keyCodes
Last updated on:
June 26, 2012
As in, what keyboard events report based on what keys are pressed.
$("#textinput").keydown(function(e) {
e.keyCode; // this value
});
Key
Code
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
Key
Code
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
Key
Code
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
Reference URL
It is recommended by jQuery to use e.which over e.keyCode, as it gets normalised across all browsers.
It also takes into account mouseus and mousedown.
Not trying to be funny, just trying to help!!
http://api.jquery.com/event.which/
By mouseus, I clearly meant mouseup!
I agree with this, I stopped using
e.keyCodealong time ago when I found oute.whichwas more widely supported.What about JQuery Hotkeys plugin?
https://github.com/tzuryby/jquery.hotkeys
Great tip Chris, thanks for sharing !
I never figured it is that simple to know keyCodes with jQuery.
Here is a decent article (a little out of date) about keycode support and the events that trigger.
I am not affiliated with the link at all, just something I came across the other day and it happens to work here as well.
http://unixpapa.com/js/key.html
Dang, im still using this: