Alt key not working

[nomad]

I notice the left Alt key does not seem to send a EET_KEY_INPUT_EVENT, although the right AltGr key does sends a key input event. I don't know if there is a way around this without patching the engine, but here's what I did to fix it:

In CIrrDeviceWin32.cpp, I added a WM_SYSKEYDOWN message handler just before the WM_KEYDOWN message handler -

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	case WM_SYSKEYDOWN: //added - to get alt key message
		if (VK_F4 == (int) wParam) return DefWindowProc(hWnd, message, wParam, lParam); //added
	case WM_KEYDOWN:
		{
			event.EventType = irr::EET_KEY_INPUT_EVENT;

The idea with calling DefWindowProc is to process ALT-F4 messages to close the app.

Similarily with WM_KEYUP -

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	case WM_SYSKEYUP: //added
	case WM_KEYUP:
		{
			event.EventType = irr::EET_KEY_INPUT_EVENT;

This seems to have fixed my problem, now I can use CTRL-ALT key combinations, etc.