In our previous installment for the 8K Controller we used Quicksilver on macOS. This time we’ll use AutoHotKey which runs on Windows.
While I’m not using Windows as much as I used to, when I was building museum exhibits that ran on Windows I had a great collection of AutoHotKey scripts that fixed a lot of annoying things. It’s free, and pretty awesome. If you’re a Windows 10 user it’s definitely worth checking out. And hey, we’re going to use it right now!
You can easily write AHK scripts that will respond to hotkeys (I mean, it’s in the name!) Once you write your script you’ll want it running all the time. I just made a shortcut for mine and dropped it into the Startup folder so it would be running automatically each time I started my computer.
And what is this magical code I wrote? Well, it’s extremely simple. Not complex. Easy. Really. Check out the code for 8KLauncher.ahk. It really is easier than Pi.
And of course you are not limited to just opening URLs with AutoHotKey. It’s extremely powerful. I just wanted to choose a demo that was on parity with the previous example.
Reminder: The 8K Controller is a USB controller. By default, it’s programmed for function keys F13 through F20 (which are not found on most keyboard.) You can get one at the Etsy Shop.