[jawsscripts] Re: Windows key not trapped because of unrelated JCF option
- From: "David Pinto" <davepinto@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 10:11:25 -0800
Physically removing the Windows key is not an option for me. Instead, I need
to be able to selectively trap or pass the Windows key through to the
system. Right now, I am interested why JAWS ability to invoke a script that
I've assigned to the Windows key should be disabled when the JCF setting
distinguishing between the extended and numpad keys is enabled. I keep this
option enabled in order to help students distinguish paired keys. Turn that
JCF option off, and presto bingo! The Windows key is bound to the script I
created for it. Go figure. Anyone have a clue?
David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Travis Roth" <travis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 6:03 AM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Windows key trapping partly resolved
> If you really want to disable the Windows key then using SharpKeys would
> be
> a more fail safe solution and would not require the use of JAWS.
> Sharpkeys does some Windows registry hacks so it is not screen reader
> dependent.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Pinto
> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:24 PM
> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Windows key trapping partly resolved
>
> Jim,
> I found out why I couldn't trap the Windows key as you proposed. In the
> JCF
> file of MyApp, I had the setting UseExtendedKeys=1, because I need to
> differentiate between the numpad keys and the extended key equivalents,
> like
> 6 pack Home versus NumPadHome. And This is what's weird. When I set
> UseExtendedKeys=0 in the KCF file, then the Windows key that is assigned
> to
> a script, indeed traps the windows key. But if I have UseExtendedKeys=1,
> then the Windows key that is assigned to a script does not invoke the
> script. Any ideas?
> David
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Bauer" <holdsworthfan@xxxxxx>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 4:59 PM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Windows key
>
>
>> 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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