text inserted with FastKeys (or any AutoHotkey-based script or program) getting garbled in certain programs

michaelbeijer · Post by **michaelbeijer** » Oct 8th, ’22, 16:49

Hi guys,

I'm having a very strange problem where text inserted with FastKeys (or any AutoHotkey-based script or program for that matter) is getting garbled, but only in certain programs. I made a quick video to explain the problem:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbDXMlLDQ5k

Instead of this:

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<EditItem Enabled="true" EditItemType="plain_text">
<FindText>bodembescherming</FindText>
<ReplaceText>basisbescherming</ReplaceText>
</EditItem>

I am getting stuff like this:

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<Edititem ENABleD+2true" EdiTItemType="plain_text">
<FindT ext>bodembescherming</FindText>
<ReplaceText>basisbescherming</ReplaceText>
</EditItem>

Is there any way to fix this?

michaelbeijer · Post by **michaelbeijer** » Oct 8th, ’22, 17:44

I am also having a weird problem, which might be related, where in a certain program, which has a password input field, if I insert the password with FastKeys, either via Shortcut or via Text Expander, it says password is wrong. If I then paste the passowrd in normally, i.e., I copy it from Notepad and into the field, it works fine.

Sth is going on here, but I can't put my finger on it.

michaelbeijer · Post by **michaelbeijer** » Oct 8th, ’22, 17:48

I think the problem might be similar to the one discussed at https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewt ... 4&p=388225.

Post by **Marko** » Oct 8th, ’22, 18:27

Some web based applications cannot handle fast key sending so you need to introduce a short delay. Set it in Preferences/Text Expander/Advanced - try to set a key Delay to 30ms or more (experiment).

michaelbeijer · Post by **michaelbeijer** » Oct 8th, ’22, 19:02

Thanks Marko!

So I did what you said (I set the key Delay to 30ms), and it worked! However, as a test, I then removed the key Delay, and reloaded FastKeys, and then it also worked. Very strange. In any case, next time I will fiddle with the key Delay time to see if I can fix it.

Michael

robpenfold · Post by **robpenfold** » Nov 4th, ’24, 02:13

I was having similar issues at work for some reason - URL's I'd commonly use would come out as a mix of capitalized letters and unusual characters.

For me, setting the key delay didn't work

However, ticking "Use clipboard" in the edit screen for a particular text expansion did the trick. Bonus is that the text appears much more quickly this way also