Toggle Browser & Detail View panels using AutoHotKey for Live 11 Suite

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Onanism
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Toggle Browser & Detail View panels using AutoHotKey for Live 11 Suite

Post by Onanism » Wed Jun 15, 2022 4:49 am

Live still doesn't allow a single keymap for toggling the browser or detail panels and that sucks IMO. The Ctrl+Alt+b & Ctrl+Alt+l combos are just awkward.

So I made these two scripts using AutoHotKey for Live 11 Suite on Windows 10.

To simply toggle the browser, just press the tilde key and to toggle the detail view (plugin/instrument rack) panel, press both Alt and tilde together.

Perfect for left-hand operation without needing to remove your hand from the mouse. I hope you find them useful.

First you'll need to download and install the FREE app https://www.autohotkey.com/

Then download the two scripts from my Google Drive and run them.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

I place them both in my startup folder to run at startup C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

If you are running a different version of Live, you will need to change the target app from 'Ableton Live 11 Suite.exe' to whatever yours is titled as located in C:\ProgramData\Ableton\YOUR APP\Program

Copy, Paste & Edit this text into your script for Browser toggle:

#IfWinActive ahk_exe Ableton Live 11 Suite.exe
`::

Send ^!{b}


Copy, Paste & Edit this text into your script for Detail View toggle:

#IfWinActive ahk_exe Ableton Live 11 Suite.exe
!`::

Send ^!{l}
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