KeyboardStateToShiftState function

In unit Forms

Converts virtual key state codes to TShiftState values.

Declaration

pascal

function KeyboardStateToShiftState: TShiftState

Function result

Set type with the TShiftStateEnum values representing the current key states.

Description

Calls GetKeyState to get the virtual key codes for the following:

VK_SHIFT
VK_CONTROL
VK_MENU
VK_LWIN
VK_RWIN

The return value is a set type with the TShiftState values corresponding to the virtual key codes. It may be an empty set when none of the virtual keys are detected.

An experiment, built from development snapshots. Not the official Free Pascal or Lazarus documentation.