I am not able to duplicate
this. Alt-numpad-insert-left arrow works for me
correctly and I can successfully capture this
key. Also both this key and the right arrow
version read correctly for me relative to the mouse pointer.
At 09:20 PM 2/28/2011, you wrote:
Hello GW et al:
Im noticing a rather peculiar behavior with the beta.
Perhaps it is only happening on my machine but heres the story:
As you all doubtless know, the hotkey to have
Window-Eyes read from Left-To-Mouse is
ALT-INSERT-NUMPAD-LEFT ARROW. On my machine
however the INSERT appears to refer only to
the SIX PACK INSERT key and Window-Eyes will
have it no other way. When I enter Key
Describer Mode and depress the three-key
combination of ALT-NUMPAD-INSERT-NUMPAD-LEFT
ARROW, Window-Eyes says only ALT when I
depress the ALT key and INSERT when I release
all three keys; I hear no description of the
expected result. However when I depress the
three-key combination using the six pack
INSERT key instead I hear the expected verbiage.
In real-time, Window-Eyes honors this
elitism: ALT-NUMPAD-INSERT-NUMPAD-LEFT ARROW
yields no results where ALT-INSERT-NUMPAD-LEFT ARROW gets the desired result.
I have tried going into the Control Panel and
recapturing the Hotkey using the NUMPAD-INSERT
key, but when I do Window-Eyes goes into a
stunned mode. The Capture-Key dialog seems
to close and Window-Eyes appears to lose its
place: It moves to the top of the Mouse
Hotkeys list. The only way to navigate
effectively at this point is by
SHIFT-TABBING. TABBING gets one nowhere. The
only way I have found to bring Window-Eyes
around is by putting it to sleep and
reawakening it while chanting in tongues.
Now, If instead of trying to capture the
intended three-key combination, I just capture
ALT-NUMPAD-LEFT ARROW, all is well, same if I
try capturing only NUMPAD-INSERT-NUMPAD-LEFT
ARROW. But you say, INSERT-NUMPAD-LEFT
ARROW is already assigned. Exactly, and
thats what Window-Eyes tells me, but at least
it is acknowledging the keystrokes.
I have also tried toggling the scope of the
hotkey and recapturing, with the same confusing results.
Heres the best
part: ALT-INSERT-NUMPAD-RIGHT ARROW and the
rest of the family act just as expected.
Is anyone else as confused as I am? Better
yet, is anyone else experiencing the same behavior?
Full disclosure: I have no six pack. These six
keys actually appear side-by-side on my keyboard
(VISTA HOME PREMIUM 32 bit on an HP notebook)
Richard G Applegate
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