ASCIIcodes

ASCII code table

This section lists the key codes which can be passed to on_key_press and which keys they represent:

AGS KeyCode	Key	ASCII code
eKeyNone	none	0
eKeyCtrlA	Ctrl+A	1
eKeyCtrlB	Ctrl+B	2
eKeyCtrlC	Ctrl+C	3
eKeyCtrlD	Ctrl+D	4
eKeyCtrlE	Ctrl+E	5
eKeyCtrlF	Ctrl+F	6
eKeyCtrlG	Ctrl+G	7
eKeyCtrlH	Ctrl+H	8
eKeyCtrlI	Ctrl+I	9
eKeyCtrlJ	Ctrl+J	10
eKeyCtrlK	Ctrl+K	11
eKeyCtrlL	Ctrl+L	12
eKeyCtrlM	Ctrl+M	13
eKeyCtrlN	Ctrl+N	14
eKeyCtrlO	Ctrl+O	15
eKeyCtrlP	Ctrl+P	16
eKeyCtrlQ	Ctrl+Q	17
eKeyCtrlR	Ctrl+R	18
eKeyCtrlS	Ctrl+S	19
eKeyCtrlT	Ctrl+T	20
eKeyCtrlU	Ctrl+U	21
eKeyCtrlV	Ctrl+V	22
eKeyCtrlW	Ctrl+W	23
eKeyCtrlX	Ctrl+X	24
eKeyCtrlY	Ctrl+Y	25
eKeyCtrlZ	Ctrl+Z	26
eKey0	0	48
eKey1	1	49
eKey2	2	50
eKey3	3	51
eKey4	4	52
eKey5	5	53
eKey6	6	54
eKey7	7	55
eKey8	8	56
eKey9	9	57
eKeyA	A	65
eKeyB	B	66
eKeyC	C	67
eKeyD	D	68
eKeyE	E	69
eKeyF	F	70
eKeyG	G	71
eKeyH	H	72
eKeyI	I	73
eKeyJ	J	74
eKeyK	K	75
eKeyL	L	76
eKeyM	M	77
eKeyN	N	78
eKeyO	O	79
eKeyP	P	80
eKeyQ	Q	81
eKeyR	R	82
eKeyS	S	83
eKeyT	T	84
eKeyU	U	85
eKeyV	V	86
eKeyW	W	87
eKeyX	X	88
eKeyY	Y	89
eKeyZ	Z	90
eKeyAmpersand	&	38
eKeyAsterisk	*	42
eKeyAt	@	64
eKeyBackSlash	\	92
eKeyBackspace	Backspace	8
eKeyCloseBracket	]	93
eKeyCloseParenthesis	)	41
eKeyColon	:	58
eKeyComma	,	44
eKeyDelete	Delete	383
eKeyDollar	$	36
eKeyDoubleQuote	"	34
eKeyEquals	=	61
eKeyEscape	ESC	27
eKeyExclamationMark	!	33
eKeyForwardSlash	/	47
eKeyGreaterThan	>	62
eKeyHash	#	35
eKeyHyphen	-	45
eKeyInsert	Insert	382
eKeyLessThan	<	60
eKeyOpenBracket	[	91
eKeyOpenParenthesis	(	40
eKeyPercent	%	37
eKeyPeriod	.	46
eKeyPlus	+	43
eKeyQuestionMark	?	63
eKeyReturn	RETURN	13
eKeySemiColon	;	59
eKeySingleQuote	'	39
eKeySpace	SPACE	32
eKeyTab	TAB	9
eKeyUnderscore	_	95
eKeyF1	F1	359
eKeyF2	F2	360
eKeyF3	F3	361
eKeyF4	F4	362
eKeyF5	F5	363
eKeyF6	F6	364
eKeyF7	F7	365
eKeyF8	F8	366
eKeyF9	F9	367
eKeyF10	F10	368
eKeyF11	F11	433
eKeyF12	F12	434
eKeyHome	Home	371
eKeyUpArrow	UpArrow	372
eKeyPageUp	PageUp	373
eKeyLeftArrow	LeftArrow	375
eKeyNumPad5	NumPad 5	376
eKeyRightArrow	RightArrow	377
eKeyEnd	End	379
eKeyDownArrow	DownArrow	380
eKeyPageDown	PageDown	381

Use these key codes in your on_key_press function to process player input. For example:

if (keycode == eKeyA) Display("You pressed A");
if (keycode == eKeyPlus) Display("You pressed the Plus key");

The following extra codes can only be used with IsKeyPressed (i.e. on_key_press is never called with these codes):

Key	ASCII code
Left shift	403
Right shift	404
Left ctrl	405
Right ctrl	406
Alt	407