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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="question" id="keyboard-key-menu" xml:lang="fr">
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<link type="guide" xref="keyboard" group="a11y"/>
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<link type="seealso" xref="shell-keyboard-shortcuts"/>
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<link type="seealso" xref="a11y#mobility" group="keyboard"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.7.91" version="0.2" date="2013-03-16" status="new"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Juanjo Marin</name>
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<email>juanj.marin@juntadeandalucia.es</email>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
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<email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
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<desc>The <key>Menu</key> key launches a context menu with the keyboard
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rather than with a right-click.</desc>
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<license><p>Creative Commons Paternité-Partage des Conditions Initiales à l'Identique 3.0</p></license>
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<mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright">
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<mal:name>Luc Pionchon</mal:name>
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<mal:email>pionchon.luc@gmail.com</mal:email>
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<mal:years>2011</mal:years>
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<mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright">
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<mal:name>Claude Paroz</mal:name>
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<mal:email>claude@2xlibre.net</mal:email>
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<mal:years>2011</mal:years>
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<mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright">
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<mal:name>Alain Lojewski</mal:name>
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<mal:email>allomervan@gmail.com</mal:email>
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<mal:years>2011, 2012</mal:years>
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<mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright">
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<mal:name>Julien Hardelin</mal:name>
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<mal:email>jhardlin@orange.fr</mal:email>
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<mal:years>2011</mal:years>
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<mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright">
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<mal:name>Bruno Brouard</mal:name>
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<mal:email>annoa.b@gmail.com</mal:email>
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<mal:years>2011-12</mal:years>
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<mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright">
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<mal:name>yanngnome</mal:name>
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<mal:email>yannubuntu@gmail.com</mal:email>
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<mal:years>2012</mal:years>
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<mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright">
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<mal:name>Nicolas Delvaux</mal:name>
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<mal:email>contact@nicolas-delvaux.org</mal:email>
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<mal:years>2012</mal:years>
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<mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright">
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<mal:name>Mickael Albertus</mal:name>
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<mal:email>mickael.albertus@gmail.com</mal:email>
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<mal:years>2012</mal:years>
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<title>What is the <key>Menu</key> key?</title>
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<p>The <key>Menu</key> key, also known as the <em>Application</em> key, is a
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key found on some Windows-oriented keyboards. This key is usually on the
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bottom-right of the keyboard, next to the <key>Ctrl</key> key, but it can be
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placed in a different location by keyboard manufacturers. Its is usually
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depicted as a cursor hovering above a menu:
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<media type="image" mime="image/svg" src="figures/keyboard-key-menu.svg">
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<key>Menu</key> key icon</media>.</p>
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<cite>Juanjo Marin</cite>
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<p>Clipart under public domain downloaded from
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http://www.clker.com/clipart-15445.html</p>
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<p>The primary function of this key is to launch a context menu with the
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keyboard rather than by clicking the right mouse button: this is useful if
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mouse or a similar device is not available, or when the right mouse button is
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<p>The <key>Menu</key> key is sometimes omitted in the interest of space,
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particularly on portable and laptop keyboards. In this case, some keyboards
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include a <key>Menu</key> function key that can be activated in combination
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with the Function (<key>Fn</key>) key.</p>
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<p>The <em>context menu</em> is a menu that pops up when you right-click. The
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menu that you see, if any, is dependent on the context and function of the
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area that you right-clicked. When you use the <key>Menu</key> key, the
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context menu is shown for the area of the screen that your cursor is over at
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the point when the key is pressed.</p>
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