Appendix

Python Equivalents of AutoHotkey Keywords

This section lists the relevant AHK keywords (Commands, Function, Directives, and Variables) and their Python counterparts.

AHK Keyword	Python Implementation
#If	ahkpy.HotkeyContext
#IfWinActive	ahkpy.windows.filter().active_window_context().hotkey()
#IfWinExist	ahkpy.Window.filter().window_context().hotkey()
#Include	The import statement
1, 2, 3, etc	sys.argv
A_AhkPath	ahk.executable
A_AppData	os.getenv("APPDATA")
A_AppDataCommon	os.getenv("ALLUSERSPROFILE")
A_ComputerName	os.getenv("COMPUTERNAME")
A_DD	datetime.datetime.now().day
A_DDD	datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%a")
A_DDDD	datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%A")
A_DefaultMouseSpeed	ahkpy.Settings.mouse_speed
A_Hour	datetime.datetime.now().hour
A_IconFile	ahkpy.TrayMenu.tray_icon_file
A_IconHidden	ahkpy.TrayMenu.is_tray_icon_visible
A_IconNumber	ahkpy.TrayMenu.tray_icon_number
A_Is64bitOS	platform.architecture()
A_MDay	datetime.datetime.now().day
A_Min	datetime.datetime.now().minute
A_MM	datetime.datetime.now().month
A_MMM	datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%b")
A_MMMM	datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%B")
A_Mon	datetime.datetime.now().month
A_MouseDelay	ahkpy.Settings.mouse_delay
A_MouseDelayPlay	ahkpy.Settings.mouse_delay_play
A_MSec	datetime.datetime.now().microsecond / 1000
A_Now	datetime.datetime.now()
A_NowUTC	datetime.datetime.utcnow()
A_OSVersion	platform.win32_ver()
A_ProgramFiles	os.getenv("PROGRAMFILES")
A_PtrSize	struct.calcsize("P") * 8
A_ScriptDir	os.path.dirname(__file__) or pathlib.Path(__file__).parent
A_ScriptFullPath	ahkpy.script_full_path
A_ScriptHwnd	ahkpy.all_windows.first(pid=os.getpid)
A_ScriptName	__file__
A_Sec	datetime.datetime.now().second
A_Space	" "
A_Tab	"\t"
A_Temp	os.getenv("TEMP")
A_TickCount	time.perf_counter()
A_TitleMatchMode	ahkpy.Windows.title_mode
A_UserName	os.getenv("USERNAME")
A_WDay	(datetime.datetime.now().weekday() + 2) % 7
A_WinDir	os.getenv("WINDIR")
A_WorkingDir	os.getcwd()
A_YDay	datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%j").lstrip("0")
A_Year	datetime.datetime.now().year
A_YWeek	datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y%U")
A_YYYY	datetime.datetime.now().year
Abs()	abs()
ACos()	math.acos()
Asc()	ord()
ASin()	math.asin()
ATan()	math.atan()
BlockInput	ahkpy.block_input(), ahkpy.block_input_while_sending(), ahkpy.block_mouse_move() context managers
Ceil()	math.ceil()
Chr()	chr()
Click	ahkpy.click(), also right_click(), double_click(), mouse_press(), mouse_release(), mouse_scroll(), mouse_move()
Clipboard	ahkpy.get_clipboard() and ahkpy.set_clipboard()
ClipWait	ahkpy.wait_clipboard()
ComSpec	os.getenv("COMSPEC")
Control, Check	ahkpy.Control.check(), also try setting ahkpy.Control.is_checked property
Control, Choose	ahkpy.Control.choose_item_index()
Control, ChooseString	ahkpy.Control.choose_item()
Control, Disable	ahkpy.Control.disable(), also try setting ahkpy.Control.is_enabled property
Control, EditPaste	ahkpy.Control.paste()
Control, Enable	ahkpy.Control.enable(), also try setting ahkpy.Control.is_enabled property
Control, ExStyle	ahkpy.Control.ex_style
Control, Hide	ahkpy.Control.hide(), also try setting ahkpy.Control.is_visible property
Control, Show	ahkpy.Control.show(), also try setting ahkpy.Control.is_visible property
Control, Style	ahkpy.Control.style
Control, Uncheck	ahkpy.Control.uncheck(), also try setting ahkpy.Control.is_checked property
ControlFocus	ahkpy.Control.focus()
ControlGet, Checked	ahkpy.Control.is_checked
ControlGet, Choice	ahkpy.Control.list_choice, also ahkpy.Control.list_choice_index
ControlGet, CurrentCol	ahkpy.Control.current_column
ControlGet, CurrentLine	ahkpy.Control.current_line_number
ControlGet, Enabled	ahkpy.Control.is_enabled
ControlGet, ExStyle	ahkpy.Control.ex_style
ControlGet, FindString	ahkpy.Control.list_item_index()
ControlGet, Hwnd	ahkpy.Control.id
ControlGet, Line	ahkpy.Control.get_line()
ControlGet, LineCount	ahkpy.Control.line_count
ControlGet, List	ahkpy.Control.list_items, also see ahkpy.Control.selected_list_items, ahkpy.Control.focused_list_item, ahkpy.Control.get_list_items(), ahkpy.Control.list_item_count, ahkpy.Control.selected_list_item_count, ahkpy.Control.focused_list_item_index, ahkpy.Control.list_view_column_count
ControlGet, Selected	ahkpy.Control.selected_text()
ControlGet, Style	ahkpy.Control.style
ControlGet, Visible	ahkpy.Control.is_visible
ControlGetFocus	ahkpy.Window.get_focused_control()
ControlGetPos	ahkpy.Control.rect, also position, size, x, y, width, height properties
ControlGetText	ahkpy.Control.text
ControlMove	Window.get_control(class_name).rect = ..., also try setting ahkpy.Control’s x, y, width, height properties
ControlSend	ahkpy.window.BaseWindow.send()
ControlSendRaw	ahkpy.Window.get_control(class_name).send("{Raw}...")
ControlSetText	ahkpy.Control.text
Cos()	math.cos()
DetectHiddenText	ahkpy.Windows.exclude_hidden_text()
DetectHiddenWindows	ahkpy.all_windows
DllCall()	ctypes
EnvGet	os.environ or os.getenv()
EnvSet	os.environ or os.putenv()
ExitApp	sys.exit()
Exp()	math.exp()
FileAppend	open().write()
FileCopy	glob.glob() with shutil.copy() or shutil.copytree()
FileCopyDir	glob.glob() with shutil.copy() or shutil.copytree()
FileCreateDir	os.mkdir() or os.makedirs()
FileDelete	os.remove()
FileEncoding	open(encoding="...")
FileGetSize	os.path.getsize()
FileGetTime	os.path.getatime(), os.path.getmtime(), or os.path.getctime()
FileMove	shutil.move()
FileMoveDir	shutil.move()
FileOpen()	open()
FileRead	open().read()
FileReadLine	open().readline()
FileRemoveDir	shutil.rmtree()
FileSetTime	Can set atime and mtime with os.utime(), cannot set ctime
Floor()	math.floor()
Format()	f-strings or str.format()
FormatTime	format() or datetime.datetime.strftime()
GetKeyName()	ahkpy.get_key_name()
GetKeySC()	ahkpy.get_key_sc()
GetKeyState	ahkpy.is_key_pressed() or ahkpy.is_key_pressed_logical()
GetKeyState()	ahkpy.is_key_pressed() or ahkpy.is_key_pressed_logical(), ahkpy.get_caps_lock_state(), ahkpy.get_num_lock_state(), ahkpy.get_scroll_lock_state(), ahkpy.get_insert_state()
GetKeyVK()	ahkpy.get_key_vk()
GroupClose	ahkpy.Windows.close_all()
Hotkey	ahkpy.hotkey()
Hotstring()	ahkpy.hotstring()
IfMsgBox	if ahkpy.message_box(...) == "...": ...
IniDelete	configparser module
IniRead	configparser module
IniWrite	configparser module
InStr()	"..." in str or str.find()
KeyWait	ahkpy.wait_key_pressed() or ahkpy.wait_key_released()
Ln()	math.log()
Log()	math.log10()
Loop	The for statement
Loop, Files	os.scandir() or os.listdir()
Loop, Read	open().read()
Loop, Reg	winreg module
LTrim()	str.lstrip()
Mod()	The % (modulo) operator
Menu, $, Add	ahkpy.Menu.add()
Menu, $, Insert	ahkpy.Menu.insert()
Menu, $, Delete	ahkpy.Menu.delete_item(), ahkpy.Menu.delete_menu()
Menu, $, DeleteAll	ahkpy.Menu.delete_all_items()
Menu, $, Rename	ahkpy.Menu.rename()
Menu, $, Check	ahkpy.Menu.check()
Menu, $, Uncheck	ahkpy.Menu.uncheck()
Menu, $, ToggleCheck	ahkpy.Menu.toggle_checked()
Menu, $, Enable	ahkpy.Menu.enable()
Menu, $, Disable	ahkpy.Menu.disable()
Menu, $, ToggleEnable	ahkpy.Menu.toggle_enabled()
Menu, $, Default	ahkpy.Menu.set_default()
Menu, $, NoDefault	ahkpy.Menu.remove_default()
Menu, $, Icon	ahkpy.Menu.set_icon()
Menu, $, NoIcon	ahkpy.Menu.remove_icon()
Menu, $, Show	ahkpy.Menu.show()
Menu, $, Color	ahkpy.Menu.set_color()
Menu, Tray, Icon	ahkpy.TrayMenu.set_tray_icon(), ahkpy.TrayMenu.toggle_tray_icon(), ahkpy.TrayMenu.show_tray_icon()
Menu, Tray, NoIcon	ahkpy.TrayMenu.hide_tray_icon()
Menu, Tray, Tip	ahkpy.TrayMenu.tip
Menu, Tray, Click	ahkpy.TrayMenu.set_clicks()
MouseClick	ahkpy.click(), also right_click(), double_click(), mouse_press(), mouse_release(), mouse_scroll(), mouse_move()
MouseClickDrag	Use ahkpy.mouse_press(), ahkpy.mouse_move(), and ahkpy.mouse_release()
MouseGetPos	ahkpy.get_mouse_pos(), get_window_under_mouse(), get_control_under_mouse()
MouseMove	ahkpy.mouse_move()
NumGet()	struct.unpack()
NumPut()	struct.pack()
OnClipboardChange	ahkpy.on_clipboard_change()
OnMessage()	ahkpy.on_message()
OutputDebug	ahkpy.output_debug()
PostMessage	ahkpy.window.BaseWindow.post_message()
Process	psutil package
ProgramFiles	os.getenv("PROGRAMFILES")
Random	random module
RegDelete	winreg module
RegExMatch()	re.search()
RegExReplace()	re.sub()
RegisterCallback()	ctypes.CFUNCTYPE()
RegRead	winreg module
RegWrite	winreg module
Reload	ahkpy.restart()
Round()	round()
RTrim()	str.rstrip()
Run	subprocess.Popen
RunWait	subprocess.run()
Send	ahkpy.send()
SendEvent	ahkpy.send_event()
SendInput	ahkpy.send_input()
SendLevel	Set the level argument in ahkpy.send() or via ahkpy.Settings.send_level
SendMessage	ahkpy.window.BaseWindow.send_message()
SendMode	Set the mode argument in ahkpy.send() or via ahkpy.Settings.send_mode
SendPlay	ahkpy.send_play()
SetCapslockState	ahkpy.set_caps_lock_state()
SetControlDelay	ahkpy.Settings.control_delay
SetDefaultMouseSpeed	Set the speed argument in ahkpy.mouse_move() or via ahkpy.Settings.mouse_speed
SetKeyDelay	ahkpy.Settings.key_delay
SetMouseDelay	Set the delay argument in ahkpy.click() or via ahkpy.Settings.mouse_delay and ahkpy.Settings.mouse_delay_play
SetNumLockState	ahkpy.set_num_lock_state()
SetScrollLockState	ahkpy.set_scroll_lock_state()
SetTimer	ahkpy.set_timer()
SetTitleMatchMode	Set the match argument in ahkpy.Windows.filter()
SetWinDelay	ahkpy.Settings.win_delay
SetWorkingDir	os.chdir()
Sin()	math.sin()
Sleep	ahkpy.sleep()
Sort	sorted() or list.sort()
SplitPath	os.path.basename(), os.path.dirname(), os.path.splitext(), os.path.splitdrive()
Sqrt()	math.sqrt()
StatusBarGetText	ahkpy.Window.get_status_bar_text()
StatusBarWait	ahkpy.Window.wait_status_bar()
StrGet()	bytes.decode() or struct module
StringGetPos	"..." in str or str.find()
StringLeft	str[:count]
StringLen	len(str)
StringLower	str.lower()
StringMid	str[left:left+count]
StringReplace	str.replace()
StringRight	str[-count:]
StringSplit()	str.split()
StringTrimLeft	str[count:]
StringTrimRight	str[:-count]
StringUpper	str.upper()
StrLen()	len()
StrPut()	str.encode() or struct module
StrSplit()	str.split()
SubStr()	str[start:start+len]
Suspend	ahkpy.suspend(), ahkpy.resume(), ahkpy.toggle_suspend()
Tan()	math.tan()
ToolTip	ahkpy.ToolTip
Transform	html.escape()
Trim()	str.strip()
UrlDownloadToFile	urllib.request.urlopen() or requests package
WinActivate	ahkpy.Window.activate()
WinActivateBottom	ahkpy.Windows.last().activate()
WinActive()	ahkpy.Windows.get_active()
WinClose	ahkpy.Window.close()
WinExist()	ahkpy.Windows.first()
WinGet, ControlList	ahkpy.Window.control_classes
WinGet, ControlListHwnd	ahkpy.Window.controls
WinGet, Count	len(ahkpy.windows.filter())
WinGet, ExStyle	ahkpy.Window.ex_style
WinGet, ID	ahkpy.Window.id
WinGet, IDLast	ahkpy.windows.last().id
WinGet, List	list(ahkpy.windows.filter())
WinGet, MinMax	ahkpy.Window.is_minimized, ahkpy.Window.is_maximized, ahkpy.Window.is_restored
WinGet, PID	ahkpy.Window.pid
WinGet, ProcessName	ahkpy.Window.process_name
WinGet, ProcessPath	ahkpy.Window.process_path
WinGet, Style	ahkpy.Window.style
WinGet, TransColor	ahkpy.Window.transparent_color
WinGet, Transparent	ahkpy.Window.opacity
WinGetClass	ahkpy.Window.class_name
WinGetPos	ahkpy.Window.rect, also position, size, x, y, width, height properties
WinGetText	ahkpy.Window.text
WinGetTitle	ahkpy.Window.title
WinHide	ahkpy.Window.hide()
WinKill	ahkpy.Window.kill()
WinMaximize	ahkpy.Window.maximize()
WinMinimize	ahkpy.Window.minimize()
WinMinimizeAll	ahkpy.Windows.minimize_all()
WinMove	ahkpy.Window.move()
WinRestore	ahkpy.Window.restore()
WinSetTitle	ahkpy.Window.title
WinShow	ahkpy.Window.show()
WinWait	ahkpy.Windows.wait()
WinWaitActive	ahkpy.Windows.wait_active()
WinWaitClose	ahkpy.Windows.wait_close()
WinWaitNotActive	ahkpy.Window.wait_inactive()