Scroll Lock On/Off

[Owltoid]

Well, the new computer is here and I'm playing with a few things. I transitioned to wireless keyboard & mouse which is nice, but the keyboard doesn't have a scroll lock light.

Can anyone think of a solution that allows me to tell if the scroll lock is on or off? I will probably have my task bar visible, so even a small icon in the taskbar tray next to the clock would be acceptable (that's what my work laptop does... it puts a green scroll lock icon next to the clock if scroll lock is on).

With HKN what other state modifiers can you use besides scroll lock and caps lock? What else has an "on" and "off" state?

[Abend]

With HKN what other state modifiers can you use besides scroll lock and caps lock? What else has an "on" and "off" state?

NumLock afaik.

[olipcs]

short question?
- do you only usescrolllock on/of, for diabeling/enabeling HKN?
- If so you could achieve the same withe a hotkey which calls <ToggleHotkeys>

[Owltoid]

short question?
- do you only usescrolllock on/of, for diabeling/enabeling HKN?
- If so you could achieve the same withe a hotkey which calls <ToggleHotkeys>

Yes, I only use it for disabling/enabling HKN. I'm hoping to have some sort of visual cue of when it is enabled or disabled. I don't care if it's scroll lock or ctrl-shift-alt-Q as long as I can tell if it's currently on or off (old keyboard had the nice scroll lock light that this wireless keyboard doesn't).

I guess one idea is to somehow link a hotkey using <ToggleHotKeys> to play a sound for when it's on and a different sound for when it's off. However, I often play without sound so that wouldn't help during those times. I'm really hoping for a visual indicator.

Thanks for the help!

[ElectronDF]

There really has to be a freeware keylock status program, just keep looking. Try "system tray, keylock, status". I use both scrolllock and pause. Scrolllock is 90% for most keys. Then pause does everything. I also put in about 60% of "if window is World of Warcraft" so I can type in a browser and not have alts go crazy. Not to burst your bubble, but I have never ever heard anyone say, "Wait up guys, my wired keyboard is messing up". It is always wireless stuff. Maybe that is with crappy products, I just don't trust them enough to not mess up once in a while.

[Abend]

short question?
- do you only usescrolllock on/of, for diabeling/enabeling HKN?
- If so you could achieve the same withe a hotkey which calls <ToggleHotkeys>

Yes, I only use it for disabling/enabling HKN. I'm hoping to have some sort of visual cue of when it is enabled or disabled. I don't care if it's scroll lock or ctrl-shift-alt-Q as long as I can tell if it's currently on or off (old keyboard had the nice scroll lock light that this wireless keyboard doesn't).

I guess one idea is to somehow link a hotkey using <ToggleHotKeys> to play a sound for when it's on and a different sound for when it's off. However, I often play without sound so that wouldn't help during those times. I'm really hoping for a visual indicator.

Thanks for the help!

The HotKeyNet tray icon will go gray if its disabled, that should be enough of a visual cue ?

[Freddie]

Like Abend said, HotkeyNet's tray icon is an on/off indicator.

Would it help if I implement a window overlay?

[Owltoid]

Like Abend said, HotkeyNet's tray icon is an on/off indicator.

Would it help if I implement a window overlay?

Oh wow, I had no idea! Thanks Abend and Freddie. I'll check that out later tonight.

I'm not sure what a window overlay is, but if you're talking about some type of small status light that is always on top then I could see that being very useful.

[Freddie]

I'm not sure either. A number of people have requested some sort of graphic that would float on top of the display. Or maybe they meant it should be attached to a particular game window and always appear to float on top of that window.

[Owltoid]

Can HKN hide the Windows Taskbar? I'm thinking of making a button that toggles hot keys and simultaneously hides the taskbar (or displays it when not passing hot keys).