This library provides an easy to use interface to use the native GetAsyncKeyState, GetKeyState and GetKeyboardState API.

To provide better compatibility to other implementations using VirtualKeyCodes i decided to not implement the enum myself and instead use the Windows Forms implementation which is a complete enum representing the native VK_ constants.

You can freely convert between Windows Forms Keys and WPF Key enum values.

Install-Package AsyncKeyState.Net

• Get the current KeyStates of any virtual key using the AsyncInput class
• Get and update all KeyStates at once using the KeyboardState class
• Automatically thread safe KeyboardState using a thread static cache
• Convert between WPF Key and Windows Forms Keys enum
• Documented and tested class library

Using the AsyncInput class:

// returns a flags enum representing the state of the control key
AsyncInput.GetKeyState(Keys.Control);

// returns true if the ctrl key is currently pressed
AsyncInput.IsPressed(Keys.Control);

// and much more

Using the KeyboardState class: (Which also includes mouse states ;))

var keyboard = new KeyboardState();

for (int i = KeyboardState.MinKeyValue; i < KeyboardState.MaxKeyValue; i++)
{
    Console.WriteLine(keyboard.IsPressed((Keys)i));
}

Console.ReadLine();

You can get a thread static instance of KeyboardState by using:

var keyboard = KeyboardState.GetThreadStatic();

The thread static instance is automatically thread safe by design.

The project file was generated using Visual Studio 2019.

Clone or download the repository and update/install the required NuGet packages.

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