My external keyboard also says applications key when pressing the key
left of right control key. Shift f10 says context key when pressed.
Maria Campbell
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On 2/5/2016 3:09 PM, Charles Coe wrote:
Hi,
On my del keyboard the application key when pressed does say, application.
*From:*Dave Carlson [mailto:[email protected]]
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Gary,
...and here lies a problem. When I press my applications key I hear
menu. JAWS is not behaving. When I press Shift+F10 I hear Context
menu. JAWS is not saying "application".
Dave Carlson
Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer
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*From:*Gary King <mailto:[email protected]>
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Brian,
I think that "Applications Key" would be a better label for that key
when instructing screen reader users for a couple of reasons. When I
press that key, JAWS first speaks "applications" before speaking
"context menu." If you call it the menu key, it could be confused
with other types of menus.
Shift F10 typically brings up the same context menu as the
Applications Key, but I have seen instances when the Shift F10 context
menu has a few extra choices.
Gary King
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On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 02:21 pm, Jean Menzies <[email protected]
<mailto:[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
