keycode-js

KeyCode Constants

A minimal JavaScript package with key code constants.

Installation

# Using npm
$ npm install keycode-js --save

# Using yarn
$ yarn add keycode-js

# Using bower
$ bower install keycode-js --save

Usage

Import the package using require() or ES / TypeScript import statement:

// CommonJS
const KeyCode = require('keycode-js');

// ES2015+
import * as KeyCode from 'keycode-js';

// TypeScript
import * as KeyCode from 'keycode-js';

// Import individual constants
import { KEY_RETURN } from 'keycode-js';

Or, using <script> tag:

<script src="https://unpkg.com/keycode-js@2.0.2/dist/keycode.min.js"></script>

Finally:

window.addEventListener('keyup', function(e) {
  if (e.keyCode === KeyCode.KEY_RETURN) {
    console.log('It was the Return key.');
    return;
  }

  console.log('It was any other key.');
});

Usage with Deno

// Import all constants
import * as KeyCode from 'https://deno.land/x/keycode@v2.0.2/mod.ts';

// Import individual constants
import { KEY_ENTER } from 'https://deno.land/x/keycode@v2.0.2/mod.ts';

console.assert(KeyCode.KEY_ENTER === KEY_ENTER);

Available Constants

For more information click here.

Key Name	Constant	Value
Cancel	KEY_CANCEL	3
Help	KEY_HELP	6
Backspace	KEY_BACK_SPACE	8
Tab	KEY_TAB	9
Clear	KEY_CLEAR	12
Return	KEY_RETURN	13
Enter	KEY_ENTER	14
Shift	KEY_SHIFT	16
Control	KEY_CONTROL	17
Alt	KEY_ALT	18
Pause	KEY_PAUSE	19
Caps Lock	KEY_CAPS_LOCK	20
Escape	KEY_ESCAPE	27
Space	KEY_SPACE	32
Page up	KEY_PAGE_UP	33
Page down	KEY_PAGE_DOWN	34
End	KEY_END	35
Home	KEY_HOME	36
Left	KEY_LEFT	37
Up	KEY_UP	38
Right	KEY_RIGHT	39
Down	KEY_DOWN	40
Print Screen	KEY_PRINTSCREEN	44
Insert	KEY_INSERT	45
Delete	KEY_DELETE	46
0	KEY_0	48
1	KEY_1	49
2	KEY_2	50
3	KEY_3	51
4	KEY_4	52
5	KEY_5	53
6	KEY_6	54
7	KEY_7	55
8	KEY_8	56
9	KEY_9	57
Semicolon	KEY_SEMICOLON	59
Equals	KEY_EQUALS	61
A	KEY_A	65
B	KEY_B	66
C	KEY_C	67
D	KEY_D	68
E	KEY_E	69
F	KEY_F	70
G	KEY_G	71
H	KEY_H	72
I	KEY_I	73
J	KEY_J	74
K	KEY_K	75
L	KEY_L	76
M	KEY_M	77
N	KEY_N	78
O	KEY_O	79
P	KEY_P	80
Q	KEY_Q	81
R	KEY_R	82
S	KEY_S	83
T	KEY_T	84
U	KEY_U	85
V	KEY_V	86
W	KEY_W	87
X	KEY_X	88
Y	KEY_Y	89
Z	KEY_Z	90
Left ⌘	KEY_LEFT_CMD	91
Right ⌘	KEY_RIGHT_CMD	93
Context Menu	KEY_CONTEXT_MENU	93
Numpad 0	KEY_NUMPAD0	96
Numpad 1	KEY_NUMPAD1	97
Numpad 2	KEY_NUMPAD2	98
Numpad 3	KEY_NUMPAD3	99
Numpad 4	KEY_NUMPAD4	100
Numpad 5	KEY_NUMPAD5	101
Numpad 6	KEY_NUMPAD6	102
Numpad 7	KEY_NUMPAD7	103
Numpad 8	KEY_NUMPAD8	104
Numpad 9	KEY_NUMPAD9	105
Multiply	KEY_MULTIPLY	106
Add	KEY_ADD	107
Separator	KEY_SEPARATOR	108
Subtract	KEY_SUBTRACT	109
Decimal	KEY_DECIMAL	110
Divide	KEY_DIVIDE	111
F1	KEY_F1	112
F2	KEY_F2	113
F3	KEY_F3	114
F4	KEY_F4	115
F5	KEY_F5	116
F6	KEY_F6	117
F7	KEY_F7	118
F8	KEY_F8	119
F9	KEY_F9	120
F10	KEY_F10	121
F11	KEY_F11	122
F12	KEY_F12	123
F13	KEY_F13	124
F14	KEY_F14	125
F15	KEY_F15	126
F16	KEY_F16	127
F17	KEY_F17	128
F18	KEY_F18	129
F19	KEY_F19	130
F20	KEY_F20	131
F21	KEY_F21	132
F22	KEY_F22	133
F23	KEY_F23	134
F24	KEY_F24	135
Num Lock	KEY_NUM_LOCK	144
Scroll Lock	KEY_SCROLL_LOCK	145
Comma	KEY_COMMA	188
Period	KEY_PERIOD	190
Slash	KEY_SLASH	191
Back Quote	KEY_BACK_QUOTE	192
Open Bracket	KEY_OPEN_BRACKET	219
Back Slash	KEY_BACK_SLASH	220
Close Bracket	KEY_CLOSE_BRACKET	221
Quote	KEY_QUOTE	222
Meta	KEY_META	224

Contributing

All kinds of contributions are welcome. Please feel free to propose PRs, report issues and suggestions to improve.

Changelog

Check the CHANGELOG for full release history.

Maintainers

• Kabir Baidhya
• Saugat Acharya

License

This package is licensed under the MIT License.