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Learn more about: Setting a Hot Key

Setting a Hot Key

11/04/2016

keyboard shortcuts [MFC], hot keys

access keys [MFC], hot keys

CHotKeyCtrl class [MFC], setting hot key

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Setting a Hot Key

Your application can use the information provided by a hot key (CHotKeyCtrl) control in one of two ways:

Set up a global hot key for activating a nonchild window by sending a WM_SETHOTKEY message to the window to be activated.
Set up a thread-specific hot key by calling the Windows function RegisterHotKey.

See also

Using CHotKeyCtrl
Controls