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kristian / system-hook

Global Keyboard / Mouse Hook for Java applications.
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Getting raw input of unregistered keys and mouse buttons #23

Closed TrevorCow closed 6 years ago

TrevorCow commented 6 years ago

Will there be the future ability to get raw keyboard presses (such as macro keys) as well as mouse buttons (mouse button 4, 5 etc.)?

kristian commented 6 years ago

Hi Trevor. I don't own a keyboard with macro keys, so I am a little unsure how keyboards / os handle these. In case (what I assume) they are using specific drivers to capture the macro key presses, I don't think it is feasible to capture these in a library, as it would require propriatory code to work. This library generally uses two different concepts on capturing key presses. You may want to enable "raw" mode (by supplying true to the constructor) in order to get the raw keyboard / mouse inputs. Maybe if you are lucky and the inputs of your macro keys will reach the library. Hope this helps.

kristian commented 6 years ago

I will close this issue for now, as I havn't heared back from you. In case more input is needed, please feel free to reopen this issue anytime.