MACINTOSH KEY CODES WINDOWS

This can be useful if you only need to insert characters into only a few words. You can also input characters from the Character Map. To see where the critical keys are, go to the Microsoft Keyboard Layouts Page.

MACINTOSH KEY CODES WINDOWS

The VK_PACKET key is the low word of a 32-bit Virtual Key value used for non-keyboard input methods. See detailed keyboard activation instructions for different versions of the Windows operating system. VK_PACKET (231): Windows 2000/XP: Used to pass Unicode characters as if they were keystrokes.

VK_PROCESSKEY (229): Windows 95/98/Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000/XP: IME PROCESS key VK_OEM_102 (226): Windows 2000/XP: Either the angle bracket key or the backslash key on the RT 102-key keyboard VK_OEM_8 (223): Used for miscellaneous characters it can vary by keyboard. Windows 2000/XP: For the US standard keyboard, the 'single-quote/double-quote' key VK_OEM_7 (222): Used for miscellaneous characters it can vary by keyboard. Windows 2000/XP: For the US standard keyboard, the '[' key VK_OEM_4 (219): Used for miscellaneous characters it can vary by keyboard. Windows 2000/XP: For the US standard keyboard, the '`~' key VK_OEM_3 (192): Used for miscellaneous characters it can vary by keyboard. Windows 2000/XP: For the US standard keyboard, the '/?' key VK_OEM_2 (191): Used for miscellaneous characters it can vary by keyboard. VK_OEM_PERIOD (190): Windows 2000/XP: For any country/region, the '.' key VK_OEM_MINUS (189): Windows 2000/XP: For any country/region, the '-' key VK_OEM_COMMA (188): Windows 2000/XP: For any country/region, the ',' key VK_OEM_PLUS (187): Windows 2000/XP: For any country/region, the '+' key Windows 2000/XP: For the US standard keyboard, the ' :' key VK_OEM_1 (186): Used for miscellaneous characters it can vary by keyboard. VK_LAUNCH_APP2 (183): Windows 2000/XP: Start Application 2 key VK_LAUNCH_APP1 (182): Windows 2000/XP: Start Application 1 key VK_LAUNCH_MEDIA_SELECT (181): Windows 2000/XP: Select Media key VK_LAUNCH_MAIL (180): Windows 2000/XP: Start Mail key VK_MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE (179): Windows 2000/XP: Play/Pause Media key VK_MEDIA_STOP (178): Windows 2000/XP: Stop Media key VK_MEDIA_PREV_TRACK (177): Windows 2000/XP: Previous Track key VK_MEDIA_NEXT_TRACK (176): Windows 2000/XP: Next Track key VK_VOLUME_UP (175): Windows 2000/XP: Volume Up key VK_VOLUME_DOWN (174): Windows 2000/XP: Volume Down key VK_VOLUME_MUTE (173): Windows 2000/XP: Volume Mute key VK_BROWSER_HOME (172): Windows 2000/XP: Browser Start and Home key VK_BROWSER_FAVORITES (171): Windows 2000/XP: Browser Favorites key VK_BROWSER_SEARCH (170): Windows 2000/XP: Browser Search key VK_BROWSER_STOP (169): Windows 2000/XP: Browser Stop key VK_BROWSER_REFRESH (168): Windows 2000/XP: Browser Refresh key VK_BROWSER_FORWARD (167): Windows 2000/XP: Browser Forward key VK_BROWSER_BACK (166): Windows 2000/XP: Browser Back key VK_APPS (93): Applications key (Natural keyboard) VK_RWIN (92): Right Windows key (Natural keyboard) VK_LWIN (91): Left Windows key (Microsoft� Natural� keyboard) VK_MODECHANGE (31): IME mode change request VK_HANGUEL (21): IME Hanguel mode (maintained for compatibility use VK_HANGUL) VK_KANA (21): Input Method Editor (IME) Kana mode

VK_XBUTTON2 (6): Windows 2000/XP: X2 mouse button VK_XBUTTON1 (5): Windows 2000/XP: X1 mouse button VK_MBUTTON (4): Middle mouse button (three-button mouse) The following table shows the symbolic constant names, decimal values (in brackets), and mouse or keyboard equivalents for the virtual-key codes used by the system.

Macintosh key codes