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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Menu+key%22">"Menu key"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Menu+key%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Menu+key%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Menu+key%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Menu+key%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Menu+key%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2016</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kontextmen%C3%BC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Kontextmen%C3%BC.jpg/220px-Kontextmen%C3%BC.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Kontextmen%C3%BC.jpg/330px-Kontextmen%C3%BC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Kontextmen%C3%BC.jpg/440px-Kontextmen%C3%BC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1439" data-file-height="1099" /></a><figcaption>The Menu key</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Menu_key_--_Diatec_and_Dell.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Menu_key_--_Diatec_and_Dell.jpg/220px-Menu_key_--_Diatec_and_Dell.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Menu_key_--_Diatec_and_Dell.jpg/330px-Menu_key_--_Diatec_and_Dell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Menu_key_--_Diatec_and_Dell.jpg/440px-Menu_key_--_Diatec_and_Dell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1732" data-file-height="1299" /></a><figcaption>Two different key cap versions</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Copilot_key.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Copilot_key.jpg/220px-Copilot_key.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Copilot_key.jpg/330px-Copilot_key.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Copilot_key.jpg/440px-Copilot_key.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="1632" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Copilot" title="Microsoft Copilot">Copilot</a> key (at center) on a <a href="/wiki/Lenovo_Legion" title="Lenovo Legion">Lenovo Legion</a> 7i laptop. Starting in 2024, this key replaces the menu key for licensed Windows-compatible keyboards.</figcaption></figure> <p>In computing, the <b>menu key</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1249182868">.mw-parser-output .keyboard-key{border:1px solid #aaa;border-radius:0.2em;box-shadow:0.1em 0.1em 0.2em rgba(0,0,0,0.1);background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);background-image:linear-gradient(to bottom,var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0),var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa),var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0));color:var(--color-base,#202122);padding:0.1em 0.3em;font-family:inherit;font-size:0.85em}</style><kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">≣ Menu</kbd>), or <b>application key</b>, is a key with the primary function to launch a <a href="/wiki/Context_menu" title="Context menu">context menu</a> with the keyboard rather than with the usual right-mouse button.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was previously found on <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>-oriented <a href="/wiki/Computer_keyboard" title="Computer keyboard">computer keyboards</a> and was introduced at the same time as the <a href="/wiki/Windows_key" title="Windows key">Windows logo key</a>. On keyboards including the key, its symbol would usually have been a small icon depicting a <a href="/wiki/Pointer_(computing_WIMP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pointer (computing WIMP)">pointer</a> hovering above a menu; it would typically have been found on the right side of the keyboard between the right <a href="/wiki/Windows_key" title="Windows key">Windows logo key</a> and the right <a href="/wiki/Control_key" title="Control key">control key</a> (or between the right <a href="/wiki/AltGr_key" title="AltGr key">AltGr key</a> and the right control key). While the Windows key is present on the vast majority of keyboards intended for use with the Windows operating system, the menu key was frequently omitted in the interest of space, particularly on portable and laptop keyboards. </p><p>It was able to be used when the right-mouse button was not present on a <a href="/wiki/Mouse_(computing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mouse (computing)">mouse</a>. </p><p>Some Windows public terminals did not have a Menu key on their keyboard with the goal of preventing users from right-clicking; however, in many Windows applications, a similar functionality could be invoked with the <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249182868"><kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">⇧ Shift</kbd>+<kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">F10</kbd> <a href="/wiki/Keyboard_shortcut" title="Keyboard shortcut">keyboard shortcut</a>, or sometimes <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249182868"><kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">⇧ Shift</kbd>+<kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">F10</kbd>. </p><p>Some laptop computers include a <i>menu</i> function on the <i>fn</i> key (usually operated by typing <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249182868"><kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">⇧ Shift</kbd>+<kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">Fn</kbd>), however, this generally invokes functions built into the vendor's software and is not the same as the key described above. For example, the Logitech Illuminated Keyboard has an <i>FN</i> key where the menu key is usually found; pressing <i>FN,</i> together with the keyboard's <i>print screen</i> key <small>(above <i>home</i>)</small>, produces the Menu key function. </p><p>Programmers using the <a href="/wiki/Windows_API" title="Windows API">Windows API</a> can intercept this key by looking for a WM_KEYDOWN message with wParam VK_APPS (defined as 0x5D in winuser.h). It has key code 93 (VK_APPS 0x5D). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a> devices formerly came with physical menu buttons, but with the release of <a href="/wiki/Android_Honeycomb" title="Android Honeycomb">Android Honeycomb</a>, this was deprecated in favor of an on-screen button.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2024, Microsoft announced a <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Copilot" title="Microsoft Copilot">Microsoft Copilot</a> key that would replace the menu key on devices promoted as "<a href="/wiki/Artificial_intelligence" title="Artificial intelligence">AI</a> PCs"—later branded as "Copilot+ PC".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If Copilot is disabled or not available in a user's market, this key would launch <a href="/wiki/Windows_Search" title="Windows Search">Windows Search</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vergekey_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vergekey-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Menu_key&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hamburger_button" title="Hamburger button">Hamburger button</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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