Hi Nora,

The first script assumes there is always a trailing space. It just trims off the last character, whatever it is. If you double-click a word that is followed by a space, then the space is included in the selection and is removed from the selection by the "Send +{Left}".

But if the word is followed by a punctuation mark, then double-clicking creates a selection that ends at the last character of the word. The "Send +{Left}" then removes this last character from the selection.

The second script should work, as it does not assume there is always a trailing space. If there is a trailing space, then AutoTrim trims it off, which means that len1 and len2 will differ and the trailing space will be removed from the selection by the "Sendinput +{left}".

So I can't see why the second script wouldn't work. How strange. Are you sure it does the same as the first script?

One problem with both scripts is that there could be multiple trailing spaces. The "Send +{Left}" in the first script and the "Sendinput +{left}" in the second script would only remove the last space from the selection.

You might be able to remove all of the trailing spaces from the selection by using "SendInput +{Left %n%}" in the second script, where "n" is equal to the difference in lengths, i.e. "n := len1-len2". I am unfortunately not using AutoHotKey any more, so I can't test whether using "%n%" like this works in a SendInput command.

Best regards,
Bruce Campbell
ASAP Language Services

There is a very simple way to get rid of trailing spaces: just assign a variable to itself as a value, in the process, trailing spaces will be removed.

Hi Bruce,

Good idea! Here are two screenshots. According to this, it should work, right?

Here's a video showing the script in action. Not sure about the false start there at the beginning with the first word, but you can see how it works for all the words except the last one right before the period.

Hi Nora,

Okay. Problem solved :-)

To make the script work in Word and Notepad, you need a "Sleep, 200" after emptying the clipboard. Here is what the script looks like:

~LButton::
SystemDoubleClickTime := DllCall("GetDoubleClickTime")

If (A_PriorHotKey = A_ThisHotKey and A_TimeSincePriorHotkey < SystemDoubleClickTime)
{
; Copy everything in the Clipboard
oldClipboard := ClipboardAll

; Empty the Clipboard
clipboard =

Sleep, 200 ; without this the script breaks in Word and Notepad !!

; CTRL+C = copy text selected
Send ^c
; Wait until the Clipboard grabs the content
ClipWait

AutoTrim, Off
word = %Clipboard%
StringLen, len1, word

AutoTrim, On
wordWithoutSpaces = %word%
StringLen, len2, wordWithoutSpaces

n := len1 - len2 ; introduce variable n so that multiple spaces can be eliminated !!
If (n > 0)
{
Sendinput +{left %n%} ; SHIFT LEFT
}

; Give contents back to the Clipboard
Clipboard = %oldClipboard%

; Free memory of temp variable
oldClipboard =

}
Return

Glad I could help Nora,

Normally the Sleep would not be needed. I think what is happening is that the script starts running before the selection has stabilized.

You double click and then there is a lag before the word is actually selected and ready to be copied with a Ctrl-C. The lag is longer in Word and Notepad than it is in Studio.

So if the script starts immediately after a double click and zooms to the Ctrl-C before the word has actually been selected, then the Clipboard remains empty, and ClipWait waits forever.

If you are using this mainly with Studio, then it can be sped up a bit using "IfWinNotActive". See the script below :-)

Again, you might be able to reduce the "Sleep, 200", and you might be able to eliminate the "Sleep, 50" (and the else branch) altogether.

Best regards,
Bruce Campbell
ASAP Language Services

~LButton::
SystemDoubleClickTime := DllCall("GetDoubleClickTime")

If (A_PriorHotKey = A_ThisHotKey and A_TimeSincePriorHotkey < SystemDoubleClickTime)
{
; Copy everything in the Clipboard
oldClipboard := ClipboardAll

; Empty the Clipboard
clipboard =

IfWinNotActive SDL Trados Studio
{
Sleep, 200 ; This sleep command is for all windows other than Studio. You might be able to use a number less than 200.
}
else
{
Sleep, 50 ; This sleep command is for Studio. I don't need to sleep in Studio, so you might be able to delete this line.
}

; CTRL+C = copy text selected
SendInput ^c

; Wait until the Clipboard grabs the content
ClipWait, 0.5 ; Just in case you don't sleep long enough, the 0.5 keeps the script from waiting forever.

AutoTrim, Off
word = %Clipboard%
StringLen, len1, word

AutoTrim, On
wordWithoutSpaces = %word%
StringLen, len2, wordWithoutSpaces

n := len1 - len2 ; introduce variable n so that multiple spaces can be eliminated !!
If (n > 0)
{
Sendinput +{left %n%} ; SHIFT LEFT
}

; Give contents back to the Clipboard
Clipboard = %oldClipboard%

; Free memory of temp variable
oldClipboard =

}
Return

Hi Nora,

Eventualy I had time to have a look to the 2nd script. The reason it didn't work is because there was an error in the IfNotEqual line. Furthermore, I believe a Sleep line makes the script less erratic.

Here is the script working:

~LButton::
    SystemDoubleClickTime := DllCall("GetDoubleClickTime")
    If (A_PriorHotKey = A_ThisHotKey and A_TimeSincePriorHotkey < SystemDoubleClickTime)
    {
        ; Copy everything in the Clipboard
        oldClipboard := ClipboardAll

        ; Empty the Clipboard
        clipboard =
        ; CTRL+ C = copy text selected
        Send ^c
        ; Wait until the Clipboard grabs the content
        ClipWait,0

        AutoTrim, Off
        word = %Clipboard%
        StringLen, len1, word

        AutoTrim, On
        wordWithoutSpaces = %word%
        StringLen, len2, wordWithoutSpaces    
        
        IfNotEqual len1,%len2%
        {
            Sleep, 100
            Sendinput +{left} ; SHIFT LEFT
        }

        ; Give contents back to the Clipboard
        Clipboard = %oldClipboard%

        ; Free memory of temp variable
        oldClipboard =
    }
Return

PS.: I wrote that 2nd script a couple of years ago and I couldn't find it when I wanted to use it for myslef and then I was lazy to redo it. Thanks for finding it and spotting the bug, Nora!

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