Microsoft DirectX 8.1 (Visual Basic)

Keyboard Device Constants

Members of the CONST_DIKEYFLAGS enumeration represent offsets within a keyboard device's data packet, a 256-byte array. The data at a given offset is associated with a keyboard key.

The standard keyboard device constants are listed in the following table in ascending order of data offset.

The CONST_DIKEYBOARDFLAGS enumeration, used in action mapping, also contains constants for each of the keys in the table. The names of these constants begin with DIKEYBOARD rather than DIK.

Constant Note
DIK_ESCAPE
DIK_1 On main keyboard
DIK_2 On main keyboard
DIK_3 On main keyboard
DIK_4 On main keyboard
DIK_5 On main keyboard
DIK_6 On main keyboard
DIK_7 On main keyboard
DIK_8 On main keyboard
DIK_9 On main keyboard
DIK_0 On main keyboard
DIK_MINUS On main keyboard
DIK_EQUALS On main keyboard
DIK_BACK BACKSPACE
DIK_TAB
DIK_Q
DIK_W
DIK_E
DIK_R
DIK_T
DIK_Y
DIK_U
DIK_I
DIK_O
DIK_P
DIK_LBRACKET Left square bracket.
DIK_RBRACKET Right square bracket
DIK_RETURN ENTER on main keyboard
DIK_LCONTROL Left CTRL
DIK_A
DIK_S
DIK_D
DIK_F
DIK_G
DIK_H
DIK_J
DIK_K
DIK_L
DIK_SEMICOLON
DIK_APOSTROPHE
DIK_GRAVE Grave accent (`)
DIK_LSHIFT Left SHIFT
DIK_BACKSLASH
DIK_Z
DIK_X
DIK_C
DIK_V
DIK_B
DIK_N
DIK_M
DIK_COMMA
DIK_PERIOD On main keyboard
DIK_SLASH Forward slash on main keyboard
DIK_RSHIFT Right SHIFT key
DIK_MULTIPLY Asterisk on numeric keypad
DIK_LMENU Left ALT
DIK_SPACE SPACEBAR
DIK_CAPITAL CAPS LOCK
DIK_F1
DIK_F2
DIK_F3
DIK_F4
DIK_F5
DIK_F6
DIK_F7
DIK_F8
DIK_F9
DIK_F10
DIK_NUMLOCK
DIK_SCROLL SCROLL LOCK
DIK_NUMPAD7
DIK_NUMPAD8
DIK_NUMPAD9
DIK_SUBTRACT MINUS SIGN on numeric keypad
DIK_NUMPAD4
DIK_NUMPAD5
DIK_NUMPAD6
DIK_ADD PLUS SIGN on numeric keypad
DIK_NUMPAD1
DIK_NUMPAD2
DIK_NUMPAD3
DIK_NUMPAD0
DIK_DECIMAL PERIOD (decimal point) on numeric keypad
DIK_OEM_102 On British and German keyboards.
DIK_F11
DIK_F12
DIK_F13
DIK_F14
DIK_F15
DIK_KANA On Japanese keyboard
DIK_ABNT_C1 On numeric pad of Brazilian keyboards
DIK_CONVERT On Japanese keyboard
DIK_NOCONVERT On Japanese keyboard
DIK_YEN On Japanese keyboard
DIK_ABNT_C2 On numeric pad of Brazilian keyboards
DIK_NUMPADEQUALS On numeric keypad (NEC PC98)
DIK_PREVTRACK Previous track; circumflex on Japanese keyboard
DIK_AT On Japanese keyboard
DIK_COLON On Japanese keyboard
DIK_UNDERLINE On Japanese keyboard
DIK_KANJI On Japanese keyboard
DIK_STOP On Japanese keyboard
DIK_AX On Japanese keyboard
DIK_UNLABELED On Japanese keyboard
DIK_NEXTTRACK Next track
DIK_NUMPADENTER
DIK_RCONTROL Right CTRL
DIK_MUTE
DIK_CALCULATOR
DIK_PLAYPAUSE
DIK_MEDIASTOP
DIK_VOLUMEDOWN
DIK_VOLUMEUP
DIK_WEBHOME
DIK_NUMPADCOMMA COMMA on NEC PC98 numeric keypad
DIK_DIVIDE Forward slash on numeric keypad
DIK_SYSRQ
DIK_RMENU Right ALT
DIK_PAUSE  
DIK_HOME  
DIK_UP UP ARROW
DIK_PRIOR PAGE UP
DIK_LEFT LEFT ARROW
DIK_RIGHT RIGHT ARROW
DIK_END
DIK_DOWN DOWN ARROW
DIK_NEXT PAGE DOWN
DIK_INSERT
DIK_DELETE
DIK_LWIN Left Microsoft® Windows® logo key
DIK_RWIN Right Windows logo key
DIK_APPS Application key
DIK_POWER
DIK_SLEEP
DIK_WAKE
DIK_WEBSEARCH
DIK_WEBFAVORITES
DIK_WEBREFRESH
DIK_WEBSTOP
DIK_WEBFORWARD
DIK_WEBBACK
DIK_MYCOMPUTER
DIK_MAIL
DIK_MEDIASELECT

For information on Japanese keyboards, see DirectInput and Japanese Keyboards.