Programming Windows with MFC - Capter 3. Mouse and keybord

1. Device drivers process mouse and keyboard interrupts and place the resultant event notifications in a systemwide queue known as the raw input queue.
   
   
2. A dedicated thread owned by the operating system monitors the raw input queue and transfers each message that shows up there to the appropriate thread message queue.
   
   
3. Win32's asynchronous input model solves this problem by using the raw input queue as a temporary holding buffer and moving input messages to thread message queues at the earliest opportunity.
   
   

4. Client-Area Mouse Messages

   Message	Sent When
   WM_LBUTTONDOWN	The left mouse button is pressed.
   WM_LBUTTONUP	The left mouse button is released.
   WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK	The left mouse button is double-clicked.
   WM_MBUTTONDOWN	The middle mouse button is pressed.
   WM_MBUTTONUP	The middle mouse button is released.
   WM_MBUTTONDBLCLK	The middle mouse button is double-clicked.
   WM_RBUTTONDOWN	The right mouse button is pressed.
   WM_RBUTTONUP	The right mouse button is released.
   WM_RBUTTONDBLCLK	The right mouse button is double-clicked.
   WM_MOUSEMOVE	The cursor is moved over the window's client area.

   int nButtonCount = ::GetSystemMetrics (SM_CMOUSEBUTTONS) ;

5. 
   If pairing is essential, a program can "capture" the mouse on receipt of a button-down message and release it when a button-up message arrives. 
   

6. For a CS_DBLCLKS-style window, two rapid clicks of the left mouse button over the window's client area produce the following sequence of messages:

   WM_LBUTTONDOWN WM_LBUTTONUP WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK WM_LBUTTONUP

   
   Applications that process single and double clicks of the same button typically select an object on the first click and take some action upon that object on the second click.

7.  As the mouse is moved, the window under the cursor receives a flurry of WM_MOUSEMOVE messages reporting the latest cursor position.

8. Message-Map Macros and Message Handlers for Client-Area Mouse Messages

   Message	Message-Map Macro	Handling Function
   WM_LBUTTONDOWN	ON_WM_LBUTTONDOWN	OnLButtonDown
   WM_LBUTTONUP	ON_WM_LBUTTONUP	OnLButtonUp
   WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK	ON_WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK	OnLButtonDblClk
   WM_MBUTTONDOWN	ON_WM_MBUTTONDOWN	OnMButtonDown
   WM_MBUTTONUP	ON_WM_MBUTTONUP	OnMButtonUp
   WM_MBUTTONDBLCLK	ON_WM_MBUTTONDBLCLK	OnMButtonDblClk
   WM_RBUTTONDOWN	ON_WM_RBUTTONDOWN	OnRButtonDown
   WM_RBUTTONUP	ON_WM_RBUTTONUP	OnRButtonUp
   WM_RBUTTONDBLCLK	ON_WM_RBUTTONDBLCLK	OnRButtonDblClk
   WM_MOUSEMOVE	ON_WM_MOUSEMOVE	OnMouseMove

9. The nFlags Parameter

   Mask	Meaning If Set
   MK_LBUTTON	The left mouse button is pressed.
   MK_MBUTTON	The middle mouse button is pressed.
   MK_RBUTTON	The right mouse button is pressed.
   MK_CONTROL	The Ctrl key is pressed.
   MK_SHIFT	The Shift key is pressed.

   
   

   if( 1 == nFlags & MK_LBUTTON ){ //do std }

10. When a WM_RBUTTONUP message is passed to the system for default processing, 
    Windows places a WM_CONTEXTMENU message in the message queue.