rookieAHKcfg

rookieAHKcfg is a beginner-friendly AutoHotkey script. My daily config file.

Utilizes the mouse wheel, hotkeys, and clipboard tools to improve your workflow.

It’s easily customizable, with no AHK experience required.

• Scroll through browser tabs, editor projects with the mouse wheel.
• Seek through YouTube and VLC videos with the mouse wheel.
• Search, translate, or modify selected text.
• Mouse over window resize, transparency change.
• Move the window to the next window with a hotkey.
• Format strings, wrap/unwrap text, and insert emojis via menu or hotstrings.
• Built to be simple, fast, and easy to remember.

Setup

1. Install AutoHotkey (v2.0).
2. Download this repo.
3. Run rookieAHKcfg.ahk.
4. Press Win + F1 to see the cheat sheet.

Features

Mouse actions

• Right Click + Wheel Scroll
• Seek on YouTube, VLC videos
• Switch tabs in Chrome/Firefox
• Navigate files or projects in VS Code
• Seek in VLC and other media players

Hotkeys

Hotkey	Action
Win + C	Show main menu
Win + G	Google selected text
Win + T	Translate selected text
Win + Q	Open ChatGPT with selected text
Win + W	Center active window
Ctrl + Win + C	Toggle desktop icons
Ctrl + Win + X	Move window to next monitor
Win + F1	View hotkey cheat sheet

Mouse over window control

Hotkey	Action
Win + Wheel Up / Down	Resize windows on the fly.
Win + Alt + Wheel	Adjust transparency instantly.

String things

• Wrap/Unwrap Strings: [text], "text", {text}, (text) formats.
• String Reformatting: select text → change case, align, or sort.

Emoji & symbol Library

• 150+ emojis, ASCII art, and symbols.
• Paste anywhere instantly or call by hotstring.
• Included my previous project SendTextZ

Hide My Icon – clean desktop

• Hide or adjust the visibility and transparency of the desktop icons.
• Integrated GUI for HideMyIcon

VS Code shortcuts

• Open file in Explorer, new editor instance
• Fold/Unfold code

Visual Win32 Menu

• Don't like memorizing hotkeys?
• Use a menu to explore features easily.

Legal

This project is not affiliated with Microsoft or Visual Studio Code.
It is an independent script created to enhance user experience.

Credit:

• Huge thanks to the AutoHotkey community for years of inspiration.
• Win32 dark menu, lexikos: https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=94661
• DesktopIcons, SKAN: https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=75890