I want to create a new virtual key code in the windows API that I can assign scan codes to and read with GetKeyState but I cannot find a way to extend the enumeration.

I have tried using "unknown" virtual key codes in sharpkeys but some applications end up registering those virtual keys rendering my bindings obsolete.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/inputdev/virtual-key-codes

CodePudding user response：

Those key codes are just #defines, not an enumeration.

You can define your own, of course. But how do you plan to use them? What would make them a virtual key? Are you writing a keyboard driver?

CodePudding user response：

You can't define new virtual key codes. They are fixed values defined inside the OS that keyboard drivers must follow. Only Microsoft can define new key codes.