re-map capslock function

[hgondalf]

I’m a thumb-fingered typist, so I keep hitting capslock by mistake, and sometimes +capslock.  I tried CapShift, but because of the accidental pressing of +capslock, I still get lines of ALL CAPS. I don’t need a beep or popup window. 

What I would like to do is:

• Map Capslock to Shift. Make it a shift key. When I use the remapping suggestions in the Autohotkey help, pressing and holding Capslock and typing aaaaaa gives me Aaaaa, not AAAAA as I would get by pressing and holding Shift.
• Toggle the capslock function on and off with ^Capslock.

Many thanks...

[mouser]

To do pure remapping I can recommend SharpKeys: http://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=9930.0

[hgondalf]

Thanks Mouser.

In another post I found a link for remapkey.exe, which apparently does the same thing as sharpkeys.

The limitation for these programs is that they use a registry tweak to set the function of a single key.  Neither allows one to map shifted keys (e.g., Ctrl+Alt+Windows F1) to a new function.  I’d be dead in the water without autohotkey’s ability to map shift-key functions.

Using remapkey.exe, I mapped Capslock to Shift, and the right whatever-it-is (the list button next to RWin) to Caplock.

I use rwin as the hotkey trigger for for RunAndHide, so that other weird windows key was the last unused key on my keyboard.

But I would still rather use Ctrl-Capslock to toggle the capslock function.

[tomos]

I may well be misunderstanding, (and my grasp of AHK is minimal), but if Caplocks key becomes Shift, wouldnt your second request be the same as asking for Control+Shift to toggle Capslock?
(if so, I wonder would that mess up some Ctrl+Shift+____ hotkeys?)

My solution for the problem is in some obscure Windows dialogue (I think it's languages in Win7) you're allowed to make the Shift key disable Capslock. Provided you start a sentence with a capital using Shift key, Capslock is immediately disabled. CAPSLOCK STILL WORKS SO LONG AS I avoid the shift key - which is very difficult I find but I never use it anyways, so fine for me...

[AfterLemon]

Probably what you're looking for hgondalf:

Code

*$Capslock::
	SetStoreCapslockMode,On
	If !GetKeyState("Control","P"){
		Send,{Shift down}
		KeyWait,CapsLock
		Send,{Shift up}
	}else If GetKeyState("CapsLock","T")
		SetCapsLockState,Off
	else SetCapsLockState,On
return

[DyNama]

Probably what you're looking for hgondalf:

Code

*$Capslock::
	SetStoreCapslockMode,On
	If !GetKeyState("Control","P"){
		Send,{Shift down}
		KeyWait,CapsLock
		Send,{Shift up}
	}else If GetKeyState("CapsLock","T")
		SetCapsLockState,Off
	else SetCapsLockState,On
return

I too remap the Capslock key. This works great, AfterLemon, except for one thing, which i find happens every time i attempt to remap this key on my win7 x64 laptop, that the first press of the remapped key takes windows' focus off the active window for a significant period of time, perhaps as much as 4 seconds, during which any keypresses are eaten. with your script running, i started typing, and kept typing while i held down the capslock key, the next 7 keystrokes were eaten. the point for me to remap the key is so clumsily pressing the wrong key doesn't stop me from continuing to type. can this be fixed?

[AfterLemon]

I'm not sure if this is something to do with your Windows setup or your Laptop manufacturer's setup. If your laptop is an HP (likely) then you might have to look on their site (or contact them).

The script works perfectly for me.

[TaoPhoenix]

Just a random comment - I just disabled mine. Most of my shifts tend to be pinky on right shift. So I'm happy to have a mis-hit of Caps Lock simply do nothing at all.

[IainB]

As a possible solution to ALL CAPS accidents...

...
Tip - dispatching the CapsLock gremlin with Microsoft's remapkey.exe http://tips4laptopusers.blogspot.com/2008/08/dispatching-capslock-gremlin-with.html
It refers to the Microsoft remapkey.exe utility.
...

Other keyboard mapping fixes are useful, but redundant if you use remapkey.exe, which works fine in Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Win7-64 Home Premium.

[DyNama]

It's a Dell with Intel graphics, and i think the focus goes off the active window for an On-Screen Notifier, a little lock on/off symbol that pops up in the lower right corner of the screen, for both Caps Lock and Num Lock. it stays on for 4 seconds, then vanishes, returning focus to the active window. i'm now searching for a way to turn that infernal thing off, but so far, it's controls have not been anywhere i'd expect it to be.

[MilesAhead]

I found this suggested fix on this link

Try This:

Find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Dell Computer Corporation\QuickSet\QuickSetControl and set it to 1 and reboot.

From Dell
http://en.community.dell.com/support.../19311373.aspx

[DyNama]

Try This:

Find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Dell Computer Corporation\QuickSet\QuickSetControl and set it to 1 and reboot.

From Dell
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/software-os/f/3526/t/19311373.aspx

Thanx, Miles, i'll try that. in fact, i disabled Dell's Caps Lock indicator (i think) then turned around and installed Keyboard LEDs that puts a Caps Lock indicator in the tray    with AfterLemon's remap.

i love that Groucho quote, i use it all the time!

[MilesAhead]

i love that Groucho quote, i use it all the time!

When I was a kid he had a game show, You Bet Your Life. I was too young to appreciate it.  But now and then a cable channel that does the old 50s shows would put that show on for a bit.  I would get a kick out of contestants who really didn't know what Groucho was about.  One guy was a salesman and he mentioned his membership in a country club.  So Groucho does the line.  The guy tries to impress on Groucho that what he said didn't make sense.  So Groucho looks at the audience like "where'd they dig up this guy?" and says something to the effect "I've been using that line for 30 years.  I think I know what's in it."

Needless to say the Wink Martindales of the game show universe can't hold a candle to the first guys like Groucho and Carson.  

[dr_andus]

Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but I've remapped (well, not me, just adapted from "I can no longer remember where") Capslock to CTRL, and then use ALT+Capslock to activate All Caps, when necessary. So maybe this can be modified to what you're after.

Code

;-----------------------------------------
; ALT+ALL CAPS; ALL CAPS turned to CTRL  |
;-----------------------------------------
!Capslock::Capslock
Capslock::Control

P.S. This is an AutoHotkey script.

[DyNama]

Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but I've remapped (well, not me, just adapted from "I can no longer remember where") Capslock to CTRL, and then use ALT+Capslock to activate All Caps, when necessary. So maybe this can be modified to what you're after.

Code

;-----------------------------------------
; ALT+ALL CAPS; ALL CAPS turned to CTRL  |
;-----------------------------------------
!Capslock::Capslock
Capslock::Control

P.S. This is an AutoHotkey script.

Thanx, Dr. I tried that one first myself, but it too was sabotaged by my Dell's on-screen 4-second caps lock status display. Not knowing that is why i was attracted to this thread in the first place. I liked the premises stated by OP hgondalf, making CapsLock key act like a shift key and toggling CapsLock state with Ctrl+CapsLock, and i liked the AHK script by AfterLemon that fullfilled that in his very first post in this forum―Welcome! i'm learning AHK by examining other people's programs so i enjoyed figuring out that script. i especially appreciated MilesAhead's suggestion of a solution to my Dell keyboard dilemma. So your AHK remapping would have been satisfactory if i'd already turned off Dell's display…but then i'd have never read this thread.