ASCII code table
This section lists the keycodes which can be passed to on_key_press
and which keys they represent:
AGS keycode | Key | ASCII code |
---|---|---|
eKeyNone |
none | 0 |
eKeyCtrlA |
Ctrl+A | 1 |
eKeyCtrlB |
Ctrl+B | 2 |
eKeyCtrlC |
Ctrl+C | 3 |
eKeyCtrlD |
Ctrl+D | 4 |
eKeyCtrlE |
Ctrl+E | 5 |
eKeyCtrlF |
Ctrl+F | 6 |
eKeyCtrlG |
Ctrl+G | 7 |
eKeyCtrlH |
Ctrl+H | 8 |
eKeyCtrlI |
Ctrl+I | 9 |
eKeyCtrlJ |
Ctrl+J | 10 |
eKeyCtrlK |
Ctrl+K | 11 |
eKeyCtrlL |
Ctrl+L | 12 |
eKeyCtrlM |
Ctrl+M | 13 |
eKeyCtrlN |
Ctrl+N | 14 |
eKeyCtrlO |
Ctrl+O | 15 |
eKeyCtrlP |
Ctrl+P | 16 |
eKeyCtrlQ |
Ctrl+Q | 17 |
eKeyCtrlR |
Ctrl+R | 18 |
eKeyCtrlS |
Ctrl+S | 19 |
eKeyCtrlT |
Ctrl+T | 20 |
eKeyCtrlU |
Ctrl+U | 21 |
eKeyCtrlV |
Ctrl+V | 22 |
eKeyCtrlW |
Ctrl+W | 23 |
eKeyCtrlX |
Ctrl+X | 24 |
eKeyCtrlY |
Ctrl+Y | 25 |
eKeyCtrlZ |
Ctrl+Z | 26 |
eKey0 |
0 | 48 |
eKey1 |
1 | 49 |
eKey2 |
2 | 50 |
eKey3 |
3 | 51 |
eKey4 |
4 | 52 |
eKey5 |
5 | 53 |
eKey6 |
6 | 54 |
eKey7 |
7 | 55 |
eKey8 |
8 | 56 |
eKey9 |
9 | 57 |
eKeyA |
A | 65 |
eKeyB |
B | 66 |
eKeyC |
C | 67 |
eKeyD |
D | 68 |
eKeyE |
E | 69 |
eKeyF |
F | 70 |
eKeyG |
G | 71 |
eKeyH |
H | 72 |
eKeyI |
I | 73 |
eKeyJ |
J | 74 |
eKeyK |
K | 75 |
eKeyL |
L | 76 |
eKeyM |
M | 77 |
eKeyN |
N | 78 |
eKeyO |
O | 79 |
eKeyP |
P | 80 |
eKeyQ |
Q | 81 |
eKeyR |
R | 82 |
eKeyS |
S | 83 |
eKeyT |
T | 84 |
eKeyU |
U | 85 |
eKeyV |
V | 86 |
eKeyW |
W | 87 |
eKeyX |
X | 88 |
eKeyY |
Y | 89 |
eKeyZ |
Z | 90 |
eKeyAmpersand |
& | 38 |
eKeyAsterisk |
* | 42 |
eKeyAt |
@ | 64 |
eKeyBackSlash |
\ | 92 |
eKeyBackspace |
Backspace | 8 |
eKeyCloseBracket |
] | 93 |
eKeyCloseParenthesis |
) | 41 |
eKeyColon |
: | 58 |
eKeyComma |
, | 44 |
eKeyDelete |
Delete | 383 |
eKeyDollar |
$ | 36 |
eKeyDoubleQuote |
" | 34 |
eKeyEquals |
= | 61 |
eKeyEscape |
Escape | 27 |
eKeyExclamationMark |
! | 33 |
eKeyForwardSlash |
/ | 47 |
eKeyGreaterThan |
> | 62 |
eKeyHash |
# | 35 |
eKeyHyphen |
- | 45 |
eKeyInsert |
Insert | 382 |
eKeyLessThan |
< | 60 |
eKeyOpenBracket |
[ | 91 |
eKeyOpenParenthesis |
( | 40 |
eKeyPercent |
% | 37 |
eKeyPeriod |
. | 46 |
eKeyPlus |
+ | 43 |
eKeyQuestionMark |
? | 63 |
eKeyReturn |
Return | 13 |
eKeySemiColon |
; | 59 |
eKeySingleQuote |
' | 39 |
eKeySpace |
Space | 32 |
eKeyTab |
Tab | 9 |
eKeyUnderscore |
_ | 95 |
eKeyF1 |
F1 | 359 |
eKeyF2 |
F2 | 360 |
eKeyF3 |
F3 | 361 |
eKeyF4 |
F4 | 362 |
eKeyF5 |
F5 | 363 |
eKeyF6 |
F6 | 364 |
eKeyF7 |
F7 | 365 |
eKeyF8 |
F8 | 366 |
eKeyF9 |
F9 | 367 |
eKeyF10 |
F10 | 368 |
eKeyF11 |
F11 | 433 |
eKeyF12 |
F12 | 434 |
eKeyHome |
Home | 371 |
eKeyUpArrow |
Up arrow | 372 |
eKeyPageUp |
Page up | 373 |
eKeyLeftArrow |
Left arrow | 375 |
eKeyNumPad5 |
Numeric keypad 5 | 376 |
eKeyRightArrow |
Right arrow | 377 |
eKeyEnd |
End | 379 |
eKeyDownArrow |
Down arrow | 380 |
eKeyPageDown |
Page down | 381 |
Use these keycodes in your on_key_press
function to process player input. For example:
if (keycode == eKeyA) Display("You pressed A");
if (keycode == eKeyPlus) Display("You pressed the Plus key");
The following extra codes can only be used with IsKeyPressed
(i.e. on_key_press
is never called with these codes):
AGS keycode | Key | ASCII code |
---|---|---|
eKeyShiftLeft |
Left Shift | 403 |
eKeyShiftRight |
Right Shift | 404 |
eKeyCtrlLeft |
Left Ctrl | 405 |
eKeyCtrlRight |
Right Ctrl | 406 |
none | Alt | 407 |