Shift-Right-Click to Open Non-default-bit Menu

[Dustydog]

This would reduce frustration greatly and save a lot of "Show 64 bit Context Menu" since I rather like having the 32-bit menu as the default.

Is there some easier way of switching menus on the fly currently implemented that I'm unaware of? Other than right click, "Show 64-bit Context Menu" wait a just slightly longer than I wish (fractions of a second, admittedly - is any way to have a check box to make this even more efficient? Memory resident? Not that it's bad....), then access the menu? (A little irritated that a few programs don't even like the 32-bit Send-to menu and I have to switch bits first, then Send-to.)

One has to do this so often, I'm asking. Please?

[bdeshi]

This could help : viewtopic.php?p=139732#p139732
Summary:
- Menu Key/SHIFT+F10: 32-bit Context Menu
- CTRL+Menu Key/CTRL+SHIFT+F10: 64-bit Context Menu
Note that "Show the 64-bit context menu" needs to be OFF for this.
No mouse here.

[Dustydog]

This could help : viewtopic.php?p=139732#p139732
Summary:
- Menu Key/SHIFT+F10: 32-bit Context Menu
- CTRL+Menu Key/CTRL+SHIFT+F10: 64-bit Context Menu
Note that "Show the 64-bit context menu" needs to be OFF for this.
No mouse here.

It's nice it's there. I assumed there was a shortcut (I've even got braille overlays to help make my function keys more touch-type-able). But I use a Lenovo laptop with one of those little rubber joysticks in the middle, so I've become more of a mouse user than ever (don't need to move your hands off the keys). Would still be nice to have a shift-right-click, though, especially as accessing a context menu is mostly a mouse-driven activity anyway.

[JLoftus]

Would still be nice to have a shift-right-click, though, especially as accessing a context menu is mostly a mouse-driven activity anyway.

Also, many people have only a menu key on the right side of the keyboard, and if you are right-handed (majority) and also use the mouse in right hand (majority) then this is not convenient.

Using a SHIFT+right click would solve this. Any chance of making this an option, or even a tweak?

Thanks

[jupe]

Using a SHIFT+right click would solve this. Any chance of making this an option, or even a tweak?

I doubt it because Shift is already used as a modifier for popping the extended context menu, so it would create a problem not solve it.
What you could do instead is rig up shortcut keys that you prefer to use (LH friendly), with something like the following commands to pop the context menu:

for single item selection only:

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popupcontextmenu , 32;
popupcontextmenu , 64;

or if you want to use it for multiple selected items:

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sendkeys "+{F10}";
sendkeys "^+{F10}";

use one of those commands above and set the keys you want to use via UDC: https://www.xyplorer.com/highlights.php#udc

[JLoftus]

Thanks, I'll give that a go this evening. Appreciate the tip.

[JLoftus]

Alright! With a little tweaking, I now have a perfect left-hand only key toggle for either menu.

The above code did not work assigning keys to a UDC directly, I just had to place the sendkeys command inside a script file and specify the script name, that works perfectly.

I used SHIFT + Grave Accent (above the tilde on US keyboards) to display the default XY context menu (thus a left-hand side menu button), and
I used CTRL + SHIFT + Grave Accent to display the 64-bit menu.

This works great, thanks again for the tip.

[jupe]

They all work for me directly as UDCs, it depends on what modifier key you are using though, anyway that is irrelevant now, I'm glad you got it working to your satisfaction.

[Dustydog]

I ended up really liking this little AHK script I wrote to make Win+Right-Click the 64-bit right-click context menu. The Win Key was a little tricky to use, but it doesn't mess anything else up here. I use it as part of my std remaps AHK executable.

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#IfWinActive ahk_class ThunderRT6FormDC

*<#RButton::

Send {RCtrl Down}
Send {AppsKey Down}

return

*<#RButton up::

Send {AppsKey Up}
Send {RCtrl Up}

return

#IfWinActive