[jawsscripts] Re: Windows key not trapped because of unrelated JCF option
- From: Artur Räpp <rtr@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 20:25:19 +0200
Hi,
Maybe the name of windows key changes. LeftWin|RightWin or something
similar. My pure guess.
Artur
14.11.2013 20:11, David Pinto kirjutas:
> 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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