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A keyboard accelerator (or, simply, accelerator) is a keystroke or combination of keystrokes that generates a WM_COMMAND or WM_SYSCOMMAND message for an application.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| About Keyboard Accelerators | Discusses keyboard accelerators. |
| Using Keyboard Accelerators | Discusses tasks that are associated with keyboard accelerators. |
| Keyboard Accelerator Reference | Contains the API reference. |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| CopyAcceleratorTable | Copies the specified accelerator table. This function is used to obtain the accelerator-table data that corresponds to an accelerator-table handle, or to determine the size of the accelerator-table data. |
| CreateAcceleratorTable | Creates an accelerator table. |
| DestroyAcceleratorTable | Destroys an accelerator table. |
| LoadAccelerators | Loads the specified accelerator table. |
| TranslateAccelerator | Processes accelerator keys for menu commands. The function translates a WM_KEYDOWN or WM_SYSKEYDOWN message to a WM_COMMAND or WM_SYSCOMMAND message (if there is an entry for the key in the specified accelerator table) and then sends the WM_COMMAND or WM_SYSCOMMAND message directly to the specified window procedure. TranslateAccelerator does not return until the window procedure has processed the message. |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| WM_CHANGEUISTATE | Sent to indicate that the UI state should be changed. |
| WM_INITMENU | Sent when a menu is about to become active. It occurs when the user clicks an item on the menu bar or presses a menu key. This allows the application to modify the menu before it is displayed. A window receives this message through its WindowProc function. |
| WM_QUERYUISTATE | Sent to retrieve the UI state for a window. |
| WM_UPDATEUISTATE | Sent to change the UI state for the specified window and all its child windows. |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| WM_INITMENUPOPUP | Sent when a drop-down menu or submenu is about to become active. This allows an application to modify the menu before it is displayed, without changing the entire menu. |
| WM_MENUCHAR | Sent when a menu is active and the user presses a key that does not correspond to any mnemonic or accelerator key. This message is sent to the window that owns the menu. |
| WM_MENUSELECT | Sent to a menu's owner window when the user selects a menu item. |
| WM_SYSCHAR | Posted to the window with the keyboard focus when a WM_SYSKEYDOWN message is translated by the TranslateMessage function. It specifies the character code of a system character key that is, a character key that is pressed while the ALT key is down. |
| WM_SYSCOMMAND | A window receives this message when the user chooses a command from the Window menu or when the user chooses the maximize button, minimize button, restore button, or close button. |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ACCEL | Defines an accelerator key used in an accelerator table. |