What is the Windows Forms equivalent of the WPF's Keyboard class?

Question

Question says it all - is there a class somewhere in Windows Forms that has the same functionality as the WPF System.Windows.Input.Keyboard? Or am I stuck always having to handle the keyboard events and keep my own state? (I'm specifically interested in a Forms analogue to IsKeyDown).

Alternatively, is there a no-fuss way to use this WPF functionality in my Forms project (I'm not very familiar with WPF, but this looks fussy)?

Answer 1

I don't believe there is an equivalent for WinForms. The best I know of is the static ModifierKeys property on Control but that is almost certainly not what you are looking for.

I believe you are stuck with handling the events and keeping your own state :(

Answer 2

Why do you need it? and why can't you simply use Windows.Input.Keyboard in your WinForms application? They are not incompatible, and can be used together. The only reason I can think of is that you need to target .NET 2.x platform and the client machines do not have .NET 3.x installed.

Answer 3

If you are not averse to P/Invoke, you may want to take a look at the Windows API GetKeyState function.