So I'll muddy the water some more by saying that what I know of as the
menu key is the alt key, not the applications key, which I know of as
the context menu key.
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On 2/4/2016 4:30 PM, Brian Vogel wrote:
On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 02:21 pm, Jean Menzies <[email protected]> wrote:
They are the same. Context key: typically beside the right alt key
(between alt and control) on a standard keyboard.
Thanks Jean. Now that you've described it that's what I've more
commonly heard referred to as "the menu key" for the very reason that
it's used very frequently to cause context menus to appear.
This key seems to be becoming more variable as far as precisely where
it's placed and whether a keyboard has one, particularly on laptops.
My relatively new HP laptop doesn't have one at all. My partner's
slightly older Toshiba laptop has it located between ALT and CTRL on
the right side of the spacebar while the Windows key is in that
position on the left on both our laptops. I'll have to look at my old
Win7 laptop upstairs to see if it had a menu/applications key on it.
Brian
