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Javascript is often used on the browser client side to perform simple tasks that would otherwise require a full
postback to the server. Many of those simple tasks involve processing text or characters entered into a form
element on a web page, and it is often necessary to know the javascript keycode associated with a character.
Here is a reference.

Press a key in the text box below to see the corresponding Javascript key code. Or scroll down to see the full list.

Try it! escape KeyCode: 27

Key Code Key Code Key Code

backspace 8 e 69 numpad 8 104

tab 9 f 70 numpad 9 105

enter 13 g 71 multiply 106

shift 16 h 72 add 107

ctrl 17 i 73 subtract 109

alt 18 j 74 decimal point 110

pause/break 19 k 75 divide 111

caps lock 20 l 76 f1 112

escape 27 m 77 f2 113

page up 33 n 78 f3 114

page down 34 o 79 f4 115

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end 35 p 80 f5 116

home 36 q 81 f6 117

left arrow 37 r 82 f7 118

up arrow 38 s 83 f8 119

right arrow 39 t 84 f9 120

down arrow 40 u 85 f10 121

insert 45 v 86 f11 122

delete 46 w 87 f12 123

0 48 x 88 num lock 144

1 49 y 89 scroll lock 145

2 50 z 90 semi-colon 186

3 51 left window key 91 equal sign 187

4 52 right window key 92 comma 188

5 53 select key 93 dash 189

6 54 numpad 0 96 period 190

7 55 numpad 1 97 forward slash 191

8 56 numpad 2 98 grave accent 192

9 57 numpad 3 99 open bracket 219

a 65 numpad 4 100 back slash 220

b 66 numpad 5 101 close braket 221

c 67 numpad 6 102 single quote 222

d 68 numpad 7 103

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Developer • a year ago

How could you handle the "F11" key without show the page in Full Screen mode??
When I use "on key down" in my aplication, I can capture the event, but, anyway the browser show the
full screen mode!
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Fllamber > Developer • a year ago

Use the function:
event.preventDefault()
Right after you catch the "F11" event
e.g:
if(event.keyCode == 122) {
event.preventDefault()
console.log('F11 was pressed');
}
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andyjv > Developer • a year ago

Probably not possible on most/any browser. Browsers try to limit how much control JS has over
the browser behavior; this is for both security and user experience reasons.
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Vinicius Monteiro > Developer • a year ago

You can use return false too.
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Anon > Developer • 10 months ago

Well, I clicked on the text container before pressing F11 and it didnt go full screen so I hope
that'll help.
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kavitha • 4 years ago

% and left arrow gives key code as 37. how to differenciate
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Sebastian > kavitha • a year ago

If it's the Shift-5 % rather than the numpad %, you can check e.shiftKey where e is the first
parameter of an event callback.
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tomy • 3 years ago

Also, for game systems!

WII:
Platform: "Nintendo Wii"
Up: 175 (CAUTION! ALSO SCROLLS UP)
Down: 176 (CAUTION! ALSO SCROLLS DOWN)
Left: 178 (CAUTION! ALSO SCROLLS LEFT)
Right: 177 (CAUTION! ALSO SCROLLS RIGHT)
-: 170 (CAUTION! ALSO ZOOMS OUT)
+: 174 (CAUTION! ALSO ZOOMS IN)
1: 172
2: 173 (CAUTION! ALSO SPLITS SCREEN INTO SINGLE COLUMN MODE)
PS3:
Platform: "PLAYSTATION 3"

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