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Table of Keys

The following table lists all of the keys that can be referenced by a KEYSTROKE entry. The table lists the key's full name, its two-character code (called the "key code"), and the corresponding key used on the MS-DOS and the Windows keyboards.

Key Key Code

(terminal db file)
MS-DOS

Keyboard
Windows

Keyboard
Host's Backspace ZB BkSp BkSp
Host's Line-Kill ZK - -
Cntrl-A - Cntrl-Z ^A - ^Z Ctl A-Z Ctl A-Z
Escape ^[ Esc Esc
Control-\ ^\ Ctl-\ Ctl-\
Control-] ^] Ctl-] Ctl-]
Control-^ ^^ Ctl-^ Ctl-^
Control-_ ^_ Ctl-_ Ctl-_
DEL 127 Ctl-BkSp Ctl-BkSp
F1 - F10 k1 - k0 F1 - F10 F1 - F10
F11 - F20 K1 - K0 Shft F1 - F10 Shft F1 - F10
Down Arrow kd Down Down
Home kh Home Home
Left Arrow kl Left Left
Right Arrow kr Right Right
Up Arrow ku Up Up
Insert Line kA Alt-I Alt-I

Ctl-Ins
Tab Left kB Shft-Tab Shft-Tab
Clear-to-End kE Ctl-End Ctl-End
Delete Line kL Alt-K Alt-K

Ctl-Del
Page Down kN PgDn PgDn
Page Up kP PgUp PgUp
Cancel Kc Alt-X Alt-X
Next Paragraph Kd Ctl-Down Ctl-Down
Word Left Kl Ctl-Left Ctl-Left
Word Right Kr Ctl-Right Ctl-Right
Previous Paragraph Ku Ctl-Up Ctl-Up
Exit Kx Alt-E Alt-E
Attention KA Alt-A Alt-A
Bottom KB Ctl-PgDn Ctl-PgDn
Clear KC Ctl-Home Ctl-Home
Command (Do) KD Alt-D Alt-D
End KE End End
Find KF Alt-F Alt-F
Insert Character KI Ins Ins
Page Left KL Alt-L Alt-L
Mark (Select) KM Alt-M Alt-M
Print KP Alt-P Alt-P
Page Right KR Alt-R Alt-R
Send KS Alt-S Alt-S
Top KT Ctl-PgUp Ctl-PgUp
Save KV Alt-V Alt-V
Delete Character KX Del Del
Help K? Alt-H Alt-H
User-defined

key 1 - 10 (DOS)



key 1-6 (Windows)


U1 - U0 (DOS)



U1-U6 (Windows)


Alt F1 - F10






F11-F12



Shft-F11-F12



Ctl-F11-F12
User-defined

key 11-20

(DOS and Windows)


A1 - A0

(DOS and Windows)


Alt-1 - Alt-0


Ctl-1 - Ctl-0

The following keys may be used only on MS-DOS systems:

Key Key Code

(terminal db file)
MS-DOS

Keyboards
Control F1 - F10 C1 - C0 Ctl F1 - F10
Alt-Hyphen A- Alt-
Alt-Equal A= Alt-=
Alt-B AB Alt-B
Alt-C AC Alt-C
Alt-G AG Alt-G
Alt-J AJ Alt-J
Alt-N AN Alt-N
Alt-O AO Alt-O
Alt-Q AQ Alt-Q
Alt-T AT Alt-T
Alt-U AU Alt-U
Alt-W AW Alt-W
Alt-Y AY Alt-Y
Alt-Z AZ Alt-Z

The following table lists mouse-action "keys" that can be referenced by a KEYSTROKE entry; this table has meaning only for graphical systems such as Windows.

The table lists the mouse action, the corresponding key code, and the default exception value returned.

Action Key Code Exception Value
Mouse moved Mv 80
Left button pushed Ml 81
Left button released ML 82
Left button double-clicked M1 83
Middle button pushed Mm 84
Middle button released MM 85
Middle button double-clicked M2 86
Right button pushed Mr 87
Right button released MR 88
Right button double-clicked M3 89

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