[jawsscripts] Re: Windows key
- From: Jim Bauer <holdsworthfan@xxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:59:48 -0600
script test()
sayString("Trapped.")
...
endScript
And under your desired section in <APPBASE>.jkm:
leftWindows=test
On 11/13/2013 6:27 PM, David Pinto wrote:
> Jim,
> Thanks for your feedback, but despite attaching the windows key to a script,
> that script is not invoked. Instead, the Windows key opens the start menu.
> Note that in the Keyboard manager, the Add Keystroke dialog will not accept
> a single windows keypress as a hotkey. But if I do a key combination with
> the windows key, and then delete the second key, then I can successfully
> assign the windows key to a script. I can also do this directly in the JKM
> file by just typing it in. Nevertheless, the script is not triggered by the
> Windows key. Perhaps you've done it a different way that works. If so,
> please advise.
>
> One last thing. I was mistaken when I said the JAWS keyboard help mode did
> not trap the windows key. It in fact does prevent the windows key from
> passing through to the system. Maybe there's a hint of how to go about
> things.
> David
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Bauer" <holdsworthfan@xxxxxx>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 2:41 PM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Windows key
>
>
>> 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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