TBD new feature: alt+w hotkey to invoke mouse gesture function

Ninjacrab.PersistentWindows.Solution/Common/WinApiBridge/User32.cs

@@ -572,6 +572,21 @@ namespace PersistentWindows.Common.WinApiBridge
         [DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]
         public static extern IntPtr CallNextHookEx(IntPtr hhk, int nCode, uint wParam, IntPtr lParam);
 
+        [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+        public static extern bool RegisterHotKey(IntPtr hWnd, int id, uint fsModifiers, uint vk);
+
+        [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+        public static extern bool UnregisterHotKey(IntPtr hWnd, int id);
+
+        public enum KeyModifier
+        {
+            None = 0,
+            Alt = 1,
+            Control = 2,
+            Shift = 4,
+            WinKey = 8
+        }
+
     }
 
     public class Kernel32

Ninjacrab.PersistentWindows.Solution/SystrayShell/HotKey.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+using System;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
+
+using PersistentWindows.Common.WinApiBridge;
+
+namespace PersistentWindows.SystrayShell
+{
+    public class HotKeyForm : Form
+    {
+		public static void Start()
+        {
+            Thread messageLoop = new Thread(() =>
+            {
+                Application.Run(new HotKeyForm());
+            })
+            {
+                Name = "MessageLoopThread",
+                IsBackground = true
+            };
+
+            messageLoop.Start();
+        }
+        public HotKeyForm()
+        {
+            //InitializeComponent();
+
+            var r = User32.RegisterHotKey(this.Handle, 0, (int)User32.KeyModifier.Alt, 0x57);       // Register Alt + W 
+        }
+
+        protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
+        {
+            if (m.Msg == 0x0312)
+            {
+                /* Note that the three lines below are not needed if you only want to register one hotkey.
+                 * The below lines are useful in case you want to register multiple keys, which you can use a switch with the id as argument, or if you want to know which key/modifier was pressed for some particular reason. */
+
+                Keys key = (Keys)(((int)m.LParam >> 16) & 0xFFFF);                  // The key of the hotkey that was pressed.
+                User32.KeyModifier modifier = (User32.KeyModifier)((int)m.LParam & 0xFFFF);       // The modifier of the hotkey that was pressed.
+                int id = m.WParam.ToInt32();                                        // The id of the hotkey that was pressed.
+
+                // do something
+                //MessageBox.Show("Hotkey has been pressed!");
+            }
+
+            base.WndProc(ref m);
+        }
+
+        protected override void SetVisibleCore(bool value)
+        {
+            // Ensure the window never becomes visible
+            base.SetVisibleCore(false);
+        }
+
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            User32.UnregisterHotKey(this.Handle, 0);
+        }
+    }
+}
+

Ninjacrab.PersistentWindows.Solution/SystrayShell/Program.cs

@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ namespace PersistentWindows.SystrayShell
                 StartSplashForm();
             }
 
+            //HotKeyForm.Start();
             Application.Run();
         }
 

Ninjacrab.PersistentWindows.Solution/SystrayShell/SystrayShell.csproj

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Windows.Forms" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="HotKey.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\Resources.Designer.cs">
       <AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
       <DesignTime>True</DesignTime>