CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c++windows
user372743
user372743

Reputation:

Capture All Keyboard Input

First off, I know this could be used for a keylogger. I'm not going for that, I'm looking to make an application that listens for custom key combinations just to automate a few really annoying tasks.

Is there some way to capture all input from the keyboard?

Upvotes: 8

Views: 17108

Answers (2)

David Heffernan
David Heffernan

Reputation: 613272

You appear to be looking for RegisterHotKey().

I don't think you want to hook all keyboard input. You simply want an app with a hidden window listening for WM_HOTKEY. I don't think you even need to write it yourself. There are a lots of utilities that will do it for you and let you associate system-wide hot keys with actions of your specification, e.g. AutoHotKey.

Upvotes: 4

Andriy Tylychko
Andriy Tylychko

Reputation: 16266

to capture keyboard input even when your application is not focused, you need to use windows hook, WH_KEYBOARD one. It should be implemented as a DLL to be injected into all processes. Example here

Upvotes: 4

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