Autohotkey - Limit to only one hotkey execution at a time

Question

I want to write an Autohotkey script that lets me press the keyboard keys fghjkl, with each translating to a left mouse-click. However I do NOT want them to be able to be all clicked at the same time (and thus counting as 6 mouseclicks), but only always one at a time.

I tried to achieve this by adding a small sleep period to each, but all this achieved was that I was able to press all at the same time, with the sleep duration stacking up...

How can I achieve what I need?

My current code is as follows:

f::
g::
h::
j::
k::
l::{
    SendInput "{LButton}"
    KeyWait "f"
    KeyWait "g"
    KeyWait "h"
    KeyWait "j"
    KeyWait "k"
    KeyWait "l"
}

Answer 1

AHK v2: _{^{(Exact same code works in v1 as well with a tiny syntax change HotIf -> If)}}

You can utilize context sensitive hotkeys:

#HotIf !A_PriorHotkey || (A_PriorHotkey ~= "f|g|h|j|k|l" && A_TimeSincePriorHotkey > 500)
f::
g::
h::
j::
k::
l::Click
#HotIf

Breakdown:
!A_PriorHotkey || (A_PriorHotkey ~= "f|g|h|j|k|l" && A_TimeSincePriorHotkey > 500)

• !A_PriorHotkey
  • If there is no prior hotkey (no hotkey has been pressed yet after this script was started)
• A_PriorHotkey ~= "f|g|h|j|k|l"
  • Check if the prior hotkey is F, G, H, J, K, or L
  • Utilizes RegExMatch shorthand^(docs)
• A_TimeSincePriorHotkey > 500
  • If at least 500ms has passed since the prior hotkey was pressed (i.e. a click)