Check whether character needs Shift key to be pressed

Asked Mar 23 '21 at 17:02

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I'm trying to write a program, that can write text to an input field (by simulating key presses). For that I need to be able to know whether Shift needs to be pressed in order to write a specific character. The isupper(char) method works great, but doesn't give the desired result when asking for stuff like a question mark, slashes, or similar characters.

isupper('?') -> false

Is there any method that tells me if I need to press Shift in order to write a specific character?

edited Mar 23 '21 at 17:14

Remy Lebeau

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asked Mar 23 '21 at 17:02

Vollidiotischer

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There is an easier way. If you are using `SendInput()` to simulate text input (which you should be), it has a `KEYEVENTF_UNICODE` flag available that you can use to send characters as-is, then you don't need to simulate Shift at all. – Remy Lebeau Mar 23 '21 at 17:15
Thanks. If it is really that easy I will be sure to try it out! – Vollidiotischer Mar 23 '21 at 17:23
See [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/31307429/65863) for an example – Remy Lebeau Mar 23 '21 at 17:25
Nice thanks it works. – Vollidiotischer Mar 23 '21 at 17:32

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