Screenevent Alt & Ctrl

magellan · Post by **magellan** » Jan 18, 2011 21:43

Screenevent seems to return the same scancode for Alt and Ctrl keys.
Is it my keyboard?
Is it supposed to be like this or is it a bug?
If it is supposed to be like this, and how do i tell those 2 keys apart?
Any help would be highly appreciated!

Post by **fxm** » Jan 18, 2011 22:45

On my French keyboard

ScreenEvent in Graphic mode DirectX or GDI :
- Shift (left side) -> 42
- Ctrl (left side) -> 29
- Alt (left side) -> no detection
- Shift (right side) -> 42
- Ctrl (right side) -> 29
- Alt Gr (right side) -> 29

MultiKey in Text mode :
- Shift (left side) -> 42 & 54
- Ctrl (left side) -> 29
- Alt (left side) -> 56
- Shift (right side) -> 42 & 54
- Ctrl (right side) -> 29
- Alt Gr (right side) -> 29 & 56

MultiKey in Graphic mode DirectX :
- Shift (left side) -> 42
- Ctrl (left side) -> 29
- Alt (left side) -> 56
- Shift (right side) -> 54
- Ctrl (right side) -> 29
- Alt Gr (right side) -> 56

MultiKey in Graphic mode GDI :
- Shift (left side) -> 42 & 54
- Ctrl (left side) -> 29
- Alt (left side) -> 56
- Shift (right side) -> 42 & 54
- Ctrl (right side) -> 29
- Alt Gr (right side) -> 29 & 56

What coherence !!!

magellan · Post by **magellan** » Jan 19, 2011 4:31

Sounds like it isn't me then :)
Thats at least a little comforting
thanks fxm!