General Info

Virtual key codes provide a hardware- and language-independent method of identifying keyboard keys. The following table contains the list of key codes that you can use to identify what key was pressed in an On Key event:

Note: These values are based on the US standard keyboard and may vary by keyboard or country/region. For a full list, see the MSDN documentation.

Decimal

Hex

Character

8

8

Backspace

9

9

Tab

13

D

Enter

16

10

Shift (both)

17

11

Ctrl (both)

18

12

Alt (both)

19

13

Pause

20

14

Caps Lock

27

1B

Esc

32

20

Spacebar

33

21

Page Up

34

22

Page Down

35

23

End

36

24

Home

37

25

(left arrow)

38

26

(up arrow)

39

27

(right arrow)

40

28

(down arrow)

45

2D

Insert

46

2E

Delete

48

30

0

49

31

1

50

32

2

51

33

3

52

34

4

53

35

5

54

36

6

55

37

7

56

38

8

57

39

9

65

41

A or a

66

42

B or b

67

43

C or c

68

44

D or d

69

45

E or e

70

46

F or f

71

47

G or g

72

48

H or h

73

49

I or i

74

4A

J or j

75

4B

K or k

76

4C

L or l

77

4D

M or m

78

4E

N or n

79

4F

O or o

80

50

P or p

81

51

Q or q

82

52

R or r

83

53

S or s

84

54

T or t

85

55

U or u

86

56

V or v

87

57

W or w

88

58

X or x

89

59

Y or y

90

5A

Z or z

91

5B

(left Windows key)

92

5C

(right Windows key)

93

5D

(application key - located between
the right Windows and Ctrl keys
on most keyboards)

96

60

0 (numpad with Num Lock on)

97

61

1 (numpad with Num Lock on)

98

62

2 (numpad with Num Lock on)

99

63

3 (numpad with Num Lock on)

100

64

4 (numpad with Num Lock on)

101

65

5 (numpad with Num Lock on)

102

66

6 (numpad with Num Lock on)

103

67

7 (numpad with Num Lock on)

104

68

8 (numpad with Num Lock on)

105

69

9 (numpad with Num Lock on)

106

6A

* (numpad)

107

6B

+ (numpad)

109

6D

- (numpad)

110

6E

. (numpad)

111

6F

/ (numpad)

112

70

F1

113

71

F2

114

72

F3

115

73

F4

116

74

F5

117

75

F6

118

76

F7

119

77

F8

120

78

F9

121

79

F10

122

7A

F11

123

7B

F12

144

90

Num Lock

145

91

Scroll Lock

186

BA

;

187

BB

=

188

BC

,

189

BD

-

190

BE

.

191

BF

/

192

C0

`

219

DB

[

220

DC

\

221

DD

]

222

DE

'