Caps Lock State on Windows

N3wCr4Zy · Dec 11, 2009

how to i get Caps Lock state (on/off) on windows with win32api?

census · Dec 11, 2009

N3wCr4Zy said:
how to i get Caps Lock state (on/off) on windows with win32api?

public static extern short GetKeyState(int keyCode)
in user32.dll

Gabriel Genellina · Dec 12, 2009

En Thu said:
how to i get Caps Lock state (on/off) on windows with win32api?

py> from win32api import GetKeyState
py> from win32con import VK_CAPITAL
py> GetKeyState(VK_CAPITAL) # normal
0
py> GetKeyState(VK_CAPITAL) # CAPS LOCK set
1

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms645530(VS.85).aspx

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