Keypress Event

Description

The user pressed the key identified in the id field of the event template.

Mandatory/Optional	Optional.
Event Mask Bit	$00000400$

context:u(2),code:c(1),id:u(2),flags:u(1),x:u(2),y:u(2)

Field

Description

context

Window containing resource that had focus when the key was pressed.

code

Hexadecimal key value, as follows:

Hex Value	Key
$0008$	`Backspace`
$0009$	`Tab`
$000C$	`Clear`(BBj 19.10+)
$0010$	`Shift` (BBj 19.10+)
$0011$	`Control` (BBj 19.10+)
$0012$	`Alt` (BBj 19.10+)
$0013$	`Pause` (BBj 19.10+)
$000D$	`Return`
$0014$	`Caps Lock` (BBj 19.10+)
$007F$	`Delete`
$0090$	`Num Lock` (BBj 19.10+)
$0091$	`Scroll Lock` (BBj 19.10+)
$009A$	`Print Screen` (BBj 19.10+)
$009D$	`Command` (macOS) (BBj 19.10+)
$012D$	`Up arrow`
$012E$	`Down arrow`
$012F$	`Right arrow`
$0130$	`Left arrow`
$0131$	`Page up`
$0132$	`Page down`
$0133$	`Home`
$0134$	`End`
$0138$	`Insert`
$013B$	`Back tab`
$013E$	`Keypad 0` (numeric keypad with Num Lock off)
$013F$	`Keypad 1`
$0140$	`Keypad 2`
$0141$	`Keypad 3`
$0142$	`Keypad 4`
$0143$	`Keypad 5`
$0144$	`Keypad 6`
$0145$	`Keypad 7`
$0146$	`Keypad 8`
$0147$	`Keypad 9`
$014B$	`F1`
$014C$	`F2`
$014D$	`F3`
$014E$	`F4`
$014F$	`F5`
$0150$	`F6`
$0151$	`F7`
$0152$	`F8`
$0153$	`F9`
$0154$	`F10`
$0155$	`F11`
$0156$	`F12`
$0157$	`F13` (BBj 19.10+)
$0158$	`F14` (BBj 19.10+)
$0159$	`F15` (BBj 19.10+)
$015A$	`F16` (BBj 19.10+)
$01FB$	`F17` (BBj 19.10+)
$015C$	`F18` (BBj 19.10+)
$015D$	`F19` (BBj 19.10+)
$015E$	`F20` (BBj 19.10+)
$015F$	`F21` (BBj 19.10+)
$0160$	`F22` (BBj 19.10+)
$0161$	`F23` (BBj 19.10+)
$0162$	`F24` (BBj 19.10+)
$0174$	`Keypad ` (`` on numeric keypad)
$0175$	`Keypad -` (`-` on numeric keypad)
$0176$	`Keypad +` (`+` on numeric keypad)
$0177$	`Keypad /` (`/` on numeric keypad)
$020C$	`Windows` (BBj 19.10+)
$020D$	`Context Menu` (BBj 19.10+)

flags

Key pressed:

Key location: (BBj 19.10+)

All keys (qwerty,...) can be queried as well.