Handling the hotkey for menu item - c++

Question

I have created a new menu item "Extra" and add it to the window's main menu.
HMENU menu = GetMenu(hWnd);
HMENU popup = CreatePopupMenu();
AppendMenu(menu, MF_STRING | MF_POPUP, (UINT)popup, L"Extra");
SetMenu(hWnd, popup);
Next I inserted new item to "Extra" item with hotkey:
#define IDM_ITEM1 12310
and:
MENUITEMINFOW mmi;
mmi.cbSize = sizeof(MENUITEMINFOW);
mmi.fMask = MIIM_STRING | MIIM_ID;
mmi.fType = MFT_STRING;
mmi.dwTypeData = L"First item\tCtrl+N";
mmi.wID = IDM_ITEM1;
InsertMenuItemW(popup, 1, true, &mmi);
And handle "First item" click:
case WM_COMMAND:
{
switch(LOWORD(wParam))
{
case IDM_ITEM1:
{
MessageBox(0, L"First", L"", MB_OK);
break;
}
}
break;
}
And now when I click on "First item" a message box is appeared.
But when I press Ctrl+N hotkey - nothing happens. Why? How to fix this (without using accelerator resources)?

Answer 1

without using accelerator resources ?
You need to create an array of ACCEL and then call the CreateAcceleratorTable function:
ACCEL s_accel[2] = {{FCONTROL | FVIRTKEY, TEXT('C'), IDM_COLOR},
{FCONTROL | FVIRTKEY, TEXT('Q'), IDM_QUIT}};
HACCEL h_accel = CreateAcceleratorTable(s_accel, 2);
MSG msg;
while (GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0))
{
if (!TranslateAccelerator(hwnd, h_accel, &msg))
{
TranslateMessage(&msg);
DispatchMessage(&msg);
}
}
DestroyAcceleratorTable(h_accel);