Keyboard Scan Codes

At a Glance

A scan code is a number which is sent from the keyboard to the computer once a key has been pressed.

The table below contains the keyboard scan codes in decimal as well as in hexadecimal format.

Worth knowing

Useful and cross-version information about the programming environments of QBasic and QuickBasic.

ASCII Code Tables
Keyboard Scan Codes
Syntax Conventions
Screen Modes, Adapters, Displays, Colors
BASIC Character Set
Error Codes

Key	Code (hex)	Code (dec)
ESC	01	001
! or 1	02	002
@ or 2	03	003
# or 3	04	004
$ or 4	05	005
% or 5	06	006
^ or 6	07	007
& or 7	08	008
* or 8	09	009
( or 9	0A	010
) or 0	0B	011
_ or -	0C	012
+ or =	0D	013
LEFT	0E	014
TAB	0F	015
Q	10	016
W	11	017
E	12	018
R	13	019
T	14	020
Y	15	021
U	16	022
I	17	023
O	18	024
P	19	025
{ or [	1A	026
} or ]	1B	027
ENTER	1C	028
CTRL	1D	029
A	1E	030
S	1F	031
D	20	032
F	21	033
G	22	034
H	23	035
J	24	036
K	25	037
L	26	038
: or ;	27	039
" or '	28	040
or `	29	041
LEFT SHIFT	2A	042
\| or \	2B	043

Key	Code (hex)	Code (dec)
Z	2C	044
X	2D	045
C	2E	046
V	2F	047
B	30	048
N	31	049
M	32	050
< or ,	33	051
> or .	34	052
? or /	35	053
RIGHT SHIFT	36	054
PRTSC or *	37	055
ALT	38	056
SPACEBAR	39	057
CAPSLOCK	3A	058
F1	3B	059
F2	3C	060
F3	3D	061
F4	3E	062
F5	3F	063
F6	40	064
F7	41	065
F8	42	066
F9	43	067
F10	44	068
NUMLOCK	45	069
SCROLL LOCK	46	070
HOME or 7	47	071
UP or 8	48	072
PGUP or 9	49	073
-	4A	074
LEFT or 4	4B	075
5	4C	076
RIGHT or 6	4D	077
+	4E	078
END or 1	4F	079
DOWN or 2	50	080
PGDN or 3	51	081
INS or 0	52	082
DEL or .	53	083
F11	85	133
F12	86	134