Use "ESC" key as close key?
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From: Duncan Di Saudelli on 22 Dec 2009 09:19 Hello Instead of pressing ALT+F4, or instead of using my mouse to click on the red"X" in Windows XP, how can I set the escape key to close the window or end the program? I suppose there is some freeware that can detect the "esc" key (or any other key for that matter) and translate it to anything I want, but I'm hoping there may be a regedit to do it natively within XP. Any ideas please? thanks DDS
From: Poutnik on 22 Dec 2009 10:08 In article <7pc2s8F3noU1(a)mid.individual.net>, not(a)home.com says... > > Hello > > Instead of pressing ALT+F4, or instead of using my mouse to click on the > red"X" in Windows XP, how can I set the escape key to close the window or > end the program? > > I suppose there is some freeware that can detect the "esc" key (or any other > key for that matter) and translate it to anything I want, but I'm hoping > there may be a regedit to do it natively within XP. > > Any ideas please? > > thanks > > DDS I do not know if there is such a utility, but I would advice against it. Many software relay in the usual ESC functionality. And you could confuse yourself when which is active. -- Poutnik The best depends on how the best is defined.
From: Mike Easter on 22 Dec 2009 10:38 Duncan Di Saudelli wrote: > Any ideas please? Maybe you should configure a biometric device/sensor/input so that if you blink your eyes twice in rapid succession all of the windows and open programs will close sequentially; that is two quick blinks close the top window or active program; two more quick blinks close the next one, and so forth. :-/ -- Mike Easter
From: Duncan Di Saudelli on 22 Dec 2009 13:52 >> Any ideas please? > > Maybe you should configure a biometric device/sensor/input so that if > you blink your eyes twice in rapid succession all of the windows and > open programs will close sequentially; that is two quick blinks close > the top window or active program; two more quick blinks close the next > one, and so forth. > > :-/ Well, a while ago I did have a motion sensor built into my chair which detected when I was rocking backwards and forwards; the program sensed my mounting levels of frustration and automatically rebooted the computer for me. I wrote the code for it in C# and called it "Romanian Orphan"
From: Duncan Di Saudelli on 22 Dec 2009 13:53
>> >>Instead of pressing ALT+F4, or instead of using my mouse to click on the >>red"X" in Windows XP, how can I set the escape key to close the window or >>end the program? > I'm not aware of any program to do that, but I give plus points > to any program which allows quitting by using the ESC key. You'd like Xnview in that case! http://www.xnview.com Also PSPad http://www.pspad.com/en/ (Two of my favourites). DDS |