Multi tool use

How to send WM_INPUTLANGCHANGEREQUEST to app with modal window?

I wrote a keyboard switcher, which works well, but fails if current application has modal window opened. On keyboard switch I do the following

hwnd = GetForegroundWindow();
PostMessage(hwnd, WM_INPUTLANGCHANGEREQUEST, IntPtr.Zero, handle);


where

[DllImport("User32.dll", EntryPoint = "PostMessage")]
private static extern int PostMessage(IntPtr hWnd, int Msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);

[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr GetForegroundWindow();


but the language does not change.

How would I accomplish this?

Adding get root owner improved situation, but didn't help completely.

Adding call for GetDesktopWindow didn't help:

GetDesktopWindow

hwnd = GetDesktopWindow();
InputLangChangeRequest(hwnd, language);
hwnd = GetRootOwner();
InputLangChangeRequest(hwnd, language);


Code is here https://github.com/dims12/NormalKeyboardSwitcher

1 Answer
1

Use GetAncestor

GetAncestor

Retrieves the owned root window by walking the chain of parent and
owner windows returned by GetParent.

This should return the main UI window if there is a modal window, or a chain of modal window.

hwnd = GetForegroundWindow();
hwnd = GetAncestor(hwnd, GA_ROOTOWNER); //#define GA_ROOTOWNER 3


WM_INPUTLANGCHANGEREQUEST

WM_INPUTLANGCHANGEREQUEST

WM_INPUTLANGCHANGEREQUEST

static bool MyEnumProc(IntPtr hwnd, IntPtr lParam)
{
PostMessage(hwnd, WM_INPUTLANGCHANGEREQUEST, IntPtr.Zero, lParam);
return true;
}

static void Foo()
{
//Greek input for testing:
var hkl = LoadKeyboardLayout("00000408", KLF_ACTIVATE);
var hwnd = GetForegroundWindow();
if (hwnd != null)
{
hwnd = GetAncestor(hwnd, GA_ROOTOWNER);
PostMessage(hwnd, WM_INPUTLANGCHANGEREQUEST, IntPtr.Zero, (IntPtr)hkl);

StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(100);
GetClassName(hwnd, buf, 100);

//if this is a dialog class then post message to all descendants
if (buf.ToString() == "#32770")
EnumChildWindows(hwnd, MyEnumProc, (IntPtr)hkl);
}
}


GetAncestor

LoadKeyboardLayout("00000408", KLF_ACTIVATE)

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