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[bougarri]

please guys can someone help me i am new to autohotkey.I want to make a script that pauses a youtube video while the window of google chrome is unfocused with the hotkey f2 i rly need it and i did get to work plzzzzz

[tikker]

How is this easier than just pausing the video? I'm not sure if you can do this. The window will need to have focus I think to register the signel. Or you somehow need to directly pass it to Chrome or something.

[bougarri]

20 minutes ago, tikker said:

How is this easier than just pausing the video? I'm not sure if you can do this. The window will need to have focus I think to register the signel. Or you somehow need to directly pass it to Chrome or something.

it is easier since i dont need to exite out of the window i am in and have to pause the video.i think it is pretty easy for anyone with a decent autohotkey knowledge 

[Cruorzy]

10/10 title!

[Copen-08]

>That title
Did you try turning it off and back on?

To be more serious, try this? https://autohotkey.com/docs/Tutorial.htm#s12

[TheBeardyOne]

I think its possible. 
But for this to work chrome must be the last previous application used and the youtube page must be the one in focus on the browser. 

The sequence then becomes something like this: 
F2 = Alt+Tab -> Space (only works if the video player is focused) -> Alt+Tab (back into your main application)

Another approach might be to make use of some smart Add On in Chrome, which I don't know if it exist, that makes sure that even if you are unfocused on the video player it makes sure that during a certain event (like pressing Space + Alt or whatever keybind it might use) it pauses it for you. In that way you can set up your sequence in a more failsafe manner. As always you can tweak the sequence to make it more failsafe. 

There are surely more ways to approach this problem, maybe you come up with an more elegant solution than this.