Topic: activating the Application key (1 of 5), Read 32 times
Conf: VEDIT Suggestions
From: Steve Rawling
Date: Sunday, April 30, 2006 12:50 AM

The MS so called APPLICATION key, usually located beside the right WINDOWS LOGO key, behaves the same as a mouse right click key in most programs. ie it caused the so called context menu to pop up.

In Vedit it does nothing

Can this key be activated for the rataphobes.

Steve

 


Topic: Re: activating the Application key (2 of 5), Read 23 times
Conf: VEDIT Suggestions
From: Ted Green
Date: Monday, May 01, 2006 11:15 AM

At 12:50 AM 4/30/2006, you wrote:
>The MS so called APPLICATION key, usually located beside the right WINDOWS LOGO key, behaves the same as a mouse right click key in most programs. ie it caused the so called context menu to pop up.
>
>In Vedit it does nothing
>
>Can this key be activated for the rataphobes.

I will add this to our Suggestion list.
While neither Tom nor I ever use the "Windows" keys (our preferred keyboards don't even have them), I am surprised no one else has reported this earlier.

Ted.

 


Topic: Re: activating the Application key (3 of 5), Read 24 times
Conf: VEDIT Suggestions
From: Ian Binnie
Date: Monday, May 01, 2006 08:08 PM

On 5/1/2006 11:15:53 AM, Ted Green wrote:
>At 12:50 AM 4/30/2006, you
>wrote:
>>The MS so called APPLICATION key, usually located beside the right WINDOWS LOGO key, behaves the same as a mouse right click key in most programs. ie it caused the so called context menu to pop up.
>>
>>In Vedit it does nothing
>>
>>Can this key be activated for the rataphobes.
>
>I will add this to our
>Suggestion list.
>While neither Tom nor I ever
>use the "Windows" keys (our
>preferred keyboards don't even
>have them), I am surprised no
>one else has reported this
>earlier.
>
>Ted.
>

I believe this is the VK_APPS (Applications key) virtual key code.

One of the reasons people don't use this key more often, is that no Microsoft documentation (that I am aware of) tells users what the key does.

 


Topic: Re: activating the Application key (4 of 5), Read 28 times
Conf: VEDIT Suggestions
From: Steve Rawling
Date: Thursday, May 04, 2006 05:49 PM

Ian

Here is a small non tenchnical mention
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q126449

Steve

 


Topic: Re: activating the Application key (5 of 5), Read 29 times
Conf: VEDIT Suggestions
From: Ted Green
Date: Thursday, May 04, 2006 11:23 PM

At 05:50 PM 5/4/2006, you wrote:

>Here is a small non tenchnical mention
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q126449

Thanks. I have placed this request at the top of the suggestion list. Perhaps not in 6.20.1, but shortly thereafter.

Ted.