How to simulate pressing the Android menu button in ARC

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I'm using ARC Welder to test an APK in Chrome (on Windows). It works mostly fine but the app uses an old-style Android menu, opened by either pressing the hardware button on old devices, or touching the "3 vertical dots" soft button on newer ones. However the ARC window doesn't use a menu button nor does there seem to be a keyboard shortcut to open the menu (not that I could find anyway). Any ideas?

(Note: I know Google has more or less depricated there old style Android menus. But this is in an old APK).

The PgUp key is what works on the emulator -- does this work with ARC? — CommonsWare, Apr 15 '15 at 17:35
@Theyouthis I guess that would work but I was hoping not having to mondify the app. — Matthias, Apr 17 '15 at 09:43

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 17 '15 at 19:34

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ARC does not provide a way of simulating an Android menu button. We have thought about providing a button in the window frame, like we do for the back button, but we have not moved forward with it. Feel free to star the bug for it

answered Apr 17 '15 at 19:34

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 01 '17 at 23:22

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Ctrl+Windows+Esc (Win key is to prevent Windows opening the Start menu): https://github.com/vladikoff/chromeos-apk#tested-apps

Right Alt should work as well but most keyboards lack that key. https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=290361#c9

edited Mar 01 '17 at 23:22

Generic Bot

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answered Mar 01 '17 at 23:00

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How to simulate pressing the Android menu button in ARC

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