ACCEL

This structure defines an accelerator key used in an accelerator table.

At a Glance

Header file: Winuser.h
Windows CE versions: 1.0 and later

Syntax

typedef struct tagACCEL {
BYTE fVirt;
WORD key;
WORD cmd;
WORD pad;
} ACCEL;

Members

fVirt

Specifies the accelerator flags. It can be a combination of the following values:

Value Description
FALT The ALT key must be held down when the accelerator key is pressed.
FCONTROL The CTRL key must be held down when the accelerator key is pressed.
FNOINVERT Specifies that no top-level menu item is highlighted when the accelerator is used. If this flag is not specified, a top-level menu item will be highlighted, if possible, when the accelerator is used.
FSHIFT The SHIFT key must be held down when the accelerator key is pressed.
FVIRTKEY The key member specifies a virtual-key code. If this flag is not specified, key is assumed to specify an ASCII character code.

key

Specifies the accelerator key. This member can be either a virtual-key code or an ASCII character code.

cmd

Specifies the accelerator identifier. This value is placed in the low-order word of the wParam parameter of the WM_COMMAND or WM_SYSCOMMAND message when the accelerator is pressed.

pad

Reserved member that creates a WORD of padding between accelerator table entries.

See Also

WM_COMMAND, WM_SYSCOMMAND, CreateAcceleratorTable