Check if a certain key is being pressed?

Question

I need to check if the SHIFT or CTRL keys are being pressed in my VB.net application, any ideas? (get a boolean)

Answer 1

The following will return True or False depending on whether the key is pressed at that moment. From the wording of your question, I assume you are not asking about event handling, which is what the other answers have addressed.

My.Computer.Keyboard.ShiftKeyDown
My.Computer.Keyboard.CtrlKeyDown

Answer 2

If Control.ModifierKeys = Keys.Shift Or Control.ModifierKeys = Keys.Control Then
    ' Shift, Ctrl, or Shift+Ctrl is being pressed
Else
    ' Neither Shift nor Ctrl is being pressed
End If