Can I make a script to find/replace?

[Type2Work]

Can I make a script to make changes to text that I am making over and over, just like macros in Word to find and replace all occurrences?
Is this possible with AHK or user scripts?

 

[clickhappier]

Can I make a script to make changes to text that I am making over and over, just like macros in Word to find and replace all occurrences?
Is this possible with AHK or user scripts?

Yes, it's possible, but more context would be needed to say how.

 

[TSolo315]

Sounds very doable with AHK.

 

[Type2Work]

Yes, it's possible, but more context would be needed to say how.

Sounds very doable with AHK.

I'm doing hits where I am editing in a text field. I tried looking up search and replace for AHK and found a lot of threads that seem to be about running a script that finds a file on your computer and makes the changes there. I'd like to do it in the browser. I'll try to keep looking around with AHK, maybe just not searching the right terms.

 

[DCI]

If you're editing text in a text field, the easiest way to do it in ahk would probably be to make a hotkey that selects all, copies to clipboard, searches string on clipboard for text and replaces with other text, then pastes.

https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/StringReplace.htm

~::
send ^a
send ^c
ClipWait
StringReplace, clipboard, clipboard, Kansas basketball, lol, All
send ^v
return

^will change all instances of the text "Kansas basketball" to "lol" when you press ~ inside of the text field. Not case sensitive.