INPUT structure (Windows)

Applies to: desktop apps only

Used by SendInput to store information for synthesizing input events such as keystrokes, mouse movement, and mouse clicks.

Syntax

typedef struct tagINPUT {
  DWORD type;
  union {
    MOUSEINPUT    mi;
    KEYBDINPUT    ki;
    HARDWAREINPUT hi;
  };
} INPUT, *PINPUT;

Members

type

Type: DWORD

The type of the input event. This member can be one of the following values.

Value	Meaning
INPUT_MOUSE 0	The event is a mouse event. Use the mi structure of the union.
INPUT_KEYBOARD 1	The event is a keyboard event. Use the ki structure of the union.
INPUT_HARDWARE 2	The event is a hardware event. Use the hi structure of the union.

 

mi

Type: MOUSEINPUT

The information about a simulated mouse event.

ki

Type: KEYBDINPUT

The information about a simulated keyboard event.

hi

Type: HARDWAREINPUT

The information about a simulated hardware event.

Remarks

INPUT_KEYBOARD supports nonkeyboard input methods, such as handwriting recognition or voice recognition, as if it were text input by using the KEYEVENTF_UNICODE flag. For more information, see the remarks section of KEYBDINPUT.

Requirements

See also

Reference

GetMessageExtraInfo

SendInput

keybd_event

mouse_event

HARDWAREINPUT

KEYBDINPUT

MOUSEINPUT

Conceptual

Keyboard Input

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