I have the following code:
public void tbSpeed_KeyDown(object sender, KeyRoutedEventArgs e)
{
e.Handled = !((e.Key >= 48 && e.Key <= 57) || (e.Key >= 96 && e.Key <= 105) || (e.Key == 109) || (e.Key == 189));
}
Is there any way to detect if any modifier key like shift is being pressed ?
Use GetKeyState. e.g.
var state = CoreWindow.GetForCurrentThread().GetKeyState(VirtualKey.Shift);
return (state & CoreVirtualKeyStates.Down) == CoreVirtualKeyStates.Down;
Note: For Alt, you would use VirtualKey.Menu.
For Win10 UWP I noticed that the CTRL and SHIFT keys were set at Locked state. So I did the following:
var shiftState = CoreWindow.GetForCurrentThread().GetKeyState(VirtualKey.Shift);
var ctrlState = CoreWindow.GetForCurrentThread().GetKeyState(VirtualKey.Control);
var isShiftDown = shiftState != CoreVirtualKeyStates.None;
var isCtrlDown = ctrlState != CoreVirtualKeyStates.None;
You can try the following code
CoreVirtualKeyStates controlKeyState = Window.Current.CoreWindow.GetKeyState(VirtualKey.Control);
var ctrl = (controlKeyState & CoreVirtualKeyStates.Down) == CoreVirtualKeyStates.Down;
CoreVirtualKeyStates shiftKeyState = Window.Current.CoreWindow.GetKeyState(VirtualKey.Shift);
var shift = (shiftKeyState & CoreVirtualKeyStates.Down) == CoreVirtualKeyStates.Down;
Bitwise AND
the Modifiers
property of Keyboard with Shift
Key -
bool isShiftKeyPressed = (Keyboard.Modifiers & ModifierKeys.Shift)
== ModifierKeys.Shift;
Try this too-
bool isShiftKeyPressed = (ModifierKeys & Keys.Shift) == Keys.Shift;
OR
Control.ModifierKeys == Keys.Shift