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By: Walter Rassbach       
Date: Nov 10,2000 at 07:27
In Response to: Hard-wired keys (Slobodan Vujnovic)

> Sort of what I said when this thread started:

> It would be even nicer if ZTW used the Properties
> key (next to the Right Ctrl key) for this, which
> is reserved for this anyway. This can't break
> anything and would require no additional learning
> for those who use it in other apps. It could even
> be configurable to launch whatever.exe you want.
> But to open another rathole: the Print Scrn key is
> another one of those with expected, standard
> behaviour across all apps. I can't check now, but
> what is ZTW doing with it currently? Is it
> captured by Windows?

> There is also Scroll Lock and Pause/Break.

ZTree does see ScrollLock in a reasonable way and we could, if neccessary, use it for something (the console I/O treats it as a lock/toggle key not a shift or normal key).

PrintSceen is normally captured by Windows, but one can change the handling (at least under W9x/ME) to have it passed to the application. However, I think it would be better to avoid such a key.

Pause/Break is captured by Windows for obvious reasons. The only thing ZTree sees is the release of the break key...

> My approach would be: if ZTW is to play with any
> of them, they should deliver their standard
> functionality.

> True, we badly lack keys, but I wouldn't try to
> solve any ZTW problems with these hard-wired keys.

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