Key codes of keydown and keyup events
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Question: Are the keyCode values of keydown/keyup events standardized across browsers?
Answer:
No, unfortunately, not all key codes are standardized. For example, the minus key has different key codes
in different browsers. The table below shows the event.keyCode
values for keydown and keyup events in
Opera 25, Internet Exlorer 11, Firefox 32, Safari 5.1, and Google Chrome 38.
If you are interested in key codes for older browsers (ca.2011), please refer to
www.javascripter.net/faq/keycodes2011.htm
or, for even older bowsers, see the W3C Working Group Note
Legacy Keyboard Event Properties.
Common key codes that are relatively safe to use across browsers are shown in black.
Key codes that differ across browsers are shown in red.
Do not use this table for character codes keypresskeypress character codes are not key-specific and may be enirely different from keydown/keyup key codes.
keydown/keyup event.keyCode
Opera MSIE Firefox Safari Chrome Key pressed
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8 8 8 8 8 Backspace
9 9 9 9 9 Tab
13 13 13 13 13 Enter
16 16 16 16 16 Shift
17 17 17 17 17 Ctrl
18 18 18 18 18 Alt
19 19 19 19 19 Pause, Break
20 20 20 20 20 CapsLock
27 27 27 27 27 Esc
32 32 32 32 32 Space
33 33 33 33 33 Page Up
34 34 34 34 34 Page Down
35 35 35 35 35 End
36 36 36 36 36 Home
37 37 37 37 37 Left arrow
38 38 38 38 38 Up arrow
39 39 39 39 39 Right arrow
40 40 40 40 40 Down arrow
44 44 44 44 PrntScrn (see below†)
45 45 45 45 45 Insert
46 46 46 46 46 Delete
48-57 48-57 48-57 48-57 48-57 0 to 9
65-90 65-90 65-90 65-90 65-90 A to Z
91 91 91 91 91 WIN Key (Start)
93 93 93 93 93 WIN Menu
112-123 112-123 112-123 112-123 112-123 F1 to F12
144 144 144 144 144 NumLock
145 145 145 145 145 ScrollLock
188 188 188 188 188 , <
190 190 190 190 190 . >
191 191 191 191 191 / ?
192 192 192 192 192 ` ~
219 219 219 219 219 [ { (see below‡)
220 220 220 220 220 \ |
221 221 221 221 221 ] }
222 222 222 222 222 ' "
†keyup events only.‡
The following key codes differ across browsers:
keydown/keyup event.keyCode Opera MSIE Firefox Safari Chrome Key pressed _________________________________________________________ 173 173 181 173 173 Mute On|Off 174 174 182 174 174 Volume Down 175 175 183 175 175 Volume Up 186 186 59 186 186 ; : 187 187 61 187 187 = + 189 189 173 189 189 - _The numeric keypad may produce different keycodes depending on the NumLock state:
All of the above browsers (NumLock On/Off) Key pressed
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96/45 Numpad 0 Ins
97/35 Numpad 1 End
98/40 Numpad 2 Down
99/34 Numpad 3 Pg Down
100/37 Numpad 4 Left
101/12 Numpad 5
102/39 Numpad 6 Right
103/36 Numpad 7 Home
104/38 Numpad 8 Up
105/33 Numpad 9 Pg Up
106/106 Numpad *
107/107 Numpad +
109/109 Numpad -
110/46 Numpad . Del
111/111 Numpad /
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