Feature ideas

[mikepiman]

1. ability to run a console program hiding its window, (in addition to "normal", minimized, maximized). Like Windows Task Scheduler does.
   [Benefit]: This would be awesome when I want to run a command or batch silently, without a tab opening and closing quickly in the Windows Taskbar.
   [Workarounds]: (a) a VBS script, as described here; or
   (b) Nircmd (runs faster); or
   (c) I compile the command into a silent EXE with AutoIt, then tell HotkeyP to run that EXE (runs as fast).

2. When HotkeyP loads a shortcut file (by the "..." button or drag&drop), the Command field is filled with the target's path (.exe). Also load any commandline parameters and the working directory that are in the shortcut file. (Otherwise, I copy&paste these manually).

3. a column with checkmarks for disabling/enabling individual hotkeys. (Currently, I think I have to delete a hotkey and then recreate it?)
   [Benefit]: Really nice for testing, or coordinating with other hotkey programs, or enabling some hotkeys for only a few weeks per year.

4. Columns can be reordered by dragging, as in Explorer windows. (E.g., my Description column could be to the left of the Key column. That might be cool sometimes).

5. an option to select a custom icon for a hotkey that launches an EXE. Currently this icon is displayed in the hotkey list. (Usually the EXE's default icon is fine, but for some programs, I use a custom icon for it in all other shortcuts to it on the system, that I've become familiar with).
   Maybe this could be implemented as a checkbox called "Custom icon in list" that's disabled by default.

6. Currently when I increase the font size, the icons stay small. Automatically use the largest available icon (32x32, etc) that fits.

7. The "Process Priority" combo-box could/should be sorted by priority level. (Currently "above normal" is at the bottom, out of sequence. Maybe there's an advantage to this ordering?)
   The submenu containing "Command to active window" seems out of logical order, too.

8. When the checkbox "Ask before executing this hotkey" is checked,
   gray-out/disable the checkbox "Wait before executing..", since it's overridden.
   (Also, I couldn't find them documented in the Help file).

[mikepiman]

9. in each hotkey, an option to display my description for it in a corner of the screen, for a helpful visual confirmation of exactly which of my many hotkeys is being executed. It could look like this:

I find the "Highlight icon when a hotkey is pressed" very handy for some hotkeys (and the customization time excellent) -- but "noisy" for other hotkeys and of course non-specific.

Currently, the optional "specific sound" for each HotkeyP is essentially the same thing except it's a sound!

[mikepiman]

10. [Naming corrections]:
    The "Desktop snapshot" function seems to take a screenshot and not a screenshot of the Windows Desktop, and so is more accurately (maybe less confusingly) called "Screenshot/Snapshot". (I had to test this to find out what it does; it'd be very cool to take a snapshot of a window or the Desktop without its being visible!)

"Desktop resolution" is "Screen/Display/Monitor Resolution".

"Show Desktop", "Save/Restore Desktop icons", and "Display power off" are all accurate; 👌
the other two are inconsistent with them.

[mikepiman]

11. Document undocumented features:
    A space character can be used for the "Macro" (but not for "Macro to active window") command; no need to use "\space".
    Do any commands accept only a window title and not class? Do all commands accept both an EXE and window class/title? Only EXE name and not path?

12. Fully document the syntax for the "Macro" and "Send keys" commands, to make it much easier to learn how to use HotkeyP and to avoid errors.
    E.g., following common convention:
    "Send keys to window" < macro > < Window class or title > [< child window >]

[mikepiman]

13. A new "Run if active window" command: In the Parameter field, the first parameter is the active window/class, and after that is the commandline to run.

[mikepiman]

@plastovicka I'm finished :) (for now). I love this app, and love making things greater. Any good ideas in here?