[jawsscripts] Re: Windows key
- From: Jim Bauer <holdsworthfan@xxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:41:31 -0600
Try binding a script to "leftWindows" in the app's JKM. (I don't
presently have a right windows key here, but if one works, so too should
the other.)
On 11/13/2013 4:28 PM, David Pinto wrote:
> Got a couple of related questions.
> 1. Does anyone have a strategy to determine if the Windows key has been
> pressed?
> 2. Is there any way to intercept the Windows key from going to the system?
>
> Basically, I've been frustrated in my ambition to take control of the
> Windows key in scripted environments where students are getting in trouble
> by inadvertantly pressing the Windows key. Here's what I've noticed about
> JAWS and the single Windows key.
> 1. In JAWS keyboard help mode, the Windows key is not trapped, but rather
> executes its function of opening the start menu.
> 2. The Windows key doesn't register in the KeyPressedEvent () either in the
> currently loaded scripts or the default scripts that are invoked when the
> start menu gains focus.
>
> So right now, the only way I know of determining if the Windows key has been
> pressed, is to test for its effect in the WindowActivatedEvent (). In other
> words, did the start menu open? Fortunately, before the currently loaded
> scripts unload and the Start Menu's default scripts load, the
> WindowActivatedEvent () contains that information. At any rate, does anyone
> have a better strategy to determine if the Windows key has been pressed?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> David Pinto
> YesAccessible.com
>
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