Remi05
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2 years ago From what I can tell, we need our application to be running to handle hotkeys, so a solution could be to launch our app in the background on startup with a "hotkey watcher" scenario. The app in this scenario would register for hot keys (eg. using RegisterHotKey and a message/hidden window) and launch the appropriate scenario (live inspector, snapshot capture). We could also add a System tray icon to communicate that the app is running.
Relevant doc:
- RegisterHotKey: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winuser/nf-winuser-registerhotkey
- Startup task: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/api/Windows.ApplicationModel.StartupTask?view=winrt-22621
- System tray icon: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.windows.forms.notifyicon?redirectedfrom=MSDN&view=windowsdesktop-6.0
It would useful to have hotkeys to toggle the overlay, the properties pane, etc.