JumpKeys 1.2! Nifty way to SWITCH Instances/Windows with HotKeys

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06-30-2008, 07:41 AM
Occam's Razor

JumpKeys 1.2! Nifty way to SWITCH Instances/Windows with HotKeys

http://www.brucegraham.net/shareware/12/1/index.htm

So I, like the guy who posted the WinGlance program like to use Keyclone without the Maximizer and I like to have all my instances of WOW, Windowed and Maximized on ONE computer
Using the maximizer and making 2 of the screens really small just bogs my comp down, I don't know why, but when I start KC AFTER I load all 3 instances and switch with alt-tab everything runs smooth.

I also like to keep a shitload of Windows accessible in my Task Bar, (Windows I "just can't close") which leads to HUGE problems when I run 3 instances of WOW on one computer.

I find ALT-TAB switches instances the fastest for me, but, now the problem, if I alt-tab, I'll get all those stupid windows (up to 13) in my taskbar, maximizing one after the other until
Windows EVENTUALLY decides to switch to one of my WOW instances......OR, hitting alt-tab and frantically trying to click in the taskbar where I 'remember' Instance 1, 2 or 3 being"
I searched for some tiny program that would let me assign a hotkey to each instance so I could hit WIN+1 and bring up "WOW Instance 1"
(Don't laugh maybe AutoHotkey.Net or something can already do this, if they can, then someone should explain how to do it :whistling: )

Anyway I ran across this Shareware program called JumpKeys 1.2

What it does, is it lets you "TAG" a window and assign it to a hotkey combo.

The default combos are 1 through 9 with a choice of modifier being CTRL, ALT, SHIFT or WIN..........seeing as I'm using CTRL, ALT and SHIFT for Macros, I went with WIN+1, WIN+2, and WIN+3

I run JumpKeys, and a little box hangs out, showing me in real time what windows are being focused etc....
I then start up WOW 1, alt-tab to JumpKeys and right click it identifies the WOW window (Without a title) as something weird like "Gfx0d-d3d" and says WIN+1 is free and you click to assign WOW 1 to WIN+1
(Probably didn't make much sense but anyway.....)

At first I assigned WOW 1 through 3 to WIN+1 through WIN+3, (and you MIGHT have to do that initially)
but I later found out, because the window Process is the same name for all three instances, that hitting WIN+2, would bring up WOW 1, 2 or 3,
and all my WIN+1,2 and 3 hotkeys ended up just cycling through all three instances, but for me this was still great. WHY?

Because it will only cycle through the Windows you tagged.

So what? Big Deal! You say.....

Well, if you're like me and have around 13 windows and a Browser sitting in the task bar that you "just can't close" and all you want to do is ALT-TAB between three WOW screens, you're pretty much screwed,
because well....you know...

I was able to INSTANTLY cycle through all my instances with just WIN+1, no delay, no waiting for a screen redraw, no resizing, nothing (this is great for people who alt-tab)

I was able to, in the middle of a fight (when my main was almost dead, and one of my toons decided to be retarded and face the wrong way and not hit anything)
I hit WIN+1 and IMMEDIATLY switched windows to my alt and removed Aggro from my main, saving a corpse run.

The Bad News
The software isn't free, but has a 20 day trial, there's also 2 flavors of it.
The Regular JumpKeys is $22.95, (I'm using the DEMO) and JumpKeys PRO, $39.95 (which, from what I've read let's you assign different Hotkeys, instead of just the CTRL, ALT, SHIFT, and WIN 1-9) plus "Child WIndow Support" for Multiple WIndows in MDI applications (Hopefully some programmer can jump in and explain if there's any benefit to the "Child Window" thing....

The Good News

If you're an alt-tabber with a bunch of stuff in the taskbar, or if you just like to run Windowed Mode, and Maximized and you want to quickly switch between Instances, this will work for you
JumpKeys and JumpKeys PRO Also supports Multiple Instances of itself, meaning you can have 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54 etc etc Hotkeys at your disposal

I'd much rather to be able to customize and hit WIN+NUMPAD1, just because I hate twisting my hand up so much

Well, I'll keep trying it for the next 19 days (yea, already used one) If I find I can't live without it, I'll buy it.

http://www.brucegraham.net/shareware...creenshots.htm

Well, there you go. Take from this post what you will.
06-30-2008, 08:06 AM
Katharsis

I use a single key with HotkeyNet to toggle through windows.

http://hotkeynet.com/ref/toggle.html
06-30-2008, 08:15 AM
Occam's Razor

Quote:

Originally Posted by 'Katharsis',index.php?page=Thread&postID=81064#pos t81064

I use a single key with HotkeyNet to toggle through windows.

http://hotkeynet.com/ref/toggle.html

Well, now that I know you CAN do that with HotKeyNet, I guess the hell with JumpKeys :)

Do the windows HAVE to have a name? I.E. WOW1 WOW2 WOW3, if so, how do you do that, WITHOUT having to use Windowed mode with a Border

How do you toggle through just the WOW windows?
06-30-2008, 08:49 AM
Katharsis

HotkeyNet will assign a name to an instance of WoW even if it is running in fullscreen windowed mode. In the code segment below HotkeyNet cycles through the instances of WoW and renames each one.

<Hotkey Ctrl N>
<Rename "World of Warcraft" WoW1>
<Rename "World of Warcraft" WoW2>
<Rename "World of Warcraft" WoW3>
<Rename "World of Warcraft" WoW4>
<Rename "World of Warcraft" WoW5>

<Hotkey F1>
<Toggle WoW1 WoW2 WoW3 WoW4 WoW5>
06-30-2008, 02:35 PM
Occam's Razor

Quote:

Originally Posted by 'Katharsis',index.php?page=Thread&postID=81090#pos t81090

HotkeyNet will assign a name to an instance of WoW even if it is running in fullscreen windowed mode. In the code segment below HotkeyNet cycles through the instances of WoW and renames each one.

<Hotkey Ctrl N>
<Rename "World of Warcraft" WoW1>
<Rename "World of Warcraft" WoW2>
<Rename "World of Warcraft" WoW3>
<Rename "World of Warcraft" WoW4>
<Rename "World of Warcraft" WoW5>

<Hotkey F1>
<Toggle WoW1 WoW2 WoW3 WoW4 WoW5>

NICE! Thanks for the info, this will be part of my setup from now on. :)

So For MY usage, I'd make something like this, and I run all on the same box, so I'd need the <SendPC Local> lines right??

Code:

<Hotkey NUMPAD9> <SendPC local> <Rename "World of Warcraft" wow1> <Rename "World of Warcraft" wow2> <Rename "World of Warcraft" wow3> <Hotkey F1> <SendPC local> <Toggle WoW1 WoW2 WoW3>
06-30-2008, 04:08 PM
Katharsis

That will do just fine! Of course, you can also use Hotkeynet to launch your three WoWs, rename each one, set affinity and broadcast the keys of your choice. There are some very helpful people frequenting The HotkeyNet Forum
06-30-2008, 04:11 PM
Occam's Razor

Quote:

Originally Posted by Katharsis',index.php?page=Thread&postID=81294#post 81294]That will do just fine! Of course, you can also use Hotkeynet to launch your three WoWs, rename each one, set affinity and broadcast the keys of your choice. There are some very helpful people frequenting [url='http://hotkeynet.com/phpBB3/index.php

The HotkeyNet Forum[/url]

Thank you very much for the help, I'll check out the forums over there for more ideas :)

EDIT: ZOMG! I just tried this out! SWEET!
Now I'm going to go see what else I can do with it :thumbsup:
07-09-2008, 01:29 PM
Meathead

Cool thx for this Been looking around for something like this I love keyclone Maximizer but i would rather see my start bar and stuff so i can easly go to iexplorer ect.
10-21-2008, 12:17 AM
Joe_Boxer

Toggle command still works?

Does the toggle command still work in the latest version of hotkeynet? I put this in my script and it gives me an error.

<Hotkey Ctrl H>
<Toggle wow1 wow2>
I wanna use Ctrl+H to toggle windows, but when I load the hotkey file it says
Disregarding empty hotkey: <Hotkey Ctrl H>

I tried it with and without the <sendpc local> neither way works.
10-21-2008, 12:22 AM
Katharsis

Toggle has been changed to ToggleWin.
http://hotkeynet.com/ref/togglewin.html