[Enhancement] Add ability to map key chords rather than just individual keys

[xyzwilliamxyz]

Hi!

I would like to be able to take a screenshot pressing the capture button. Even though we have the the mapping key feature, Windows only allows to map 2+ keys for such a thing (ugh).

There could be 2 possible solutions this: to allow the mapping feature support 2+ keys OR a configuration option that overrides the capture button with windows screenshot shortcut.

For the sake of simplicity I think the second option is better, since I think there aren't many uses for multiple buttons being mapped.

[Davidobot]

Seems a bit specific as well. I'd rather avoid having yet more flags. Too many niche booleans.

[Davidobot]

I'll implement this as the ability to map key chords instead of single keys.

[Grntrenchman]

I wish there was a way I could help this along, it's all that's missing for me personally to take this project from 100% awesome to 110%. I wanted to play EtG on PC coming from switch, and only had Joy-Cons around. This is the only setup that was low enough latency to play well. I want to put AMD capture combo on capture button. I can help flesh out the meta logic for sure, but I'm not familiar with the code. (I'm a script kiddie pretty much, bash/bat only)

You'd need in reassign, to change the keydown trigger into a loop sticking any detected keys into an array, then writing out the array to config on first keyup.

Then in joycon, changing the single keypress logic to a loop to iterate keydown through the array also, and keyup it all at the end of array.

I might try to figure out how to build this, and then try to poke at it some myself, isn't really a heavy change, I just don't know any of the syntax. (array, loop, VS in general)

edit: this is what I mean about inexperience.. I see now it would also need updating get/asyncprettyname to handle array instead of single item, possibly effects elsewhere also. Medium-heavy change, can see why it hasn't "just been done"

[Davidobot]

@Grntrenchman I believe WindowsInput, the library I use for button/mouse capture and replay has chord support. At least for executing the chords.

[Grntrenchman]

Thank you for replying! I saw that while digging more into it. You'd still probably be better off just looping through an array of keys. Then you won't have to do logic on if the input is/isn't a combo, and routing to different commands. If you loop, it covers 1 or a combo with same code.

fleshing out the loops more:
In Reassign, init array, wait for keydown that isn't in the array (or keyup), add to array, finish array on any keyup.

I don't understand the prettyname calls, so I have no advice there unfortunately.

Edit: managed to hack it in by hardcoding the combo.. looking into hooking hold-capture to do this instead, press do screenshot instead.

[TheCatin]

Edit: managed to hack it in by hardcoding the combo.. looking into hooking hold-capture to do this instead, press do screenshot instead.

How did you manage to do this? I'm trying to do Ctrl+Shift+S, but nothing I've tried seemed to work.