[jawsscripts] Re: Windows key
- From: "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 19:37:28 +0200
It is not distructive at all to take the keys out, because they can be
easily be put back if needed.
But if those keys are in place, it is harder to find the Control and Alt
keys and even if they don't do anything, it is still not obvious which is
the Alt key.
--Octavian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan C. Cohn" <jon.c.cohn@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 3:31 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Windows key
> 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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