[jawsscripts] Re: Windows key
- From: "Jonathan C. Cohn" <jon.c.cohn@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 08:31:59 -0500
Using sharp keys would be less destructive and more universal.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Nov 12, 2013, at 2:08 AM, "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I am using another method of trapping the Windows key for a few years, and it
> works very well.
> It is a hardware-based method.
> I have... taken out the key from the keyboard. :-)
>
> --Octavian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Pinto" <davepinto@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 12:28 AM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Windows key
>
>
>> 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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