Shortcut to call Focus-Points in LR

[poozu]

Hi,

if you need Focus-points frequently, you may want a shortcut to call Focus-points rather than going through the menues in Lightroom.
A good way for WIN users is to use Autohotkey (I recommend v1.1) and a small script:

SetTitleMatchMode, RegEx

+F5::Edit ; Shift-F5 launches the current AutoHotkey script in preferred editor, else Notepad
^F5::Reload ; Ctrl-F5 reloads the current AutoHotKey script after any edits.

; Require admin to run
if not A_IsAdmin
{
Run *RunAs "%A_ScriptFullPath%" ; Requires v1.0.92.01+
ExitApp
}

; ================
; HOW TO CUSTOMIZE
; ================
; 1. First, you must download and install AutoHotKeys on your system from https://www.autohotkey.com/
; 2. After installation, find the language below that matches your language setting in Lightroom
; 3. Change the hotkey code (the letters and symbols before "::") to the keycode you want to use
; Symbols to know: # = Windows logo key, ! = Alt, ^ = Control, + = Shift
; So, for example, if you wanted the hotkey to be "Ctrl X", the hotkey code would look like this: ^X::
; 4. After updating the hotkey, save the file, then double-click it to run it

; English
#IfWinActive Adobe.*Lightroom.*Develop
#F:: Send, {Alt down}f{Alt up}u{down 3}+{enter} ; WIN-F Show Focusfield ( edit {down x}, x for the number of downs needed to reach "Show Focus Points" menue entry)
#IfWinActive Adobe.*Lightroom.*Library
#F:: Send, {Alt down}l{Alt up}u{down 3}+{enter} ; WIN-F Show Focusfield ( edit {down x}, x for the number of downs needed to reach "Show Focus Points" menue entry)
Return

; German / Deutsch
#IfWinActive Adobe.*Lightroom.*Entwickeln
#F:: Send, {Alt down}d{Alt up}z{down 3}+{enter} ; WIN-F Show Focusfield ( edit {down x}, x for the number of downs needed to reach "Show Focus Points" menue entry)

#IfWinActive Adobe.*Lightroom.*Bibliothek
#F:: Send, {Alt down}i{Alt up}z{down 3}+{enter} ; WIN-F Show Focusfield ( edit {down x}, x for the number of downs needed to reach "Show Focus Points" menue entry)

Return

Copy-Paste above script in a textfile and name it Focuspoints.ahk.
Then simply run autohotkey and the script. (I autostart Autohotkey in WIN on startup, so I just need to start the script before I start Lightroom).

Now in Lightrrom just hit WIN-F to call Focus-points.
You may need to adjust the amount of downsteps to reach Focuspoints in the Plug-In Extra menue (in my case 3 downsteps are needed).

Feel free to copy this information somewhere else and close the issue, I just did not know how to otherwise share this information.....

[capricorn8]

Thank you for providing this useful tip!

AutoHotkey is certainly not for everyone, but it's the best way I know of to automate such tasks in Windows. I personally use it to automate everything in LrC (essentially launching plugins and external programs/editors) that goes beyond the capabilities of the great plugin Any Shortcut can do.

I am planning to setup a FAQ page soon, where I will mention this topic (and your tip for a solution) !