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F10 sends WM_SYSKEYDOWN because it _is_ a system key; it sets keyboard focus to the menu, just like pressing and releasing ALT without pressing another key in combination.<br />
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Windows has worked this way since Version 1.0. &nbsp;OS/2 works the same way.<br />
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..B ekiM<br />

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F10 sends WM_SYSKEYDOWN because it _is_ a system key; it sets keyboard focus to the menu, just like pressing and releasing ALT without pressing another key in combination.

Windows has worked this way since Version 1.0.  OS/2 works the same way.

..B ekiM


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I need to catch function key presses in a windows application (c++ non mfc, NT4).<br />
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WM_KEYDOWN works fine for all the F keys apart from F10 becuase windows intercepts this key and sends a WM_SYSCOMMAND to activate the system menu on the window.<br />
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Is there any way I can prevent windows doing this so that I can handle the F10 key press myself in the same way I handle all the other function keys?<br />

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I need to catch function key presses in a windows application (c++ non mfc, NT4).

WM_KEYDOWN works fine for all the F keys apart from F10 becuase windows intercepts this key and sends a WM_SYSCOMMAND to activate the system menu on the window.

Is there any way I can prevent windows doing this so that I can handle the F10 key press myself in the same way I handle all the other function keys?


WM_KEYDOWN and the F10 key (non MFC app)

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