Spezielle Windows Tasten abfragen

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goetz.markgraf@t-online.de - 14 Mar 2006 08:47 GMT

Hallo zusammen,

wir schreiben eine Anwendung in Java, die nur auf Windows-Systemen
läuft, daher ein wenig Plattformabhängigkeit verträgt...

Gibt es eine Möglichkeit, die Menü-Taste (rechts zwischen Windows und
Strg) abzufragen? Wir haben eine Menge Leute, die mit Tastaturen
arbeiten, aber sich irgendwie nicht an CTRL-XCV gewöhnen können...

Wir nutzen JDK 1.4.2

Vielen Dank,
Goetz

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goetz.markgraf@t-online.de - 14 Mar 2006 08:50 GMT

Hi there,

sorry, I hit the wrong language... :-)

We are writing a java application that runs only of windows systems and
therefore can do with a litte of plattform dependency...

Is there a possibility to get the special menu key on the microsoft
keyboards (on the right between the windows and the ctrl-key)? We have
a lot of keyboard users that still don't learn CTRL-XCV...

Thanx,
Goetz

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Andrey Kuznetsov - 14 Mar 2006 09:10 GMT

> We are writing a java application that runs only of windows systems and
> therefore can do with a litte of plattform dependency...
>
> Is there a possibility to get the special menu key on the microsoft
> keyboards (on the right between the windows and the ctrl-key)? We have
> a lot of keyboard users that still don't learn CTRL-XCV...

I am pretty sure that it is mapped to VK_META.

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Bart Cremers - 14 Mar 2006 09:13 GMT

Since 1.5 the KeyEvent contains some new constants:

KeyEvent.VK_WINDOWS : for the "window" key
KeyEvent.VK_CONTEXT_MENU : for the "menu" key

So, you should be able to install a keylistener and monitor those keys.

Regards,

Bart

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Roedy Green - 14 Mar 2006 09:28 GMT

>We are writing a java application that runs only of windows systems and
>therefore can do with a litte of plattform dependency...
>
>Is there a possibility to get the special menu key on the microsoft
>keyboards (on the right between the windows and the ctrl-key)? We have
>a lot of keyboard users that still don't learn CTRL-XCV...

try http://mindprod.com/products1.html#KEYPLAY

Hit the key and hit it is combination with other keys to see how it
appears in Java.

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goetz.markgraf@t-online.de - 14 Mar 2006 13:45 GMT

Roedy Green schrieb:

> try http://mindprod.com/products1.html#KEYPLAY
>
> Hit the key and hit it is combination with other keys to see how it
> appears in Java.

Thanx for alle the good advices. Unfortunately, we cannot switch to 1.5
like this. The KeyEvent does not give any useful information (as shown
by KeyPlayer).

Is there any other possibility to get the menu key under 1.4.2? If not,
we have to wait for 1.5

Thanx,
Goetz

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Oliver Wong - 14 Mar 2006 21:36 GMT

> Thanx for alle the good advices. Unfortunately, we cannot switch to 1.5
> like this. The KeyEvent does not give any useful information (as shown
> by KeyPlayer).
>
> Is there any other possibility to get the menu key under 1.4.2? If not,
> we have to wait for 1.5

Java 1.5 is already out. Sun is even almost finished with 1.6. [*]

- Oliver

[*] I'm making this assumption based on the fact that they're giving away
prizes to anyone who can find a regression bug between 1.5 and 1.6.

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