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stevenilsen123 / mac-keyboard-behavior-in-windows

This AutoHotKey script gets you all the MacOS keyboard shortcuts you love, in Windows!
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Requires Administrator rights #8

Closed pimlottc closed 1 year ago

pimlottc commented 1 year ago

I'm trying to use this on a work-issued Windows computer which is pretty heavily locked down. I can run AutoHotKey from my user directory but I don't have Administrator rights and I can't install anything from the Microsoft Store, including PowerToys.

Is there a way to get the same functionality, or at least as much as possible, without needing Administrator rights? Can the Ctrl-Alt swap be done in AHK instead?

Thanks!

stevenilsen123 commented 1 year ago

I can't remember why I had the admin rights requirement in the script, but it's not needed so I removed it in the latest release. However, the script is written assuming your Ctrl and Alt keys are swapped, and many of the shortcuts are accomplished purely based on that fact with no code in the script needed at all. That said, some discussion here seems to indicate that it's possible to accomplish the Ctrl/Alt swap purely in Autohotkey while still preserving the proper app switching behavior. I don't have time to work on this right now, but I'd be happy to add anyone as a collaborator to this project if they want to take this on.

pimlottc commented 1 year ago

Actually, I might have been wrong; the link for Powertoys goes to the Microsoft Store, which I am unable to use. But it's also available via Github, and I was able to install the User version successfully. Perhaps the project should link to that one instead.

stevenilsen123 commented 1 year ago

Nice find! Added note to the readme!