Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome.

From	% <persent@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, sci.physics, alt.comp.os.windows-10, news.software.readers, comp.lang.c++, alt.checkmate
Subject	Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome.
Date	2018-07-10 13:56 -0700
Organization	Altopia Corp. - Usenet Access - www.altopia.com
Message-ID	<bdvs33.snl.19.2@news.alt.net> (permalink)
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On 2018-07-10 1:52 PM, Jeff-Relf.Me@. wrote:
> Previously, I wrote:
>> I love my ArmMounted, 40 inch, 4k, curved monitor, at arm's length,
>> in bed; but, with no real desk or touch screen,
>> hardware keyboards are a major pain in the ass.
>>
>> So I was thrilled by the "Touch Keyboard" recently introduced
>> to the Windows 10, MouseOnly DesktopMode;
>> what's more, it lets me (voice) dictate text.
>>
>> Now, "Jeff-Relf.Me/X.HTM" supports these SystemWide "HotKeys"
>> ( assigned to g600 mouse buttons, Jeff-Relf.Me/g600.PNG ):
>>
>>    Alt+Shift+Ctrl+K: Toggles "Touch Keyboard" On/Off.
>>    Alt+Shift+Ctrl+M: Toggles Monitor On/Off(asleep).
> 
> Compared to other apps, Firefox and Chrome are very picky
> about how they interact with the Touch Keyboard;
> so " Show Touch Keyboard button ", in SysTray, Must be Enabled.
> 
> "Randomly", the keyboard is slow to come up; I'm working on it.
> 
>      HWND  Win, TaskBar, SysTray, Keyboard ;  MSG  Msg ;
>                  ...
>      TaskBar  = FindWindow(               L"Shell_TrayWnd", 0 );
>      SysTray  = FindWindowEx( TaskBar, 0, L"TrayNotifyWnd", 0 );
>      Keyboard = FindWindowEx( SysTray, 0, L"TIPBand", 0 );
>                  ....
>      RegisterHotKey(
>        Win, 'K', MOD_CONTROL | MOD_ALT | MOD_SHIFT | MOD_NOREPEAT, 'K' );
>                   ....
>      if ( Msg.message == WM_HOTKEY && Msg.wParam == 'K' )
>        Launch( L"/Program Files/Common Files/microsoft shared/ink/TabTip.EXE" ),
>        PostMessage( Keyboard, WM_LBUTTONDOWN, 0, 0 ),
>        PostMessage( Keyboard, WM_LBUTTONUP,   0, 0 );
> 
wait until you see what a real computer can do

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Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-10 13:52 -0700
  Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. % <persent@gmail.com> - 2018-07-10 13:56 -0700
  ReKilling Cortana zombies. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-13 01:47 -0700
  Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. Storage Unit <storage.unit@mailinator.com> - 2018-07-15 22:01 -0500
    As I get older, I give fewer and fewer fucks. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-15 22:09 -0700
      If the keyboard doesn't come up right away. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-16 06:12 -0700
        ITipInvocation.Toggle() fails BIG TIME if it's called more than once a second. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-23 03:12 -0700
          I'm narrowing it down, hopefully. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-23 16:34 -0700
            InputApp and TabTIP are _always_ killed. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-25 05:48 -0700
              Kill&ReStart the "touch keyboard" before bringing it "up" ( on screen ). Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-28 12:31 -0700
                Kill&ReStart the "touch keyboard" before bringing it "up" ( on screen ). Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-30 06:15 -0700
        Re: Another fail, another post... "Colonel Edmund J. Burke" <burkesbabes@bigass-babes.com> - 2018-07-25 07:00 -0700
    Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-07-16 16:05 +0000
      Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2018-07-16 19:31 +0300
      Switch SysFolders to Short, Friendly Paths, all under "C:\__" ( Home ). Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-16 10:15 -0700
      Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. Storage Unit <storage.unit@mailinator.com> - 2018-07-17 05:32 -0500
        Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. % <Persent@gmail.com> - 2018-07-18 06:23 -0700
  Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. "reber G=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2018-07-22 10:43 -0700
    Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2018-07-22 11:06 -0700
    You can convert your speech into text, instead of typing. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-22 11:48 -0700
      Re: You can convert your speech into text, instead of typing. Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2018-07-22 16:22 -0700
  Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. "reber G=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2018-07-31 19:46 -0700
    NewsPapers and HandWritten letters are still good; just not as good. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-31 20:18 -0700

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