Thanks for that explanation.  I asked some time back about split buttons and
what they were, and no one responded.

Louis Gosselin


-----Original Message-----
From: chris hallsworth [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 2:13 PM
To: Craig Werner
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Detecting Windows 7 Split Buttons with Window-Eyes

If you press enter or the space bar it will click the button. If you 
press the right arrow key though the button opens to a context menu, 
hence the term split button.


Chris Hallsworth
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On 20/09/2011 19:07, Craig Werner wrote:
> Greetings to the list.
>
> I am a new Windows 7 user, so the information and findings presented
> here may be inaccurate.
>
> I have noticed that sometimes, Window-Eyes 7.5.1 does not announce a
> split button when it encounters one. It simply says "button." An example
> of this is the "Shut down" split button located off the "Start" menu.
> Are there reliable ways of differentiating between normal Windows
> buttons and split buttons?
>
> Thanks for all help.
>
> Craig
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