If you’re writing a WPF application and need to find the state of the Num Lock, Caps Lock, or Scroll Lock keys, you can use the Keyboard.IsToggled method (introduced in .NET 3.0):

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var isNumLockToggled = Keyboard.IsKeyToggled(Key.NumLock);
var isCapsLockToggled = Keyboard.IsKeyToggled(Key.CapsLock);
var isScrollLockToggled = Keyboard.IsKeyToggled(Key.Scroll);

Add this using directive to the top of your class, if it’s not already there:

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using System.Windows.Input;

Internally, the IsToggled() method checks to see whether or not a KeyStates.Toggled flag is set for the specified key.

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[Flags]
public enum KeyStates : byte
{
    None = (byte) 0,
    Down = (byte) 1,
    Toggled = (byte) 2,
}