Missing Key-codes from input.h file.

[Matthias Brugger]

On 06/26/2012 08:47 AM, Dharam Kumar wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 12:02 PM, anish kumar
> <anish198519851985 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, 2012-06-25 at 23:24 +0530, Dharam Kumar wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 10:47 PM, anish kumar
>>> <anish198519851985 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 2012-06-25 at 18:52 +0530, Dharam Kumar wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I'm working on a module which is an input device and hence it needs to
>>>>> report certain key events.
>>>>>
>>>>> While browsing through the <linux/input.h>, I did find most of the
>>>>> key-codes(which I need to use)already defined but not all.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Few of the KEY_xxx which i could not find are:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> a.) A Key for going to the previous channel.
>>>>> b.) Keys for Moving upper-right, lower-right, upper-left and
>>>>> lower-left direction(probably a GUI(grid of icons),where you move
>>>>> diagonally)
>>>>> d.) A key for Subpicture (this 'subpicture' key is deeined in
>>>>> CEA-931C).
>>>> I think you are interested in the user space implementation of
>>>> the keys reported by the input subsystem of kernel.
>>>> Keys reported by the driver->input subsystem->reported to user space.
>>>>
>>>> I am not sure about linux way of reporting keys but in android the key
>>>> is reported at a particular sysfs file and this sysfs file is read by
>>>> eventhub.cpp.This file in turn is responsible for sending the events
>>>> to particular application and it is the responsibility of the
>>>> application how they interpret this keys.It can interpret events by
>>>> moving diagonally a pointer/touch or going left/right.
>>>>
>>> Thanks Anish ! To be clear, i just want to know the key-code
>>> which will be used by the Input Subsytem of the Kernel.
>>>
>>> For example, in <linux/input.h> file you will find a lot of #defines
>>> like the below,mapping different kind of key events to some key-code
>>> or value :
>>> #define KEY_UP                 0xXYZ
>>> #define KEY_DOWN         0xABC and so on...
>>>
>>> Now, I'm looking for key events like:
>>> #define KEY_PREVIOUSCHANNEL   <???>
>>> #define KEY_RIGHTUP                         <???>
>>> #define kEY_RIGHTLEFT                     <???>
>>> #define kEY_SUBPICTURE                 <???> and so on...
>>>
>>> You are probably right , that Userspace reads the key-events/key-codes
>>> from certain sysfs entries exported by Android Linux Kernel and these
>>> key-codes/events will be handled accordingly by the respective
>>> Framework/Application. But  I'm really not interested in how and what
>>> Userspace gets from Kernel.
>>> I'm interested in what values the Kernel or input subsystem will
>>> provide to such keys..
>> Do you have such keys in your device KEY_RIGHTUP?
>>
> Yes, my device is supposed to support such keys:
> RIGHTUP --> moves cursor upper-right direction.
> RIGHTDOWN ---> moves cursor lower-right direction.
> and similar keys for upper-left and lower-left cursor direction.
> Sadly, I could not find any #define in input.h file for such key events.

 From your response I interpret that you have some kind of custom 
key-pad, or anything similar which is not a standard keyboard.

If there are no such defines in the Kernel, it's probably because no one 
has had the need for them up to now.

I think the implementation should be done as Anish described beforehand. 
Anyway you can add some defines to your Kernel if this is a requirement 
for you.

Regards,
Matthias

>>>> Not sure if this is what you are interested in but would have been
>>>> better if you had described the problem in more detail.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anybody have any idea about this?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -
>>>>> Dharam
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