Re: ontext menu in FileDir?
- From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:25:18 -0500 (EST)
I've just posted an updated FileDir (March 24 version, usual URL, F11 to
Elevate) at
http://EmpowermentZone.com/dirsetup.exe
With my testing under XP, the Context Menu command can now be invoked
with the Applications key as well as Shift+F10.
Jamal
On Mon, 23 Mar 2009, Alex
Hall wrote:
> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:31:29 -0400
> From: Alex Hall <mehgcap@xxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: ontext menu in FileDir?
>
> Thanks for looking into it. I have never liked things on that
> side of that row; shift-f10, insert-f11 or f12, all that. I do
> not have the compiler for FileDir and would not know what I was
> doing enough to modify the code even if I had it, but thanks all
> the same. Good luck investigating!
>
> Have a great day,
> Alex
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx
> >To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Date sent: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:03:06 -0500 (EST)
> >Subject: Re: ontext menu in FileDir?
>
> >This is the first I've heard that Shift+F10 is awkward to press,
> but I
> >want to be responsive. I picked that key since it is the
> standard
> >keyboard alternative to a right mouse click. I will investigate
> whether
> >I can program the Applications key to be synonymous.
> Unfortunately,
> >nearly every other key combination is already taken. In the
> meantime,
> >you could write a simple JAWS or Window-Eyes script that sends
> Shift+F10
> >when the key combination you prefer is pressed. You could also
> recompile
> >FileDir if you like. EdSharp's keys are configurable, but
> FileDir's are
> >not at this point, and it would be a substantial reworking of
> code to
> >change that.
>
> >Jamal
> >On Mon, 23 Mar 2009, Alex Hall wrote:
>
> >> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:52:39 -0400
> >> From: Alex Hall <mehgcap@xxxxxxx
> >> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: Re: ontext menu in FileDir?
>
> >> That's a shame. Could it at least be something more convenient,
> >> like ctrl-m or something like that? That exact hotkey may be
> >> taken, but you know what I mean; something that is not on the
> >> right side of the f-keys, in my opinion about the most
> >> inconvenient location on the entire keyboard.
>
> >> Have a great day,
> >> Alex
>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx
> >>>To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>Date sent: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:36:11 -0500 (EST)
> >>>Subject: Re: ontext menu in FileDir?
>
> >>>I just tested and found that it does not respond to the
> >> Applications key
> >>>as well. I think that would involve lower level keyboard
> >> handling,
> >>>though am not sure.
>
> >>>Jamal
>
> >>>On Tue, 17 Mar 2009, Jared Wright wrote:
>
> >>>> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:25:39 -0400
> >>>> From: Jared Wright <wright.jaredm@xxxxxxxxx
> >>>> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> Subject: Re: ontext menu in FileDir?
>
> >>>> Will this come up with the applications key as well as
> >> Shift+F10, or
> >>>> does that require deeper drilling of the keyboard?
>
> >>>> Jared
>
> >>>> On 3/16/2009 5:05 PM, Jamal Mazrui wrote:
> >>>>> Based on feedback like yours, I added a Context Menu command,
> >> Shift+F10,
> >>>>> a while ago. It provides most, though not all, of the
> >> functionality of
> >>>>> that menu in Windows Explorer. Other functionality, and more,
> >> is
> >>>>> sometimes provided by other FileDir commands or menus. If you
> >> find
> >>>>> something missing, let me know.
>
> >>>>> Jamal
>
> >>>>> On Sat, 14 Mar 2009, Alex Hall wrote:
>
>
> >>>>>> Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:12:23 -0400
> >>>>>> From: Alex Hall<mehgcap@xxxxxxx
> >>>>>> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>> Subject: ontext menu in FileDir?
>
> >>>>>> In FileDir, is there a way to access the standard Windows
> >> context
> >>>>>> menu for files and folders? I liked FileDir when I tried it, but
> >>>>>> the absence of this menu was a big turn-off.
>
> >>>>>> Have a great day,
> >>>>>> Alex
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