Question: How to get unicode char code from KeyEventArgs?

[aBothe]

Is there a way to reproduce the actual (maybe dependent on the system's keyboard layout settings) key code (and the char instance) only from KeyEventArgs?

Imho, it's not possible directly - so KeyEventArgs should feature at least a unicode number to have the actual char representation directly available without further circumstances.

[slluis]

Nope, there is no api for that right now

[aBothe]

I guess extending the KeyEventArgs by a simple utf16 c# char value should do it, right?
Of course, e.g. on sys key events, this value should be '\0' then or similarly invalid.

[slluis]

Yep

[sevoku]

A new KeyEventArgs.Text property would be nice. I think all backends have function to get the Unicode for the key. But localization must be kept in mind, I think Mac uses the en-us layout for key events by default.