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<![endif]--><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2" /><meta name="keywords" content="Access, BeOS, BeBook, API" /><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="The Be Book" /><link rel="up" href="TheKeyboard.html" title="The Keyboard" /><link rel="prev" href="TheKeyboard.html" title="The Keyboard" /><link rel="next" href="TheKeyboard_Definitions.html" title="Definitions" /></head><body><div id="header"><div id="headerT"><div id="headerTL"><a accesskey="p" href="TheKeyboard.html" title="The Keyboard"><img src="./images/navigation/prev.png" alt="Prev" /></a> <a accesskey="u" href="TheKeyboard.html" title="The Keyboard"><img src="./images/navigation/up.png" alt="Up" /></a> <a accesskey="n" href="TheKeyboard_Definitions.html" title="Definitions"><img src="./images/navigation/next.png" alt="Next" /></a></div><div id="headerTR"><div id="navigpeople"><a href="http://www.haiku-os.org"><img src="./images/People_24.png" alt="haiku-os.org" title="Visit The Haiku Website" /></a></div><div class="navighome" title="Home"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html"><img src="./images/navigation/home.png" alt="Home" /></a></div><div class="navigboxed" id="navigindex"><a accesskey="i" href="ClassIndex.html" title="Index">I</a></div><div class="navigboxed" id="naviglang" title="English">en</div></div><div id="headerTC">The Be Book - Special Topics - The Keyboard</div></div><div id="headerB">Prev: <a href="TheKeyboard.html">The Keyboard</a> Up: <a href="TheKeyboard.html">The Keyboard</a> Next: <a href="TheKeyboard_Definitions.html">Definitions</a></div><hr /></div><div class="section"><div xmlns="" xmlns:d="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" class="titlepage"><div><div xmlns:d="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"><h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="TheKeyboard_Introduction"></a>Introduction</h2></div></div></div><p>This chapter covers everything you need to know about getting keyboard
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events, processing keyboard events, and learning about and changing the
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configuration of the user's keyboard.</p><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><a class="xref" href="TheKeyboard_Definitions.html" title="Definitions">Definitions</a></span></dt><dd><p>This section provides definitions of some keyboard-related
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terminology, and describes some basic concepts, including the different
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kinds of keys, an overview of keyboard mapping, and modifier keys.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a class="xref" href="TheKeyboard_ModifierKeys.html" title="Modifier Keys">Modifier Keys</a></span></dt><dd><p>Discusses modifier keys in more detail.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a class="xref" href="TheKeyboard_MoreOnKeyboardMapping.html" title="More On Keyboard Mapping">More On Keyboard Mapping</a></span></dt><dd><p>Discusses keyboard mapping in more detail.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a class="xref" href="TheKeyboard_CharacterConstants.html" title="Character Constants">Character Constants</a></span></dt><dd><p>Covers the constants used to idenfity special
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characters and other special keys, such as the function keys.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a class="xref" href="TheKeyboard_JourneyOfAKeystroke.html" title="Journey Of A Keystroke">Journey Of A Keystroke</a></span></dt><dd><p>Covers the process by which a keystroke
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makes its way from the keyboard to an application in BeOS.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a class="xref" href="TheKeyboard_KeyboardMessages.html" title="Keyboard Messages">Keyboard Messages</a></span></dt><dd><p>Section lists the keyboard messages that get
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generated when the user presses or releases a key.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a class="xref" href="TheKeyboard_KeyCodes.html" title="Key Codes">Key Codes</a></span></dt><dd><p>Provides information about the key codes used to
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represent each key on the keyboard, and discusses the functions that
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allow you to read the keyboard state, as well as setting and changing the
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mapping between key codes and characters.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a class="xref" href="TheKeyboard_KeyStates.html" title="Key States">Key States</a>, </span><span class="term">Key States</span></dt><dd><p>Discusses the ability to determine at any time
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which keys are down and which are not, using a bit-array of key states.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Input Functions (from the Input Server chapter)</span></dt><dd><p>Lists all keyboard-related functions, and includes specifics on how to read and
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understand the keymap-related structures.</p></dd></dl></div><div id="footer"><hr /><div id="footerT">Prev: <a href="TheKeyboard.html">The Keyboard</a> Up: <a href="TheKeyboard.html">The Keyboard</a> Next: <a href="TheKeyboard_Definitions.html">Definitions</a> </div><div id="footerB"><div id="footerBL"><a href="TheKeyboard.html" title="The Keyboard"><img src="./images/navigation/prev.png" alt="Prev" /></a> <a href="TheKeyboard.html" title="The Keyboard"><img src="./images/navigation/up.png" alt="Up" /></a> <a href="TheKeyboard_Definitions.html" title="Definitions"><img src="./images/navigation/next.png" alt="Next" /></a></div><div id="footerBR"><div><a href="http://www.haiku-os.org"><img src="./images/People_24.png" alt="haiku-os.org" title="Visit The Haiku Website" /></a></div><div class="navighome" title="Home"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html"><img src="./images/navigation/home.png" alt="Home" /></a></div></div><div id="footerBC"><a href="http://www.access-company.com/home.html" title="ACCESS Co."><img alt="Access Company" src="./images/access_logo.png" /></a></div></div></div><div id="licenseFooter"><div id="licenseFooterBL"><a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/" title="Creative Commons License"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png" /></a></div><div id="licenseFooterBR"><a href="./LegalNotice.html">Legal Notice</a></div><div id="licenseFooterBC"><span id="licenseText">This work is licensed under a
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