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How does someone change the Alt-key behavior under Windows? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world to c/gamedev@programming.dev

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package int poll_win_RawInput(ref InputEvent output) nothrow @nogc {
	MSG msg;
	BOOL bret = PeekMessageW(&msg, null, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE);
	if (bret) {
		////Some code that supposed to swallow WM_SYSKEY and the likes, but does not work as intended////
		DispatchMessageW(&msg);//In the aforementioned block
		////Function that optionally gets text input messages////
 		switch (msg.message & 0xFF_FF) {
////Regular user input handling via RawInput and some legacy stuff + XInput handling in separate function////

Since it's for games, the default Alt key behavior is undesirable for me. It makes my test application hang and make error noises since it doesn't have a menubar. I checked whether my window had a flag that enabled the menubar or not, but couldn't find it.

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[–] blazebra@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago

The test of behaviour I tell is an input field, allowing to type letters of European languages like ü, ä, ą and so on. I’m quite disappointed when I can’t input something like „Łabądź” as a player name, but able to edit in memory or in save file.

Also I prefer to have Alt-F4 as an emergency exit