How to use Arrow Key for MenuItem Hotkey

Questions & Answers
1

I want to use Alt + ↑ or Alt + ↓ .

&U (Alt + U) works fine.

But

  • &UP
  • _UP
  • %#&UP

are not working.

And other special keys (e.g. PGUP) also not working.

cf.

These are the supported keys (can also be combined together):

% – CTRL on Windows / CMD on OSX
# – Shift
& – Alt
LEFT/RIGHT/UP/DOWN – Arrow keys
F1…F2 – F keys
HOME, END, PGUP, PGDN

How can I try for using Alt + ↑/↓ ?

2

Alright so I’m trying to make a menu of quick shortcuts for a bunch of operations that are slightly less used, so I can never remember the shortcuts but the layer I use to switch ijkl to arrow keys doesn’t respond in the menu. but my actual arrow keys work just fine for navigating the menu.

Menu Code:

OptionsMenu(){

Menu, MainMenu, Add
Menu, MainMenu, Add
Menu, MainMenu, deleteAll
Menu, MainMenu, Add, Google, menuGoogle
Menu, MainMenu, Add, Google with prefix, menuGoogle2      
Menu, AppMenu, Add, Calculator, menuCalculator
Menu, MainMenu, Add, Apps, :AppMenu

Menu, MainMenu, Show
ControlFocus, MainMenu, menuGoogle, MainMenu
return
menuGoogle:
    Google1()
    return
menuGoogle2:
    Google2(clip())
    return
menuCalculator:
    Run, Calc.exe
    return

}

arrow key code:

RAlt::F13
#if GetKeyState(“F13”)
{
i:: Up
j:: Left
k:: Down
l:: Right

return

}

#if

My arrow key shortcut works everywhere else, so I’m pretty confused by this. Thanks for at least taking the time to read this post!