Virtual Key Codes

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	'

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