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The keyboard is an important means of user input on most mobile
devices. A hardware–independent keyboard model enables devices to
support a variety of keyboards. The OEM usually determines the
keyboard layout for a specified device. Microsoft provides
recommended keyboard layouts for many locales and languages at this
A device with an integrated alphanumeric hardware keyboard is recommended to set the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shell\HasKeyboard registry key to a value of 1.
In This Section
- Keyboard Reference
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Provides an explanation of the programming elements available for interacting with a keyboard.
- Receiving Keyboard Input
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Describes how to work with keyboard input, including displaying special characters, hot keys, and multithreading.
- Keys and Key Codes for Windows Mobile
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Provides descriptions of all of the virtual key codes and mappings supported for Windows Mobile.
In addition, the following small topics are listed under the topic Keys and Key Codes for Windows Mobile.
- Chorded FN Button
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Describes the how the keyboard driver should support the MENU accelerator key.
- D-pad Virtual Key Code Support
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Describes the virtual key codes used by the d–pad and rocker.
- Menu Button and Start Button
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Describes the keys used to display the start menu and context menus.
- Smart Auto-Deploy
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Describes how to hide the Software Input Panel (SIP) if a hardware keyboard is in use. This optimizes use of the device's display.
- SmartMinimize Button
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Describes how to use hardware buttons to minimize a foreground dialog.
- Sticky Modifier Keys
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Describes how modifier keys such as shift or Fn can be used without having to press multiple keys at once.