ntddkbd.h header

2023-01-24

This is the include file that defines all constants and types for accessing the keyboard device.

For more information, see:

Human Interface Devices Reference

ntddkbd.h contains the following programming interfaces:

IOCTLs


IOCTL_KEYBOARD_QUERY_ATTRIBUTES The IOCTL_KEYBOARD_QUERY_ATTRIBUTES request returns information about the keyboard attributes.
IOCTL_KEYBOARD_QUERY_EXTENDED_ATTRIBUTES The IOCTL_KEYBOARD_QUERY_EXTENDED_ATTRIBUTES request returns information about the extended keyboard attributes.
IOCTL_KEYBOARD_QUERY_INDICATOR_TRANSLATION The IOCTL_KEYBOARD_QUERY_INDICATOR_TRANSLATION request returns information about the mapping between scan codes and keyboard indicators.
IOCTL_KEYBOARD_QUERY_INDICATORS The IOCTL_KEYBOARD_QUERY_INDICATORS request returns information about the keyboard indicators.
IOCTL_KEYBOARD_QUERY_TYPEMATIC The IOCTL_KEYBOARD_QUERY_TYPEMATIC request returns the keyboard typematic settings.
IOCTL_KEYBOARD_SET_INDICATORS The IOCTL_KEYBOARD_SET_INDICATORS request sets the keyboard indicators.
IOCTL_KEYBOARD_SET_TYPEMATIC The IOCTL_KEYBOARD_SET_TYPEMATIC request sets the keyboard typematic settings.

Structures


KEYBOARD_ATTRIBUTES KEYBOARD_ATTRIBUTES specifies the attributes of a keyboard.
KEYBOARD_EXTENDED_ATTRIBUTES KEYBOARD_EXTENDED_ATTRIBUTES specifies the extended attributes of a keyboard.
KEYBOARD_INDICATOR_PARAMETERS KEYBOARD_INDICATOR_PARAMETERS specifies the state of a keyboard's indicator LEDs.
KEYBOARD_INDICATOR_TRANSLATION KEYBOARD_INDICATOR_TRANSLATION specifies a device-specific, variable length array of mappings between keyboard scan codes and LED indicators.
KEYBOARD_INPUT_DATA KEYBOARD_INPUT_DATA contains one packet of keyboard input data.
KEYBOARD_TYPEMATIC_PARAMETERS KEYBOARD_TYPEMATIC_PARAMETERS specifies a keyboard's typematic settings.
KEYBOARD_UNIT_ID_PARAMETER KEYBOARD_UNIT_ID_PARAMETER specifies the unit ID that Kbdclass assigns to a keyboard.