Idea - Universal browser keyboard shortcuts

[ada45373]

How about a program so that web browsers operate with the same keyboard shortcuts. Have I not managed to find an already existing program for this?

Universalizer(browser standardizer?) would make keyboard actions uniform among various browsers. What I've tried with mixed results is shortcut keys handling left/right tab switching(via CapsLock + D/F) and back/forward page switching(via CapsLock + R/T.) If I could get such universal response, I would not have to remember the variations among browsers, and might even be able to ignore which browser is being used.

This approach could be used for other situations: scrolling pagedown, scrolling left/right, zooming in/out. Just as it's best for gestures to be universal among software, so too for keyboard actions.

Here's the AHK code which has performed OK at times, but seems mistake-prone. Is there a more reliable setup, or one that could be used to universalize more keyboard actions?

; Introduction - - provide uniform browser keying
; MatchMode = 2 for match anywhere within
;
; CAPSlok & R browser Page BACK
CapsLock & r::
SetTitleMatchMode, 2
IfWinActive, - Microsoft Internet Explorer
  Send, !{Left}
IfWinActive, - Maxthon Browser
Send, !{Left}
IfWinActive, Firefox
Send, !{Left}
; ..............
; CAPSlok & T browser Page FORWARD
CapsLock & t::
SetTitleMatchMode, 2
IfWinActive, - Microsoft Internet Explorer
        Send, !{Right}
IfWinActive, - Maxthon Browser
Send, !{Right}
IfWinActive, Firefox
Send, !{Right}
; ..........................
; CAPSlok & D browser Tab LEFT
CapsLock & d::
SetTitleMatchMode, 2
IfWinActive, - Microsoft Internet Explorer
        Send, !{Left}  ;  - there's NO TABBING
;          so this action's actually PAGE back
IfWinActive, - Maxthon Browser
Send, ^{Left}
IfWinActive, Firefox
Send, ^{PGUP}
; ......................
; CAPSlok & F browser Tab RIGHT
CapsLock & f::
SetTitleMatchMode, 2
IfWinActive, - Microsoft Internet Explorer
Send, !{RIGHT}  ;  - there's NO TABBING
;      so this action's actually PAGE forward
IfWinActive, - Maxthon Browser
Send, ^{RIGHT}
IfWinActive, Mozilla Firefox
Send, ^{PGDN}



I have tried to learn from TWmailrec's 'Key Macros for MS WORD' but I don't know autohotkey well enough to follow it. Using CapsLock is desirable because there are not conflicts with standard shortcuts, plus that key's location is more accessible to using a bunch of different combinations with one hand.

[lanux128]

you can use GroupAdd command to group all browser apps, then create hotkeys for them using #IfWinActive.. btw, there's plenty of sample script at the AHK forums, you should have a look at them..