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A lot of stuff that I do requires that I click on 'yes' for 'are you sure you want to'.

Normally on the keyboard I can press enter and get it done. But that requires that I take my hand off the mouse to press the enter key.

Is there any way to use a Ctrl+ or Fn+ or Alt+ or Windows Key+ to enable that functionality for the left hand?

I'm not sure, but have a look in the thread Keyboard utilities pointing to Keyboard Customizer Utility for Windows Vista.

Alternatively, Google this forum for "Keyboard Customizer T60 site:forum.thinkpads.com" or "remap key site:forum.thinkpads.com"

Johan

AutoHotkey is another option. It has a complex scripting ability that can be used to do just about anything if you understand the scripting language or find an existing script. Remapping keys is really easy, though.

After installing AutoHotkey, put a .ahk script file in your Startup folder with:
that will totally replace the left Win key, but you can also set it up as a combo like:
which will treat shift+leftwin as enter. The full set of identifiers for keys is on the AutoHotkey page.

Also, you can hide the AHK tray icon by adding #NoTrayIcon to the beginning of your script.

You can use the free AutoHotKey utility to do something like this. You can edit the default script file where you store keymapping sequences with the following:

^!z::
Send {Enter}
return

An ENTER keystroke will be sent when the CTRL (^), ALT (!) and Z keys are pressed simultaneously. Note that you can customize this key sequence to whatever you want. By default, when AutoHotKey is running, the key sequence remapping it will take precedence over whatever program would normally use (or expect to use) that key sequence. There is a way to control this behavior by using the IfWinActive command; you must supply the Window name where you want the remapping to only take effect. You can specify the Windows Key by using the # symbol, or a Shift key with the + symbol.

ref: http://ahkscript.org/

An alternate method might be to use a "gaming" mouse. They typically have several extra buttons which can be customized to whatever event you want to generate.

Thanks everyone. I think that Left shift and left windows combination will be the best since shift is an easily found key by touch, and it with left windows is a 'dead' combination that isn't used by anything.

Edit: Darn.

Download links are dead.

Wow, I thought I've seen every weird question, but I guess I didn't.

Reminds me of this: http://xkcd.com/1172/

In any case, AutoHotkey indeed should help you. I've used it in the past for something similar.

dr_st wrote:Wow, I thought I've seen every weird question, but I guess I didn't.

Reminds me of this: http://xkcd.com/1172/

In any case, AutoHotkey indeed should help you. I've used it in the past for something similar.

I download a lot of files at the same time, and each little file, I have to press enter twice to 'yes save' and 'save location'

Do that 20 times and you start to wish for a faster way to do things.

That being said, the autohotkeywebsite doesn't seem to work for me.

Well, the question isn't strange because you give improbable scenario - that's not the case. It's rather because Thinkpads have Trackpoints...

If you use Firefox or PaleMoon, install the add-on DownThemAll: http://www.downthemall.net/
One click will do it.

Just checked the download button right now... it seems to be working although it might require that you have Javascript enabled. When you click on the Download button, it should alter the page so that "Installer" and "Other versions" buttons appear below it. Click the Installer button and that should get you the executable installer. If not, then this is the direct link: http://ahkscript.org/download/ahk-install.exe

fefrie wrote:I download a lot of files at the same time, and each little file, I have to press enter twice to 'yes save' and 'save location'

Do that 20 times and you start to wish for a faster way to do things.

How is it faster to use a two/three key combination instead of just pressing Enter? Yes, I understand that you usually have your left hand on the left side of the keyboard, but wouldn't it be easier to just move it to the right for this particular scenario you described?

BTW, I do every once in a while download a whole bunch of files one by one, so I do understand how one can want to speed things up. You know what I do? I use a keyboard for everything, and not the mouse.

Menu Key (substitutes for right click) --> K (save link as) --> Enter --> Enter --> Tab (next link) --> repeat

And if you really do this so often, then an add-on like RBS suggested is the real way to go to save time.

http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm
Would download all of the pdf and jpg files in www.site.com/page.html.