Keyboard Functions and Codes

The following table is a reference on keyboard functions from within Windows. You can use these functions with the Type command.

Function	Decimal	Comment/Information
Left mouse button	1
Right mouse button	2
Ctrl-Break	3
Middle mouse button	4
X1 mouse button	5
X2 mouse button	6
Backspace	8
Tab	8
Clear	12	5 on the keypad
Enter	13
Shift	16
Ctrl	17
Alt	18
Pause	19
Cap Lock	20
Escape	27
Space	32
Page Up	33
Page Down	34
End	35
Home	36
Left-arrow	37
Up-arrow	38
Right-arrow	39
Down-arrow	40
Select	41
Execute	43
Print Screen	44
Insert	45
Delete	46
Help key	47
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 Windows key	91
Right Windows key	92
Application key	93
Sleep key	94
Keypad 0	96
Keypad 1	97
Keypad 2	98
Keypad 3	99
Keypad 4	100
Keypad 5	101
Keypad 6	102
Keypad 7	103
Keypad 8	104
Keypad 9	105
Keypad Asterisk (*)	106
Keypad plus sign (+)	107
Keypad Separator	108
Keypad minus sign (-)	109
Keypad period (.)	110
Keypad backward slash (/)	111
F1 key	112
F2 key	113
F3 key	114
F4 key	115
F5 key	116
F6 key	117
F7 key	118
F8 key	119
F9 key	120
F10 key	121
F11 key	122
F12 key	123
F13 key	124
F14 key	125
F15 key	126
F16 key	127
F17 key	128
F18 key	129
F19 key	130
F20 key	131
F21 key	132
F22 key	133
F23 key	134
F24 key	135
Num Lock	144
Scroll Lock	145
Left Shift	160
Right Shift	161
Left Ctrl	162
Right Ctrl	162
Left menu	164
Right menu	165
Browser Back key	166	Windows 2000 or later required
Browser Forward key	167	Windows 2000 or later required
Browser Refresh key	168	Windows 2000 or later required
Browser Stop key	169	Windows 2000 or later required
Browser Search key	170	Windows 2000 or later required
Browser Favorites key	171	Windows 2000 or later required
Browser Start and Home key	172	Windows 2000 or later required
Volume Mute key	173	Windows 2000 or later required
Volume Down key	174	Windows 2000 or later required
Volulme Up key	175	Windows 2000 or later required
CD Next Track key	176	Windows 2000 or later required
CD Previous Track key	177	Windows 2000 or later required
CD Stop Media key	178	Windows 2000 or later required
CD Play/Pause key	179	Windows 2000 or later required
Launch Mail key	180	Windows 2000 or later required
Media Select key	181	Windows 2000 or later required
Start Application 1 key	182	Windows 2000 or later required
Start Application 2 key	183	Windows 2000 or later required
;	186	Semicolon/colon
=	187	Equals/plus
,	188	Comma/less than
-	189	Minus/underscore
.	190	Period/greater than
/	191	Slash/question mark
'	192	Single open quote/tilde
[	219	Left square/brace
\	220	Back slash/pipe
]	221	Right square/brace
'	222	Single close quote/double quote
Play key	250
Zoom key	251