Javascript character codes (key codes)
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Also commonly called in the jargon of programmers Key Codes, are the codes of each of the letters of the keyboard, sometimes we need to know these codes to perform some actions depending on the key that the user is typing, in the javascript events can be heard each time the user makes this action and the event will return an object that will contain the property event.which which will contain the number of each key. Here is a reference that will surely help you.
Backspace / Delete ------------------ 8 Tabulator --------------------------- 9 Enter ------------------------------- 13 Shift ------------------------------- 16 CTRL -------------------------------- 17 ALT --------------------------------- 18 Pause / Break ----------------------- 19 Caps Lock --------------------------- 20 Escape ------------------------------ 27 Page above -------------------------- 33 Page below -------------------------- 34 Final ------------------------------- 35 Home / Home ------------------------- 36 Left arrow -------------------------- 37 Up arrow ---------------------------- 38 Right arrow ------------------------- 39 Down arrow -------------------------- 40 Insert ------------------------------ 45 Delete ------------------------------ 46 Number 0 ---------------------------- 48 Number 1 ---------------------------- 49 Number 2 ---------------------------- 50 Number 3 ---------------------------- 51 Number 4 ---------------------------- 52 Number 5 ---------------------------- 53 Number 6 ---------------------------- 54 Number 7 ---------------------------- 55 Number 8 ---------------------------- 56 Number 9 ---------------------------- 57 a ----------------------------------- 65 b ----------------------------------- 66 c ----------------------------------- 67 d ----------------------------------- 68 e ----------------------------------- 69 f ----------------------------------- 70 g ----------------------------------- 71 h ----------------------------------- 72 i ----------------------------------- 73 j ----------------------------------- 74 k ----------------------------------- 75 l ----------------------------------- 76 m ----------------------------------- 77 n ----------------------------------- 78 o ----------------------------------- 79 p ----------------------------------- 80 q ----------------------------------- 81 r ----------------------------------- 82 s ----------------------------------- 83 t ----------------------------------- 84 u ----------------------------------- 85 v ----------------------------------- 86 w ----------------------------------- 87 x ----------------------------------- 88 y ----------------------------------- 89 z ----------------------------------- 90 Left key Window --------------------- 91 Right key Window -------------------- 92 Selection key ----------------------- 93 Number keyboard 0 ------------------- 96 Number keyboard 1 ------------------- 97 Number keyboard 2 ------------------- 98 Numeric keyboard 3 ------------------ 99 Number keyboard 4 ------------------- 100 Number keyboard 5 ------------------- 101 Number keyboard 6 ------------------- 102 Number keyboard 7 ------------------- 103 Number keyboard 8 ------------------- 104 Number keyboard 9 ------------------- 105 Multiply ---------------------------- 106 + / Sum ----------------------------- 107 - / Subtraction --------------------- 109 Decimal point ----------------------- 110 Divide ------------------------------ 111 f1 ---------------------------------- 112 f2 ---------------------------------- 113 f3 ---------------------------------- 114 f4 ---------------------------------- 115 f5 ---------------------------------- 116 f6 ---------------------------------- 117 f7 ---------------------------------- 118 f8 ---------------------------------- 119 f9 ---------------------------------- 120 f10 --------------------------------- 121 f11 --------------------------------- 122 f12 --------------------------------- 123 Numeric lock key -------------------- 144 Scroll lock ------------------------- 145 Semicolon --------------------------- 186 Equal sign -------------------------- 187 Eat --------------------------------- 188 Dash -------------------------------- 189 Period ------------------------------ 190 Forward slash ----------------------- 191 Accent grave ------------------------ 192 Open bracket ------------------------ 219 Back slash -------------------------- 220 Closing bracket --------------------- 221 Single quote ------------------------ 222
