Handling Key Event in Console Application

Question

Hi all

i want to handle the event when user press a key (suppose he press Tab key)

now in my console application i want to do something like

if (key == Keys.Tab)

{

   //some logic

     e. handled = true;

}

so that no input goes to an active application from tab key

I can easily do this in windows but not able to do in console application

any help would be great

Answer 1

Hi, you need to handle the keys in this way:

ConsoleKeyInfo key = Console.ReadKey();
if (key.Key == ConsoleKey.Tab)
{
    //do something...
}

 

Answer 2

i do not want to send Enter key as input to the active window

by employing your logic  //do something...  is performed

then Enter key functionality is performed

for eg.

i want that on pressing  F font size of notepad should change

Now By employing this logic when i press f font gets changed along with f written on notepad.

Answer 3

I'm sorry, let me see if I understand correctly what you're trying to do:

You want "something" that catch all user input, like a background process, which take the pressed key, do some work, and then send nothing to active window?

 

Answer 4

yes something like that

Answer 5

I suggest to you the following links:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/toub/archive/2006/05/03/589423.aspx

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/7294/Processing-Global-Mouse-and-Keyboard-Hooks-in-C

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4598895/how-to-create-non-window-bound-keyboard-shortcuts

http://www.geekpedia.com/tutorial53_Getting-input-from-keyboard.html