Issue Using External AHK Script with BigBox

[my_lego_router]

I may just be dumb, but I've been fighting with this all day trying to fix this so I figure it's worth the ask. I use my computer as a smart tv/gaming console and I control it with a little 'Wechip W1" airmouse/remote control. I use AHK scripts to make the buttons on it contextual and behave differently based on the application that is focused. This has worked quite well with many applications (including BigBox at some point in the past). However, some recent update has broken this interaction. It's important to note that this isn't broken for all keys, just the very specific one my remote uses.

The key in question is the "Browser_Home" key (Yes, that is the actual key name that AHK understands, apparently just as valid as "Space"). The default functionality of this key is to open your default web browser to the home page. I use it typically to close the current application and return to Kodi (which serves as my root menu and main UI). The Problem here is that whenever BigBox is focused, whatever functionality I have mapped to the "Browser_Home" key is completely ignored. Even if the script is as simple as unconditionally do nothing when "Browser_Home" key is pressed, it still just opens the web browser.

This more or less breaks the perfect integration I had with Big Box previously. I don't really have any alternatives except maybe switch to just LaunchBox which lacks the clean UI of BigBox. Any suggestions here would be helpful.

Thanks in advance.

[JoeViking245]

First off, I never knew about "Browser_Home" before.  That's pretty cool!  Not practical for my use, but cool to know none-the-less.  

I ran a simple test using Browser_Home::MsgBox hello and I'll be daw-gone, it worked.  lol  Thanks!  The 'problem' is that it worked when in BigBox as well.  (Latest beta)  I tested using my Logitech keyboard which requires the function (FN) key.  So my "Home" is FN+F1.  (not sure that matters)

 

8 hours ago, my_lego_router said:

this isn't broken for all keys, just the very specific one my remote uses.

To clarify, are any of the buttons/keys on the remote still working when BB is focused?  Like Select (Enter ["OK"? ]) and Back (Esc ["Back"? ])?  Vol +/-?

[my_lego_router]

Ah! That's very interesting. It also renews my hope I can find a solution to this. I'll try downloading the newest beta for BB and see if that fixes my problem with no additional work. If that fails I'll do a full audit of which buttons are/aren't working and report back.

[my_lego_router]

Well whatever was wrong appears to be fixed in the latest beta. I'm having no more issues! 😀 (For those who may find this in the future, I was on 12.3 and upgraded to 12.4 beta 4.)

Thanks JoeViking245!