How does someone change the Alt-key behavior under Windows?
How does someone change the Alt-key behavior under Windows?
package int poll_win_RawInput(ref InputEvent output) nothrow @nogc {
MSG msg;
BOOL bret = PeekMessageW(&msg, null, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE);
if (bret) {
////Some code that supposed to swallow WM_SYSKEY and the likes, but does not work as intended////
DispatchMessageW(&msg);//In the aforementioned block
////Function that optionally gets text input messages////
switch (msg.message & 0xFF_FF) {
////Regular user input handling via RawInput and some legacy stuff + XInput handling in separate function////
Since it's for games, the default Alt key behavior is undesirable for me. It makes my test application hang and make error noises since it doesn't have a menubar. I checked whether my window had a flag that enabled the menubar or not, but couldn't find it.
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Found the solution, I have to put the following lines into the part that handles/intercepts the events related to the window itself:
case WM_SYSCHAR, WM_SYSDEADCHAR, WM_SYSKEYUP, WM_SYSKEYDOWN: return 0;Otherwise all event that goes through this window goes to
DefWindowProcW();even if interrupted.3If you’d have any user input, this would break it. Even if you emulate it using key codes later, localisation will be hard
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