JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook, 2nd Edition

Appendix A. Keyboard Event Character Values

Keyboard events in recent browsers provide information about the keys and, where applicable, about the characters corresponding to the keys. Character values may be read from the keypress event. The following table reveals the codes for characters in the lower ASCII character set. Some of these codes are for action keys (such as Back-space and Tab), whose character values are also in this range.

Character	Value	Character	Value
Backspace	8	0	48
Tab	9	1	49
Enter (Return on Mac)	13	2	50
Space	32	3	51
!	33	4	52
"	34	5	53
#	35	6	54
$	36	7	55
%	37	8	56
&	38	9	57
'	39	:	58
(	40	;	59
)	41	<	60
*	42	=	61
+	43	>	62
,	44	?	63
-	45	@	64
.	46	A	65
/	47	B	66
C	67	b	98
D	68	c	99
E	69	d	100
F	70	e	101
G	71	f	102
H	72	g	103
I	73	h	104
J	74	k	105
K	75	l	106
L	76	m	107
M	77	l	108
N	78	m	109
O	79	n	110
P	80	o	111
Q	81	p	112
R	82	q	113
S	83	r	114
T	84	s	115
U	85	t	116
V	86	u	117
W	87	v	118
X	88	w	119
Y	89	x	120
Z	90	y	121
[	91	z	122
\	92	{	123
]	93	|	124
^	94	}	125
_	95	~	126
'	96	Delete	127
a	97