There are six modifiers on the keyboard: the shift keys, control keys, and alt keys. They are called modifiers because you can use them as prefixes in hotkey triggers like this:

But suppose you want to use a non-modifier like Q in place of Shift:

Normally you can't do that, but UseKeyAsModifer makes it possible. Simply put the following line at the top of your hotkey file:

Now you can use Q like any other modifier. For example, you could write:

The downside is that the new modifier no longer performs its normal function. For example, when Q is a modifier it no longer types the letter Q. Normal function is restored when you load a new hotkey file, turn hotkeys off, or close HotkeyNet.

You can have up to sixteen additional modifiers active at one time.

The following lines add three modifiers:

This page was last revised on October 29, 2008