[PATCH v2 0/2] user32: Change GetKeyState() / GetKeyboardState() to fix some programs.

Markus Engel markus_wine at familie-engel.online
Mon May 18 11:35:57 CDT 2020


Hi,
the documentation for these two functions isn't clear about the contents
of the bits of the return value, except for the highest and lowest bit.
Some programs assume that the others are always set to zero, which seems
to be the actual behavior in Windows.

Specifically, this leads to stuck keys in "Age of Empires 2 HD" and "Age
of Empires 2: Definitive Edition" when tabbing out as reported in
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30814 .

The following patch makes sure that all undefined bits in the first byte
are set to zero.

Markus

v2: As the test for the first version revealed, Windows XP indeed
behaves differently from all newer versions. The patch now only clears
bits 1-6 in the first byte and uses sign extension to create the SHORT
return value again.

Signed-off-by: Markus Engel <markus_wine at familie-engel.online>

Markus Engel (2):
  user32: Force undefined bits in GetKeyState() and GetKeyboardState()
    to zero.
  user32/tests: Add more tests for GetKeyState().

 dlls/user32/input.c       | 6 +++++-
 dlls/user32/tests/input.c | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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