Handling VirtualKey in Windows 8 Store Apps with C#

Question

I\'m aware of how to handle key events, i.e.

private void Page_KeyUp(object sender, KeyRoutedEventArgs e)
{
  switch (e.Key)
  {
    case Windows.System.Virt         


        

Answer 1

Got an answer elsewhere. For those that are interested...

public Foo()
{
    this.InitializeComponent();
    Window.Current.CoreWindow.CharacterReceived += KeyPress;
}

void KeyPress(CoreWindow sender, CharacterReceivedEventArgs args)
{
    args.Handled = true;
    Debug.WriteLine("KeyPress " + Convert.ToChar(args.KeyCode));
    return;
}

Even better, move the Window.Current.CoreWindow.CharacterReceived += KeyPress; into a GotFocus event handler, and add Window.Current.CoreWindow.CharacterReceived -= KeyPress; into a LostFocus event handler.