Keycodes#

Here is the list of the available keycode in RMK.

When used in configuration files, all keycodes are case-insensitive.

Alphabetical keys#

Keycode	Aliases	Usage
A		A and a
B		B and b
C		C and c
D		D and d
E		E and e
F		F and f
G		G and g
H		H and h
I		I and i
J		J and j
K		K and k
L		L and l
M		M and m
N		N and n
O		O and o
P		P and p
Q		Q and q
R		R and r
S		S and s
T		T and t
U		U and u
V		V and v
W		W and w
X		X and x
Y		Y and y
Z		Z and z

Numerical keys#

Keycode	Aliases	Usage
Kc1	1	1 and !
Kc2	2	2 and @
Kc3	3	3 and #
Kc4	4	4 and $
Kc5	5	5 and %
Kc6	6	6 and ^
Kc7	7	7 and &
Kc8	8	8 and *
Kc9	9	9 and (
Kc0	0	0 and )

Punctation keys#

Keycode	Aliases	Usage
Enter	ent	Enter
Escape	esc	Escape
Backspace	bspc	Backspace
Delete	del	Delete
Tab		Tab
Space	spc	Spacebar
Minus	mins, -	- and _
Equal	eql, =	= and +
LeftBracket	left_bracket, lbrc, [	[ and {
RightBracket	right_bracket, rbrc, ]	] and }
Backslash	bsls, \	\ and |
NonusHash	nonus_hash, nuhs	Non-US # and ~
Semicolon	scln, ;	; and :
Quote	quot, '	' and "
Grave	grv, `	` and ~
Comma	comm, ,	, and <
Dot	.	. and >
Slash	slsh, /	/ and ?
NonusBackslash	nonus_backslash, nubs	Non-US \ and |

Modifier keys#

Keycode	Aliases	Usage
LCtrl	l_ctrl, leftctrl, left_ctrl, lctl	Left Control
LShift	l_shift, leftshift, left_shift, lsft	Left Shift
LAlt	l_alt, leftalt, left_alt, lopt	Left Alt
LGui	l_gui, leftgui, left_gui, lcmd, lwin	Left GUI
RCtrl	r_ctrl, rightctrl, right_ctrl, rctl	Right Control
RShift	r_shift, rightshift, right_shift, rsft	Right Shift
RAlt	r_alt, rightalt, right_alt, ropt	Right Alt
RGui	r_gui, rightgui, right_gui, rcmd, rwin	Right GUI

Function keys#

Keycode	Aliases	Usage
F1		F1
F2		F2
F3		F3
F4		F4
F5		F5
F6		F6
F7		F7
F8		F8
F9		F9
F10		F10
F11		F11
F12		F12
F13		F13
F14		F14
F15		F15
F16		F16
F17		F17
F18		F18
F19		F19
F20		F20
F21		F21
F22		F22
F23		F23
F24		F24

Lock keys#

Keycode	Aliases	Usage
CapsLock	caps_lock, caps	Caps Lock
ScrollLock	scroll_lock, scrl, brmd	Scroll Lock or Brightness Down on macOS
NumLock	num_lock, num	Num Lock
LockingCapsLock	locking_caps_lock, lcap	Locking Caps Lock
LockingNumLock	locking_num_lock, lnum	Locking Num Lock
LockingScrollLock	locking_scroll_lock, lscr	Locking Scroll Lock

International keys#

Keycode	Aliases	Usage
International1	international_1, int1	JIS \ and _
International2	international_2, int2	JIS Katana or Hiragana
International3	international_3, int3	JIS ¥ and `
International4	international_4, int4	JIS Henkan
International5	international_5, int5	JIS Muhenkan
International6	international_6, int6	JIS Numpad ,
International7	international_7, int7	International 7
International8	international_8, int8	International 8
International9	international_9, int9	International 9
Language1	language_1, lng1	Hangul/English
Language2	language_2, lng2	Hanja
Language3	language_3, lng3	JIS Katakana
Language4	language_4, lng4	JIS Hiragana
Language5	language_5, lng5	JIS Zenkaku/Hankaku
Language6	language_6, lng6	Language 6
Language7	language_7, lng7	Language 7
Language8	language_8, lng8	Language 8
Language9	language_9, lng9	Language 9

Special keys#

Keycode	Aliases	Usage
No		Ignore this key
Transparent	TRNS, _ (you can repeat as many times as you like)	Use the next lowest non-transparent key