diff --git a/CHANGELOG.markdown b/CHANGELOG.markdown
index 704c6ef..a16bd3a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.markdown
+++ b/CHANGELOG.markdown
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
 - Upgrade to [Dear ImGui v1.81](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/releases/tag/v1.81)
     - BREAKING: `imgui::ListBox::calculate_size(items_count: ..., height_in_items: ...)` has been removed as the function backing it has been marked as obsolete. The recommended approach is to calculate the size yourself and use `.size(...)` (or use the default auto-calculated size)
 
+- Restored methods to access keyboard based on backend-defined keyboard map indexes. These allow access to most keys, not just those defined in the small subset of `imgui::Keys` (note the available keys may be expanded in future by [imgui PR #2625](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/pull/2625))
+    - The new methods on `imgui::Ui` are `is_key_index_down`, `is_key_index_pressed`, `is_key_index_pressed_no_repeat`, `is_key_index_released`, `is_key_index_released`
+    - For example `ui.is_key_released(imgui::Key::A)` is same as `ui.is_key_index_released(winit::events::VirtualKeyCode::A as i32)` when using the winit backend
+
 ## [0.7.0] - 2021-02-04
 
 - Upgrade to [Dear ImGui v1.80](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/releases/tag/v1.80). (Note that the new table functionality is not yet supported, however)
diff --git a/imgui-examples/examples/keyboard.rs b/imgui-examples/examples/keyboard.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d857ce7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/imgui-examples/examples/keyboard.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+use imgui::*;
+
+mod support;
+
+fn main() {
+    let system = support::init(file!());
+    let mut press_counter = 0u32;
+    let mut press_no_repeat_counter = 0u32;
+    let mut release_counter = 0u32;
+    let mut ctrl_a_counter = 0u32;
+    let mut uncaptured_counter = 0u32;
+    let mut home_counter = 0u32;
+    let mut f1_release_count = 0u32;
+    let mut text_buffer = ImString::new("");
+
+    system.main_loop(move |_, ui| {
+        Window::new(im_str!("Means of accessing key state"))
+            .size([500.0, 300.0], Condition::FirstUseEver)
+            .build(ui, || {
+                // You can check if a key is currently held down
+                if ui.is_key_down(Key::A) {
+                    ui.text("The A key is down!");
+                } else {
+                    ui.text("The A key is not down");
+                }
+
+                // You can also check if the key has been pressed
+                // down, which is true for one frame. This has "key
+                // repeat" so will be true again based on the repeat
+                // delay and rate.
+                if ui.is_key_pressed(Key::A) {
+                    press_counter += 1;
+                }
+                ui.text(format!(
+                    "The A key has been pressed {} times",
+                    press_counter
+                ));
+
+                // You can also check if the key has been pressed
+                // down, which is true for one frame. This has "key
+                // repeat" so will be true again based on the repeat
+                // delay and rate.
+                if ui.is_key_pressed_no_repeat(Key::A) {
+                    press_no_repeat_counter += 1;
+                }
+                ui.text(format!(
+                    "The A key has been pressed {} times (ignoring key repeat)",
+                    press_no_repeat_counter
+                ));
+
+                // Note due to the key-repeat behaviour that the key
+                // may be pressed more often than it is released.
+                if ui.is_key_released(Key::A) {
+                    release_counter += 1;
+                }
+                ui.text(format!(
+                    "The A key has been released {} times",
+                    release_counter
+                ));
+
+                // Modifiers are accessed via bools on the `imgui::Io`
+                // struct,
+                if ui.io().key_ctrl {
+                    ui.text("Ctrl is down!");
+                } else {
+                    ui.text("Ctrl is up!");
+                }
+
+                // Using modifiers in conjunction with key press
+                // events is simple:
+                if ui.io().key_ctrl && ui.is_key_released(Key::A) {
+                    ctrl_a_counter += 1;
+                }
+                ui.text(format!(
+                    "The Ctrl+A key has been released {} times",
+                    ctrl_a_counter
+                ));
+
+                // Note that `is_key_released` gives the state of the
+                // key regardless of what widget has focus, for
+                // example, if you try to type into this input, the
+                // above interaction still counts the key presses.
+                ui.input_text(im_str!("##Dummy text input widget"), &mut text_buffer)
+                    .resize_buffer(true) // Auto-resize ImString as required
+                    .hint(im_str!("Example text input"))
+                    .build();
+
+                // If you want to check if a widget is capturing
+                // keyboard input, you can check
+                // `Io::want_capture_keyboard`
+                if !ui.io().want_capture_keyboard && ui.is_key_pressed(Key::A) {
+                    uncaptured_counter += 1;
+                }
+                ui.text(format!(
+                    "There has been {} uncaptured A key presses",
+                    uncaptured_counter
+                ));
+
+                // These examples all use `Key::A`. The `imgui::Key`
+                // enum only contains the few keys which imgui
+                // internally uses (such as for the `Ctrl + A` select
+                // all shortcut).  This may expand in future versions
+                // of imgui, but will likely never contain every
+                // possible key
+                //
+                // Instead we can use keys using an index, the meaning
+                // of which is defined by the implementation of "IO"
+                // backend.
+                //
+                // For example, in the `WinitPlatform` backend each
+                // key is indexed by it's integer value of
+                // `winit::VirtualKeyCode`. So we can query if a key
+                // is down based on it's virtual key code,
+
+                let home_key_idx = 65; // Hardcoded for imgui-examples only, instead use `winit::event::VirtualKeyCode::Home`
+                if ui.io().keys_down[home_key_idx as usize] {
+                    home_counter += 1;
+                }
+                ui.text(format!("Home has been pressed for {} frames", home_counter));
+                // It is important to remember that unlike using
+                // `imgui::Key`, there is nothing enforcing the index
+                // is the key you expect. For example if you hardcode
+                // your key ID's and switch backends, you may be
+                // querying different keys!
+                if ui.io().keys_down[123] {
+                    // A mystery key is down!
+                }
+
+                // It is also possible to use the `is_key_...` methods
+                // with arbitrary key indexes. For example, to check
+                // if the F1 key is been pressed
+
+                if ui.is_key_index_released(37) {
+                    // Index is hardcoded for imgui-examples only, instead do this:
+                    //if ui.is_key_index_released(winit::event::VirtualKeyCode::F1 as i32) {
+                    f1_release_count += 1;
+                }
+                ui.text(format!("F1 has been released {} times", f1_release_count));
+            });
+    });
+}
diff --git a/imgui/src/input/keyboard.rs b/imgui/src/input/keyboard.rs
index c58ff5e..204e435 100644
--- a/imgui/src/input/keyboard.rs
+++ b/imgui/src/input/keyboard.rs
@@ -107,6 +107,14 @@ impl<'ui> Ui<'ui> {
     #[doc(alias = "IsKeyDown")]
     pub fn is_key_down(&self, key: Key) -> bool {
         let key_index = self.key_index(key);
+        self.is_key_index_down(key_index)
+    }
+
+    /// Same as [`is_key_down`] but takes a key index. The meaning of
+    /// index is defined by your backend implementation.
+    #[inline]
+    #[doc(alias = "IsKeyDown")]
+    pub fn is_key_index_down(&self, key_index: i32) -> bool {
         unsafe { sys::igIsKeyDown(key_index) }
     }
 
@@ -117,6 +125,16 @@ impl<'ui> Ui<'ui> {
     #[doc(alias = "IsKeyPressed")]
     pub fn is_key_pressed(&self, key: Key) -> bool {
         let key_index = self.key_index(key);
+        self.is_key_index_pressed(key_index)
+    }
+
+    /// Same as [`is_key_pressed`] but takes a key index.
+    ///
+    /// The meaning of index is defined by your backend
+    /// implementation.
+    #[inline]
+    #[doc(alias = "IsKeyPressed")]
+    pub fn is_key_index_pressed(&self, key_index: i32) -> bool {
         unsafe { sys::igIsKeyPressed(key_index, true) }
     }
 
@@ -124,8 +142,19 @@ impl<'ui> Ui<'ui> {
     ///
     /// Is **not** affected by key repeat settings (`io.key_repeat_delay`, `io.key_repeat_rate`)
     #[inline]
+    #[doc(alias = "IsKeyPressed")]
     pub fn is_key_pressed_no_repeat(&self, key: Key) -> bool {
         let key_index = self.key_index(key);
+        self.is_key_index_pressed_no_repeat(key_index)
+    }
+
+    /// Same as [`is_key_pressed_no_repeat`] but takes a key index.
+    ///
+    /// The meaning of index is defined by your backend
+    /// implementation.
+    #[inline]
+    #[doc(alias = "IsKeyPressed")]
+    pub fn is_key_index_pressed_no_repeat(&self, key_index: i32) -> bool {
         unsafe { sys::igIsKeyPressed(key_index, false) }
     }
 
@@ -134,6 +163,16 @@ impl<'ui> Ui<'ui> {
     #[doc(alias = "IsKeyReleased")]
     pub fn is_key_released(&self, key: Key) -> bool {
         let key_index = self.key_index(key);
+        self.is_key_index_released(key_index)
+    }
+
+    /// Same as [`is_key_released`] but takes a key index.
+    ///
+    /// The meaning of index is defined by your backend
+    /// implementation.
+    #[inline]
+    #[doc(alias = "IsKeyReleased")]
+    pub fn is_key_index_released(&self, key_index: i32) -> bool {
         unsafe { sys::igIsKeyReleased(key_index) }
     }
 
@@ -145,6 +184,12 @@ impl<'ui> Ui<'ui> {
     #[doc(alias = "GetKeyPressedAmount")]
     pub fn key_pressed_amount(&self, key: Key, repeat_delay: f32, rate: f32) -> u32 {
         let key_index = self.key_index(key);
+        self.key_index_pressed_amount(key_index, repeat_delay, rate)
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    #[doc(alias = "GetKeyPressedAmount")]
+    pub fn key_index_pressed_amount(&self, key_index: i32, repeat_delay: f32, rate: f32) -> u32 {
         unsafe { sys::igGetKeyPressedAmount(key_index, repeat_delay, rate) as u32 }
     }