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Using the CTRL key as a toggle?

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by computech911

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I have a user who is doing a lot of ctrl selecting with the mouse. (selecting multiple database entries) This has become somewhat of an issue because often she finds herself selecting 3 pages worth of entries only to accidently click the mouse while NOT holding down the ctrl key and lose all the selections.

So what I am wondering is if there is software or a registry hack that will allow me to use the CTRL key as a toggle button (similar to CAPS lock)

Can anyone help with this? I've searched google for some time and can't find anyone else that would want to do something like this.

Thanks,
::Travis

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by robo_dev

The sticky keys feature lets you press a modifier key, such as Shift, Ctrl, Alt, or the Windows Logo key, and have it remain active until another key is pressed.

To activate StickyKeys

1.Press the Shift key five times. A dialog box opens with instructions on how to set up the StickyKeys feature.

2. If you click OK, an icon (a group of squares) appears in the notification area.

To turn off StickyKeys, press the Shift key five times.

by computech911

Yeah thanks, I have already tried sticky keys. Using a sticky key to toggle the ctrl key only allows you to click select 2 items before sticky keys toggles off the ctrl key again. So that is not going to work unfortunately.

by computech911

While it still required me to learn their scripting syntax and such, it works quite well in the end. The program is obviously much more powerful then what I want to use it for so I'm going to keep it in mind when people ask me for weird things in the future.

The coolest feature about autohotkeys is the fact you can compile a script into a .exe for easy deployment in a work environment.

Thanks robo_dev

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