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

From Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
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 2018-07-16 16:05 +0000
Organization Miskatonic U
Message-ID <slrnpkpgik.13ie.g.kreme@Snow.local> (permalink)
References (2 earlier) <phfok1$fmb$3@dont-email.me> <a960d541-aed5-43b0-9fd9-7e6ec469940a@googlegroups.com> <Jeff-Relf.Me@Jul.10--2.24am.Seattle.2018> <Jeff-Relf.Me@Jul.10--1.52pm.Seattle.2018> <0eet1f-5ld.ln1@news.neodome.net>

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In message <0eet1f-5ld.ln1@news.neodome.net> Storage Unit <storage.unit@mailinator.com> wrote:
> Jeff-Relf.Me  @. writes:

>> 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" ),
>                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Things like that are the reason why Windows programs suddenly break when
> something is not installed to default location.

Are you even able to install microsoft crap in a custom location?

Microsoft has been reliant on hard-coded paths since before Windows,
and Windows 10 is no different.

-- 
'Winners never talk about glorious victories. That's because they're the
ones who see what the battlefield looks like afterwards. It's only the
losers who have glorious victories.' --Small Gods

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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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