Key codes

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This is a list of key codes used by Minecraft, which are used in configuration files such as the options.txt file in the Minecraft directory.^{[more information needed]}

Java Edition

Current

Value	In-game name	Description
key.keyboard.unknown	Not bound	Key is not bound
key.mouse.left	Left Button	Left mouse button
key.mouse.right	Right Button	Right mouse button
key.mouse.middle	Middle Button	Mouse scroll wheel
key.mouse.4	Button 4	Fourth mouse button
key.mouse.5	Button 5	Fifth mouse button
key.mouse.6	Button 6	Sixth mouse button
key.mouse.7	Button 7	Seventh mouse button
key.mouse.8	Button 8	Eighth mouse button
key.mouse.#	Button #	Mouse button of number #
key.keyboard.0	0
key.keyboard.1	1
key.keyboard.2	2
key.keyboard.3	3
key.keyboard.4	4
key.keyboard.5	5
key.keyboard.6	6
key.keyboard.7	7
key.keyboard.8	8
key.keyboard.9	9
key.keyboard.a	a
key.keyboard.b	b
key.keyboard.c	c
key.keyboard.d	d
key.keyboard.e	e
key.keyboard.f	f
key.keyboard.g	g
key.keyboard.h	h
key.keyboard.i	i
key.keyboard.j	j
key.keyboard.k	k
key.keyboard.l	l
key.keyboard.m	m
key.keyboard.n	n
key.keyboard.o	o
key.keyboard.p	p
key.keyboard.q	q
key.keyboard.r	r
key.keyboard.s	s
key.keyboard.t	t
key.keyboard.u	u
key.keyboard.v	v
key.keyboard.w	w
key.keyboard.x	x
key.keyboard.y	y
key.keyboard.z	z
key.keyboard.f1	F1
key.keyboard.f2	F2
key.keyboard.f3	F3
key.keyboard.f4	F4
key.keyboard.f5	F5
key.keyboard.f6	F6
key.keyboard.f7	F7
key.keyboard.f8	F8
key.keyboard.f9	F9
key.keyboard.f10	F10
key.keyboard.f11	F11
key.keyboard.f12	F12
key.keyboard.f13	F13
key.keyboard.f14	F14
key.keyboard.f15	F15
key.keyboard.f16	F16
key.keyboard.f17	F17
key.keyboard.f18	F18
key.keyboard.f19	F19
key.keyboard.f20	F20
key.keyboard.f21	F21
key.keyboard.f22	F22
key.keyboard.f23	F23
key.keyboard.f24	F24
key.keyboard.f25	F25
key.keyboard.num.lock	Num Lock
key.keyboard.keypad.0	Keypad 0
key.keyboard.keypad.1	Keypad 1
key.keyboard.keypad.2	Keypad 2
key.keyboard.keypad.3	Keypad 3
key.keyboard.keypad.4	Keypad 4
key.keyboard.keypad.5	Keypad 5
key.keyboard.keypad.6	Keypad 6
key.keyboard.keypad.7	Keypad 7
key.keyboard.keypad.8	Keypad 8
key.keyboard.keypad.9	Keypad 9
key.keyboard.keypad.add	Keypad +
key.keyboard.keypad.decimal	Keypad Decimal
key.keyboard.keypad.enter	Keypad Enter
key.keyboard.keypad.equal	Keypad =
key.keyboard.keypad.multiply	Keypad *
key.keyboard.keypad.divide	Keypad /
key.keyboard.keypad.subtract	Keypad -
key.keyboard.down	Down Arrow
key.keyboard.left	Left Arrow
key.keyboard.right	Right Arrow
key.keyboard.up	Up Arrow
key.keyboard.apostrophe	'
key.keyboard.backslash	\
key.keyboard.comma	,
key.keyboard.equal	=
key.keyboard.grave.accent	`
key.keyboard.left.bracket	[
key.keyboard.minus	-
key.keyboard.period	.
key.keyboard.right.bracket	]
key.keyboard.semicolon	;
key.keyboard.slash	/
key.keyboard.space	Space
key.keyboard.tab	Tab
key.keyboard.left.alt	Left Alt
key.keyboard.left.control	Left Control
key.keyboard.left.shift	Left Shift
key.keyboard.left.win	Left Win
key.keyboard.right.alt	Right Alt
key.keyboard.right.control	Right Control
key.keyboard.right.shift	Right Shift
key.keyboard.right.win	Right Win
key.keyboard.enter	Enter
key.keyboard.escape	Escape
key.keyboard.backspace	Backspace
key.keyboard.delete	Delete
key.keyboard.end	End
key.keyboard.home	Home
key.keyboard.insert	Insert
key.keyboard.page.down	Page Down
key.keyboard.page.up	Page Up
key.keyboard.caps.lock	Caps Lock
key.keyboard.pause	Pause
key.keyboard.scroll.lock	Scroll Lock
key.keyboard.menu	Menu
key.keyboard.print.screen	Print Screen
key.keyboard.world.1	World 1
key.keyboard.world.2	World 2
scancode.###	scancode.###	Untranslated

Before 1.13

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Keyboard codes

Value	Name	Description
0	NONE ^[1]
1	ESCAPE	Escape
2	1
3	2
4	3
5	4
6	5
7	6
8	7
9	8
10	9
11	0
12	MINUS	-
13	EQUALS	=
14	BACK	Backspace
15	TAB	Tab
16	Q
17	W
18	E
19	R
20	T
21	Y
22	U
23	I
24	O
25	P
26	LBRACKET	[
27	RBRACKET	]
28	RETURN	Enter
29	LCONTROL	Left Control
30	A
31	S
32	D
33	F
34	G
35	H
36	J
37	K
38	L
39	SEMICOLON	;
40	APOSTROPHE	'
41	GRAVE	`
42	LSHIFT	Left Shift
43	BACKSLASH	\
44	Z
45	X
46	C
47	V
48	B
49	N
50	M
51	COMMA	,
52	PERIOD	.
53	SLASH	/
54	RSHIFT	Right Shift
55	MULTIPLY
56	LMENU ^[2]	Left Menu/Alt
57	SPACE
58	CAPITAL	Caps Lock
59	F1
60	F2
61	F3
62	F4

Value	Name	Description
63	F5
64	F6
65	F7
66	F8
67	F9
68	F10
69	NUMLOCK	Number Lock
70	SCROLL	Scroll Lock
71	NUMPAD7
72	NUMPAD8
73	NUMPAD9
74	SUBTRACT
75	NUMPAD4
76	NUMPAD5
77	NUMPAD6
78	ADD
79	NUMPAD1
80	NUMPAD2
81	NUMPAD3
82	NUMPAD0
83	DECIMAL
87	F11
88	F12
100	F13
101	F14
102	F15
112	KANA
121	CONVERT
123	NOCONVERT
125	YEN	¥
141	NUMPADEQUALS
144	CIRCUMFLEX	^
145	AT	@
146	COLON	:
147	UNDERLINE	_
148	KANJI
149	STOP
150	AX
151	UNLABLED
156	NUMPADENTER
157	RCONTROL	Right Control
179	NUMPADCOMMA
181	DIVIDE
183	SYSRQ
184	RMENU ^[2]	Right Menu/Alt
197	PAUSE
199	HOME
200	UP	Up Arrow
201	PRIOR	Page Up
203	LEFT	Left Arrow
205	RIGHT	Right Arrow
207	END
208	DOWN	Down Arrow
209	NEXT	Page Down
210	INSERT
211	DELETE
219	LMETA	Left Meta/Super
219	LWIN ^[3]	Left Meta/Super
220	RMETA	Right Meta/Super
220	RWIN ^[3]	Right Meta/Super
221	APPS
222	POWER
223	SLEEP

Mouse codes

LWJGL supports a maximum of 16 mouse buttons.^[verify] The Minecraft game settings screen translates button 0 to "Button 1", button 1 to "Button 2", et cetera.

Value		LWJGL Name	Description
LWJGL	Minecraft	LWJGL Name	Description
0	-100	BUTTON0	Left Click
1	-99	BUTTON1	Right Click
2	-98	BUTTON2	Middle Click
3	-97	BUTTON3
4	-96	BUTTON4
5	-95	BUTTON5
6	-94	BUTTON6
7	-93	BUTTON7

Value		LWJGL Name	Description
LWJGL	Minecraft	LWJGL Name	Description
8	-92	BUTTON8
9	-91	BUTTON9
10	-90	BUTTON10
11	-89	BUTTON11
12	-88	BUTTON12
13	-87	BUTTON13
14	-86	BUTTON14
15	-85	BUTTON15

Bedrock Edition

Key Code	Key
0	That key has no keycode
3	break
8	backspace / delete
9	tab
12	clear
13	enter
16	shift
17	ctrl
18	alt
19	pause/break
20	caps lock
21	hangul
25	hanja
27	escape
28	conversion
29	non-conversion
32	spacebar
33	page up
34	page down
35	end
36	home
37	left arrow
38	up arrow
39	right arrow
40	down arrow
41	select
42	print
43	execute
44	Print Screen
45	insert
46	delete
47	help
48	0
49	1
50	2
51	3
52	4
53	5
54	6
55	7
56	8
57	9
58	:
59	semicolon (firefox), equals
60	<
61	equals (firefox)
63	ß
64	@ (firefox)
65	a
66	b
67	c
68	d
69	e
70	f
71	g
72	h
73	i
74	j
75	k
76	l
77	m
78	n
79	o
80	p
81	q
82	r
83	s
84	t
85	u
86	v
87	w
88	x
89	y
90	z
91	Windows Key / Left ⌘ / Chromebook Search key
92	right window key
93	Windows Menu / Right ⌘
95	sleep
96	numpad 0
97	numpad 1
98	numpad 2
99	numpad 3
100	numpad 4
101	numpad 5
102	numpad 6
103	numpad 7
104	numpad 8
105	numpad 9
106	multiply
107	add
108	numpad period (firefox)
109	subtract
110	decimal point
111	divide
112	f1
113	f2
114	f3
115	f4
116	f5
117	f6
118	f7
119	f8
120	f9
121	f10
122	f11
123	f12
124	f13
125	f14
126	f15
127	f16
128	f17
129	f18
130	f19
131	f20
132	f21
133	f22
134	f23
135	f24
136	f25
137	f26
138	f27
139	f28
140	f29
141	f30
142	f31
143	f32
144	num lock
145	scroll lock
151	airplane mode
160	^
161	!
162	؛ (arabic semicolon)
163	#
164	$
165	ù
166	page backward
167	page forward
168	refresh
169	closing paren (AZERTY)
170	*
171	~ + * key
172	home key
173	minus (firefox), mute/unmute
174	decrease volume level
175	increase volume level
176	next
177	previous
178	stop
179	play/pause
180	e-mail
181	mute/unmute (firefox)
182	decrease volume level (firefox)
183	increase volume level (firefox)
186	semi-colon / ñ
187	equal sign
188	comma
189	dash
190	period
191	forward slash / ç
192	grave accent / ñ / æ / ö
193	?, / or °
194	numpad period (chrome)
219	open bracket
220	back slash
221	close bracket / å
222	single quote / ø / ä
223	`
224	left or right ⌘ key (firefox)
225	altgr
226	< /git >, left back slash
230	GNOME Compose Key
231	ç
233	XF86Forward
234	XF86Back
235	non-conversion
240	alphanumeric
242	hiragana/katakana
243	half-width/full-width
244	kanji
251	unlock trackpad (Chrome/Edge)
255	toggle touchpad
-99	Mouse Left
-98	Mouse Right
-97	Mouse Middle
-94	Mouse Button 6
-95	Mouse Button 5

References

↑ LWJGL returns key code 0 when a key is pressed but it doesn't know what key.
↑ ^a ^b LWJGL maps the menu key and the alt key to the same value.
↑ ^a ^b The use of the names "LWIN" and "RWIN" are officially deprecated and the names "LMETA" and "RMETA" should be used instead.

[nonekey-1] LWJGL returns key code 0 when a key is pressed but it doesn't know what key.

[menualt-2] LWJGL maps the menu key and the alt key to the same value.

[winkeys-3] The use of the names "LWIN" and "RWIN" are officially deprecated and the names "LMETA" and "RMETA" should be used instead.

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