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4/8/2010
An accelerator allows the user to activate a menu item when the focus is anywhere in the application. The accelerator is often activated by a key combination, such as CTRL+C for copying.
One of the accelerators, the MENU key, replaces the classic Control key.
The keyboard driver needs to post the following sequence of messages:
- If the MENU button is pressed, send (VK_CONTROL, down).
- If the MENU button is released and no chorded keys are
detected, send
- (VK_CONTROL, up)
- (VK_APP, down)
- (VK_APP, up)
- (VK_CONTROL, up)
- If a generic key K is pressed while the MENU button is down
then send (VK_k, down), where VK_k is the associated virtual key.
- If the key K is released while the MENU button is down, then
send (VK_k, up).
- If the MENU key is released send VK_CONTROL, UP.
Note that not all Windows Mobile devices support accelerator keys, especially devices with 9–key keyboards.