Get Keyboard state in Universal Windows Apps

Question

I want to detect a key combination (e.g. Control-A) in a Windows App. The KeyDown event handler has information about the last key pressed. But how

Answer 1

You can use CoreVirtualKeyStates.HasFlag(CoreVirtualKeyStates.Down) to determine is the Ctrl key has been pressed, like this -

Window.Current.CoreWindow.KeyDown += (s, e) =>
{
    var ctrl = Window.Current.CoreWindow.GetKeyState(VirtualKey.Control);
    if (ctrl.HasFlag(CoreVirtualKeyStates.Down) && e.VirtualKey == VirtualKey.A)
    {
        // do your stuff
    }
};