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Button on Windows-oriented computer keyboards
In computing, the menu key, or application key, is a key with the primary function to launch a context menu with the keyboard rather than with the usual right-mouse button. It was previously found on Microsoft Windows-oriented computer keyboards and was introduced in 1994, at the same time as the Windows logo key. The menu key was sometimes omitted on smaller keyboards. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Menu keyA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Support for an Added-Sugar Menu-Labeling Policy among Key United States Population Groups in a Cross-Sectional SampleInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Commodore 128 data file programmingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Wisdom: A Key Option on the ADR Menu?Cited 0 times
- Go sideways: Windows keyA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Context menuA closely related topic
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📚 Books worth reading
Commodore 128 data file programmingMiller, David · 1987
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