[jawsscripts] Re: Windows key trapping partly resolved
- From: "Travis Roth" <travis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 08:03:11 -0600
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-----
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[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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