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

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 Olivier,

When this script is loaded, double-clicking on a word to select it trims the trailing space, if there's one, so that only the word is selected, without any spaces.

This is the regular behavior when you double-click on a word:

And this is the behavior with the script: