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Geekpedia / Programming FAQ / JavaScript / A list of keys and the JavaScript char codes they correspond to

A list of keys and the JavaScript char codes they correspond to

This table is especially useful for those who want to capture the key press event in the browser window. These are the char codes JavaScript uses, and the keys they bind to:

Char	Key Name
8	Backspace
9	Tab
13	Enter
16	Shift
17	Ctrl
18	Alt
19	Pause
20	Caps Lock
27	Escape
33	Page Up
34	Page Down
35	End
36	Home
37	Arrow Left
38	Arrow Up
39	Arrow Right
40	Arrow Down
45	Insert
46	Delete
48	0
49	1
50	2
51	3
52	4
53	5
54	6
55	7
56	8
57	9
65	A
66	B
67	C
68	D
69	E
70	F
71	G
72	H
73	I
74	J
75	K
76	L
77	M
78	N
79	O
80	P
81	Q
82	R
83	S
84	T
85	U
86	V
87	W
88	X
89	Y
90	Z
91	Left Windows
92	Right Windows
93	Context Menu
96	NumPad 0
97	NumPad 1
98	NumPad 2
99	NumPad 3
100	NumPad 4
101	NumPad 5
102	NumPad 6
103	NumPad 7
104	NumPad 8
105	NumPad 9
106	NumPad *
107	NumPad +
109	NumPad -
110	NumPad .
111	NumPad /
112	F1
113	F2
114	F3
115	F4
116	F5
117	F6
118	F7
119	F8
120	F9
121	F10
122	F11
123	F12
144	Num Lock
145	Scroll Lock
186	;
187	=
188	,
189	-
190	.
191	/
192	`
219	[
220	\
221	]
222	'

by Andrew Pociu at Aug, 13 2005 - 13:09 | 12358 hits

jim nesbitt - Mar 30 2006 - 03:31

At last - This must be about the only place on the web this exists

Many thanks Andrei

Jim

Dimitris - May 23 2006 - 15:12

And What about Ctrl+Q , Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+S key codes?

Thanks, another Jim (Dimitris)

John Cruz - Jan 26 2007 - 15:26

Looked over for this.. Thank you very much!!
John

- Feb 21 2007 - 09:43

3

mike breuner - Jun 07 2007 - 21:49

Excellent. Useful.

Any possibility of posting where this comes from. Is there a Standard or Manual somewhere?

Neil Poole - Jun 08 2007 - 04:32

Very useful. You could add SpaceBar=32

thanhnx - Feb 29 2008 - 11:11

Wonderful ! Really useful.

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