GlobalKeyboardHook

A Low-Level Global Keyboard Hook runs on a separate thread.

Events

Name
KeyDown
KeyUp
KeyPressed

Methods

Name
Start
Stop
Dispose

Example

GlobalKeyboardHook hook = new GlobalKeyboardHook();
hook.KeyDown += OnKeyDown;
hook.Start();

private void OnKeyDown(sender s, KeyboardHookEventArgs e)
{
   if(e.Key == VirtualKey.B && e.IsCtrl)
   {
        // Ctrl + B
   }
}

Since the GlobalKeyboardHook operates on a different thread, you’ll need to update the UI in the KeyDown/KeyUp/KeyPressed events via a DispatcherQueue. Failing to do so will result in an exception.

Demo

you can run demo and see this feature.