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Andrei Ionescu | 20.12.09 | Comment?

If you need to know the key codes when implementing a keyboard event use the following application that displays some info about the pressed key. First you need to click on the application to have focus on it then you can start trying out different key strokes.

Some key codes, ASCII codes tables are present bellow…

Letter or number key	Key code	ASCII key code
A	65	65
B	66	66
C	67	67
D	68	68
E	69	69
F	70	70
G	71	71
H	72	72
I	73	73
J	74	74
K	75	75
L	76	76
M	77	77
N	78	78
O	79	79
P	80	80
Q	81	81
R	82	82
S	83	83
T	84	84
U	85	85
V	86	86
W	87	87
X	88	88
Y	89	89
Z	90	90
0	48	48
1	49	49
2	50	50
3	51	51
4	52	52
5	53	53
6	54	54
7	55	55
8	56	56
9	57	57
a	65	97
b	66	98
c	67	99
d	68	100
e	69	101
f	70	102
g	71	103
h	72	104
i	73	105
j	74	106
k	75	107
l	76	108
m	77	109
n	78	110
o	79	111
p	80	112
q	81	113
r	82	114
s	83	115
t	84	116
u	85	117
v	86	118
w	87	119
x	88	120
y	89	121
z	90	122

Numeric keypad key	Key code	ASCII key code
Numpad 0	96	48
Numpad 1	97	49
Numpad 2	98	50
Numpad 3	99	51
Numpad 4	100	52
Numpad 5	101	53
Numpad 6	102	54
Numpad 7	103	55
Numpad 8	104	56
Numpad 9	105	57
Multiply	106	42
Add	107	43
Enter	13	13
Subtract	109	45
Decimal	110	46
Divide	111	47

Function key	Key code	ASCII key code
F1	112	0
F2	113	0
F3	114	0
F4	115	0
F5	116	0
F6	117	0
F7	118	0
F8	119	0
F9	120	0
F10	This key is reserved by the system and cannot be used in ActionScript.	This key is reserved by the system and cannot be used in ActionScript.
F11	122	0
F12	123	0
F13	124	0
F14	125	0
F15	126	0

Key	Key code	ASCII key code
Backspace	8	8
Tab	9	9
Enter	13	13
Shift	16	0
Control	17	0
Caps Lock	20	0
Esc	27	27
Spacebar	32	32
Page Up	33	0
Page Down	34	0
End	35	0
Home	36	0
Left Arrow	37	0
Up Arrow	38	0
Right Arrow	39	0
Down Arrow	40	0
Insert	45	0
Delete	46	127
Num Lock	144	0
ScrLk	145	0
Pause/Break	19	0

Some stuff about keyboard events bellow:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=events_11.html
http://cookbooks.adobe.com/post_Global_keyboard_event_handling-304.html
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=Capturing_User_Input_3.html

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Letter or number key	Key code	ASCII key code
A	65	65
B	66	66
C	67	67
D	68	68
E	69	69
F	70	70
G	71	71
H	72	72
I	73	73
J	74	74
K	75	75
L	76	76
M	77	77
N	78	78
O	79	79
P	80	80
Q	81	81
R	82	82
S	83	83
T	84	84
U	85	85
V	86	86
W	87	87
X	88	88
Y	89	89
Z	90	90
0	48	48
1	49	49
2	50	50
3	51	51
4	52	52
5	53	53
6	54	54
7	55	55
8	56	56
9	57	57
a	65	97
b	66	98
c	67	99
d	68	100
e	69	101
f	70	102
g	71	103
h	72	104
i	73	105
j	74	106
k	75	107
l	76	108
m	77	109
n	78	110
o	79	111
p	80	112
q	81	113
r	82	114
s	83	115
t	84	116
u	85	117
v	86	118
w	87	119
x	88	120
y	89	121
z	90	122

Letter or number key	Key code	ASCII key code
A	65	65
B	66	66
C	67	67
D	68	68
E	69	69
F	70	70
G	71	71
H	72	72
I	73	73
J	74	74
K	75	75
L	76	76
M	77	77
N	78	78
O	79	79
P	80	80
Q	81	81
R	82	82
S	83	83
T	84	84
U	85	85
V	86	86
W	87	87
X	88	88
Y	89	89
Z	90	90
0	48	48
1	49	49
2	50	50
3	51	51
4	52	52
5	53	53
6	54	54
7	55	55
8	56	56
9	57	57
a	65	97
b	66	98
c	67	99
d	68	100
e	69	101
f	70	102
g	71	103
h	72	104
i	73	105
j	74	106
k	75	107
l	76	108
m	77	109
n	78	110
o	79	111
p	80	112
q	81	113
r	82	114
s	83	115
t	84	116
u	85	117
v	86	118
w	87	119
x	88	120
y	89	121
z	90	122

Letter or number key	Key code	ASCII key code
A	65	65
B	66	66
C	67	67
D	68	68
E	69	69
F	70	70
G	71	71
H	72	72
I	73	73
J	74	74
K	75	75
L	76	76
M	77	77
N	78	78
O	79	79
P	80	80
Q	81	81
R	82	82
S	83	83
T	84	84
U	85	85
V	86	86
W	87	87
X	88	88
Y	89	89
Z	90	90
0	48	48
1	49	49
2	50	50
3	51	51
4	52	52
5	53	53
6	54	54
7	55	55
8	56	56
9	57	57
a	65	97
b	66	98
c	67	99
d	68	100
e	69	101
f	70	102
g	71	103
h	72	104
i	73	105
j	74	106
k	75	107
l	76	108
m	77	109
n	78	110
o	79	111
p	80	112
q	81	113
r	82	114
s	83	115
t	84	116
u	85	117
v	86	118
w	87	119
x	88	120
y	89	121
z	90	122