)
- Emulating full key sequences or combinations (eg. hello world, vs CTRL + SHIFT + 9)
- Opening any app (option to specify command line arguments for said app)
- Opening a URL
- Opening a file with its default association
- Download Installer.zip from here
- Unzip the downloaded Installer.zip file
- Run setup.bat to perform the following actions:
- Copy HotkeyMapper.exe (frontend GUI) and HotKeyHelper.exe (Backend key emulator) to your local %APPDATA% folder
- Create Start Menu links to for HotKeyMapper and the Uninstallataion batch file
- Run HotkeyMapper by clicking its shortcut in the Start Menu
- Select
Key Sequence
from the main window - Adding keys
- Option 1:
- Select
H
from the dropdown menu, then clickAdd key
- Select
- Option 2:
- Click into the
...key by kestroke...
box, tap theH
key, and it will be automatically added
- Click into the
- Repeat whichever option you chose for
i
and!
- Option 1:
Steal Focus
(OFF
by default for key sequences)- Check this box if you do NOT want the focused application to receive your key sequence
- Uncheck this box if you DO want the focused application to receive your key sequence
- In this example (hi!), you would likely want to uncheck this box so the focused app receives the input (eg. email client)
- Press the
Apply
key.
- Select
Key Combination
from the main window - Adding keys
- Option 1:
- Select
CTRL
from the dropdown menu, then clickAdd key
- Select
- Option 2:
- Click into the
...key by kestroke...
box, tap theCTRL
key, and it will be automatically added
- Click into the
- Repeat whichever option you chose for
SHIFT
and9
- Option 1:
Steal Focus
(ON
by default for key combos)- Check this box if you do NOT want the focused application to receive your key sequence
- In this example ([CTRL] + [SHIFT] + 9), you would likely want to check this box unless your key combo is specific to the focused app
- Uncheck this box if you DO want the focused application to receive your key sequence
- Check this box if you do NOT want the focused application to receive your key sequence
- Press the
Apply
key.
Opening an app (eg. chrome.exe --app=http://google.com)
- Select
Open App
from the main window - Select
Browse
to navigate to and select your executable file, in this casechrome.exe
- Optional Enter in any command lin arguments for your app, in this example:
--app=http://google.com
- Press the
Apply
key.
Opening a URL (eg. https://ebaumsworld.com)
- Select
Open URL
from the main window - Enter in the desired URL, in this case
https://ebaumsworld.com
- Press the
Apply
key.
- Select
Open File
from the main window - Select
Browse
to navigate to and select your file, in this casesome_text_file.txt
- Press the
Apply
key.
- Select
Clear customization
from the main window - Press
Yes
in the confirmation dialog.