Re: Ctrl/Shift don't autorepeat

[Paul Chitescu]

On Thursday 26 November 2009 11:27:24 am Nikolay Sivov wrote:
> Dmitry Timoshkov wrote:
> > "Nikolay Sivov"  wrote:
> > > I've noticed some problems with keyboard input while testing my 
> > > favorite Listview control code.
> > > The problem is that Ctrl/Shift don't fire WM_KEYDOWNs properly: they 
> > > don't trigger autorepeat.
> > >
> > > Is it a known input processing problem?
> >
> > http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18296 ?
>
> Actually, no. I don't have unneeded keyups, the problem is that function 
> keys don't autorepeat while letter keys
> do it properly.

Are you using an USB keyboard? Can you experiment on a computer with PS/2 
keyboard?

I ask because USB HID doesn't provide autorepeat, that is emulated in kernel. 
Besides, modifier keys (there can be maximum 8 of them) are treated 
differently by HID keyboard spec.