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Key Enumeration

Specifies the portable key code that is not specific to an operating system.

XAML	No XAML usages.
Scripting	value = "EnumerationValue"

Enumeration Values

Key	Decimal Value	Hexadecimal Value
KEYNONE	0	0
BACKSPACE	1	1
TAB	2	2
ENTER	3	3
SHIFT	4	4
CTRL	5	5
ALT	6	6
CAPSLOCK	7	7
ESCAPE	8	8
SPACE	9	9
PAGEUP	10	A
PAGEDOWN	11	B
END	12	C
HOME	13	D
LEFT	14	E
UP	15	F
RIGHT	16	10
DOWN	17	11
INSERT	18	12
DELETE	19	13
DIGIT0	20	14
DIGIT1	21	15
DIGIT2	22	16
DIGIT3	23	17
DIGIT4	24	18
DIGIT5	25	19
DIGIT6	26	1A
DIGIT7	27	1B
DIGIT8	28	1C
DIGIT9	29	1D
A	30	1E
B	31	1F
C	32	20
D	33	21
E	34	22
F	35	23
G	36	24
H	37	25
I	38	26
J	39	27
K	40	28
L	41	29
M	42	2A
N	43	2B
O	44	2C
P	45	2D
Q	46	2E
R	47	2F
S	48	30
T	49	31
U	50	32
V	51	33
W	52	34
X	53	35
Y	54	36
Z	55	37
F1	56	38
F2	57	39
F3	58	3A
F4	59	3B
F5	60	3C
F6	61	3D
F7	62	3E
F8	63	3F
F9	64	40
F10	65	41
F11	66	42
F12	67	43
NUMPAD0	68	44
NUMPAD1	69	45
NUMPAD2	70	46
NUMPAD3	71	47
NUMPAD4	72	48
NUMPAD5	73	49
NUMPAD6	74	4A
NUMPAD7	75	4B
NUMPAD8	76	4C
NUMPAD9	77	4D
MULTIPLY	78	4E
ADD	79	4F
SUBTRACT	80	50
DECIMAL	81	51
DIVIDE	82	52
KEYUNKNOWN	255	FF

Remarks

The keyEventArgs parameter of the KeyDown and KeyUp events provides both a Key value and a PlatformKeyCode value:

Key: a portable key code that is not operating system-specific.
PlatformKeyCode: a non-portable key code that is operating system-specific.

The portable key codes are a common subset of all the possible key codes of the supported operating systems, in this case, Macintosh and Microsoft Windows. For example, the keystroke 'v' is represented as a Key value of 51, and a PlatformKeyCode value of 86. Certain keystrokes, however, are not portable, such as the Windows SCROLL LOCK key. In this case, the Key value is 255, which is the value for an unknown key, and the PlatformKeyCode is 145 on a Windows platform. For information on Windows-specific key codes, see Virtual Key Codes. For information on Macintosh-specific key codes, see Keyboard Layout Services Reference.

Applies To

Key, PlatformKeyCode

Enumeration Values

Remarks

Applies To

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