User-definable NVDA key

[vtsaran]

When running NVDA inside virtual machines (particularly on the Mac) it is practically impossible to use INSERT, CAPSLOCK and CONTEXTMENU keys, present on most Windows keyboards. This makes it impossible to modify most of NVDA settings or access NVDA menus.
It would be desirable, therefore, to have a way to assign different key combination for NVDA key.

[jteh]

Having a combination of keys is pretty much out of the question, as it raises questions such as whether or not we should pass the individual keys through to the operating system. (The NVDA key is currently never passed through to the operating system unless it is pressed twice.)

However, we may be able to make the NVDA key configurable outside of the current options. This would probably be a hidden option.

I don't consider this to be of major priority. This is really a bug with the Mac virtual machine software; this works fine in VirtualBox, for example.

[vtsaran]

Replying to jteh:

Having a combination of keys is pretty much out of the question, as it raises questions such as whether or not we should pass the individual keys through to the operating system. (The NVDA key is currently never passed through to the operating system unless it is pressed twice.)

Agreed.

However, we may be able to make the NVDA key configurable outside of the current options. This would probably be a hidden option.

Also, it seems that INSERT key can be invoked on Mac keyboards after all (at least with VMWare Fusion), once the NUMLOCK key is in the "off" position. So perhaps the problem is with Parallels exclusively.

I don't consider this to be of major priority. This is really a bug with the Mac virtual machine software; this works fine in VirtualBox, for example.

Absolutely, this is pretty minor (why Trac defaults to "major"?)

[jteh]

Replying to vtsaran:

(why Trac defaults to "major"?)

It doesn't any longer. :) Thanks for the idea.