the-Automator Live Support / Quick Access Popup help
Channel: AUTOHOTKEY Gurus
Date: 2021-11-05

TLDR: The video discusses various programming topics, including multitasking and GUI, while highlighting the new features of Quick Access Pop-up, such as dark mode and debugging options.

1. 00:00 📢 The speaker discussed various programming topics, including multitasking, GUI, and code toggling, while Quick Access Pop-up released a new version with dark mode and debugging features.
 1.1 The livestream of the meeting is being checked on the speaker's YouTube channel.
 1.2 The program allows for multitasking with two panes and multiple tabs, similar to Chrome, and has the potential to be better than Explorer in the long run.
 1.3 The speaker found a way to intercept the closing button of a GUI by getting its coordinates.
 1.4 The speaker discussed a code that toggles a text box and how using a computer changed their texting behavior.
 1.5 Quick Access Pop-up has implemented a dark mode feature and a debugging feature for placeholders and user variables in the latest release.

2. 06:54 👀 Switch between dark and light mode in Windows and applications by customizing settings, but note that some components may not be able to be made dark yet.
 2.1 To enable dark mode in Windows and have Quick Access pop-up follow the changes, it must be enabled in both Windows settings and Quick Access pop-up, and a reboot is required for Quick Access pop-up to catch the changes.
 2.2 Choose personalized or customized settings and select dark or light mode to switch between dark or clear backgrounds for both windows and applications.
 2.3 To enable dark mode in Quick Access Pop-up, you need to enable it in two separate settings for menus and customized windows.
 2.4 Some components, such as the title bar and header of the list view, cannot be made dark yet, but the general view is dark and blends more adequately with a dark background.
 2.5 Customize settings in Windows to enable following Windows themes for accurate color selection.

3. 13:07 🔧 Quick Access Pop-up menu can now be switched to light mode and users can drag and drop items, while placeholders can be used to open applications and scripts with debugging options available.
 3.1 Quick Access Pop-up menu can be switched to light mode without requiring a restart, but customized windows need to be restarted, and there are options for changing appearance under customize and menu appearance.
 3.2 There was a bug in the customize window where changes made through drag and drop were not saved properly, but it has now been fixed and users can drag and drop one or multiple items at a time.
 3.3 Placeholders are codes that can be inserted in a favorite to enter the location of a selected file or folder in Windows Explorer.
 3.4 Use placeholders in the quick access pop-up menu to open applications and scripts, but be aware of potential issues and enable debugging if necessary.
 3.5 Enable favorite debugging for placeholders and user variables to display the command with inserted variables and remove the debugging option before using it for real.
 3.6 The speaker praised the approach of configuring Android phones to allow developers to access certain features and suggested two questions or suggestions.

4. 21:44 🚀 Quick Access Popup now allows users to reuse input placeholders, making menu creation even easier.
 4.1 Automatically copying debug mode text to the clipboard can help quickly identify code errors.
 4.2 The latest version of the software allows users to reuse the content of an input placeholder later in the text by using a temporary user variable with the prompt entered in the input box.
 4.3 Quick Access Popup has a new feature of reusable input placeholder suggested by users on the forum.
 4.4 QAP is a great tool that simplifies the process of creating and reorganizing menus and guises, and it also has many other useful features.
 4.5 Create a concise TLDR in one sentence.

5. 27:19 📎 Quick Access Popup suggests a name for favorite files that will appear in the menu and borrow the icon of the associated program, without including the file extension.

6. 31:23 💻 The speaker shared a tool for auto hotkey users to manage their hotkeys and hot strings more efficiently.

7. 35:37 🔍 A new tool helps new AutoHotkey users find relevant tutorial videos, while the speaker shares tips on launching programs and changing default editors.

8. 42:01 📈 High resolution screens can cause scaling issues with GUIs, but a temporary solution is to disable scaling in the properties of the executable file.

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