List of JavaScript key codes.

JSKeyCodes

backspace   8
tab     9
enter   13
shift   16
ctrl    17
alt     18
pause/break     19
caps lock   20
escape  27
page up     33
page down   34
end     35
home    36
left arrow  37
up arrow    38
right arrow     39
down arrow  40
insert  45
delete  46
0   48
1   49
2   50
3   51
4   52
5   53
6   54
7   55
8   56
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 window key     91
right window key    92
select key  93
numpad 0    96
numpad 1    97
numpad 2    98
numpad 3    99
numpad 4    100
numpad 5    101
numpad 6    102
numpad 7    103
numpad 8    104
numpad 9    105
multiply    106
add     107
subtract    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
num lock    144
scroll lock     145
semi-colon  186
equal sign  187
comma   188
dash    189
period  190
forward slash   191
grave accent    192
open bracket    219
back slash  220
close braket    221
single quote    222

what does this all mean tho really my bad im new and trying to learn it but i really have a hard time understanding?

Hello @longwangchao, They are key codes which are used for handle events of keyboard keys on javascript.

Thank you for this! I renamed some keys and put it in a function here:
https://gist.github.com/hodgef/e190731ab6c5d297ab22e25811d8fea9

space: 32

use ".key" instead

https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/event_key_key.asp
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Events/keydown
https://keycode.info/

Does anyone by chance know what the missing numbers are for? These being
0 - 7, 10 - 12, 14, 15, 21 - 26, 28 - 32, 41 - 44, 47, 58 - 64, 94, 95, 108, 124 - 143, 146 - 185, 193 - 218

That is a total of 126 missing codes. My guess is that these codes are codes for non-Latin QWERTY or other input methods, but I'd really like to know what they are, and if there are more ( 223+ ).

I have a source saying Cyrillic н is 1085, (not sure if it means ASCII charcode) so perhaps. Have to check out further... From what I'm reading the codes "indicate the key position by referencing one of a small number of standard keyboard models (ANSI, ISO, or JIS)". In terms of the missing codes, if true, that might indicate that those may be present in other layouts perhaps.

Thank you for sharing this. However, here is JavaScript keyboard article which is helpful to understand Keyboard event properties and how to use it.

Both e.which and e.keyCode are deprecated, so these codes are not relevant anymore, and even before they were not reliable as there were a ton of inconsistencies across different browsers and OSs.

You should use e.key or e.code instead. This is the way. Just keep in mind some old browsers used some non-standard codes, so left is usually 'LeftArrow' and right is 'RightArrow', but on IE and Legacy Edge they would be 'Left' and 'Right' instead.

You can easily check JavaScript KeyboardEvent properties (e.key, e.code, e.which,
e.keyCode… and more) with Key.js: https://keyjs.dev.

I will add information about these kinds of cross-browser incompatibilities soon!

thanks so much guys for all the tips now I can make a game with wasd and arrow keys in HTML JS, you could even make a typingclub with this

Woah I didn't realize this gist was being looked at 😅

Thanks for the update Danzinger.

Glad it's been a help to you cLGitHubSOF and others. Cheers! 🍻

Cool thx for the key codes ;)

for some reason windows is causing me to hit key 218 when i focus a window