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Hi, All,
Here is a table, below, which recapitulates all the key combinations to get available shortcuts in Notepad++ :
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This table is mainly intended for French people but I both included the
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The locations containing the letter
xmeans that the corresponding shortcut is not available, as used by Windows OS itself -
The locations containing the letter
dmeans that the corresponding shortcut is already used, by default, by Notepad++ -
So, when a location is empty, the modifier key(s) and the corresponding key should form a valid N++ shortcut !
For the
US,FRandGBkeyboard layouts, refer, respectively, to :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY#/media/File:Qwerty.svg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AZERTY#/media/File:Azerty_fr.svg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#/media/File:ISO_keyboard_(105)_QWERTY_UK.svg
And all the virtual keys codes can be obtained from :
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/inputdev/virtual-key-codes
I found out some keys, not listed in
Settings > Shortcut Mapper..., which, however, can be used to form some valid shortcuts ! They are :•---------------•--------•-------------------•-------------------•---------• | | HEXA | Key DESCRIPTION | Key DESCRIPTION | DECIMAL | | VK key NAME | | | | | | | code | ON US keyboard | On FR keyboard | code | •---------------•--------•-------------------•-------------------•---------• | VK_PAUSE | 0x13 | Break Pause | Attn Pause | 19 | | | | | | | | VK_LWIN | 0x5B | LEFT Win key | LEFT Win key | 91 | | | | | | | | VK_RWIN | 0x5C | RIGHT Win key | RIGHT Win key | 92 | | | | | | | | VK_APPS | 0x5D | MENU Win key | MENU Win key | 93 | | | | | | | | VK_NUMLOCK | 0x90 | Num Lock | Verr Num | 144 | | | | | | | | VK_SCROLL | 0x91 | Scroll Lock | Arrêt défil | 145 | •---------------•--------•-------------------•-------------------•---------•- Just test the allowed combinations of the modifier keys (
Shift,CtrlandAlt) with these special keys ;-))
Remarks :
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However, even the allowed combinations with the
VK_NUMLOCKkey, are rather useless because it toggles theNum Lockstatus, too ! -
It is also important to note that the forbidden
xlocations, in tables below, were tested on aFrenchkeyboard with aWin XP SP3system. So, further testing may be necessary, regarding your OS and/or your keyboard layout ! -
On the numeric keypad, most of the combinations with the
0to9keys and the.key are forbidden :-
All combinations, involving a
Shiftkey, are reserved by the system -
The
Altkey, alone, is used for the Windows input methodsAlt+nnn,Alt+0nnnandAlt+++hhhh
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I wasn’t able to get a valid combination with the
VK_SNAPSHOTvirtual key ( thePrint Screenkey ) on my French keyboard -
I had to split this table in four parts, as posts, on
NodeBB, cannot have a size over16,384bytes, about !
The first part concerns the moving keys, the delete keys, the enter keys, the space key and some system keys :
•------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------------------------------------------------------•----------------------------------------------------• | | HEXA | Key DESCRIPTION | Key DESCRIPTION | Shortcut | DECIMAL | Key | Key + MODIFIER key(s) | | | VK key NAME | | | | | | •-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------• Notes on FRENCH keyboard | | | code | ON US keyboard | On FR keyboard | Mapper NAME | code | SOLE | S | C | A | C+A | C+S | A+S | C+A+S | | •------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•----------------------------------------------------• | VK_NULL | 0x00 | | | None | 0 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | | | | .... | | | | .... | | | | | | | | | | | VK_CANCEL | 0x03 | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | .... | | | | .... | | | | | | | | | | •------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•----------------------------------------------------• | VK_BACK | 0x08 | | | Backspace | 8 | d | d | d | d | | d | | | | | VK_TAB | 0x09 | Tab | | Tab | 9 | d | d | d | x | | d | x | | | | | .... | | | | .... | | | | | | | | | | | VK_CLEAR | 0x0C | | | | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_RETURN | 0x0D | Enter | Entrée / Entr | Enter | 13 | d | d | d | | d | | | d | | | | .... | | | | .... | | | | | | | | | | | VK_SHIFT | 0x10 | | | | 16 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | | | VK_CONTROL | 0x11 | | | | 17 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | | | VK_MENU | 0x12 | | | | 18 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | | | VK_PAUSE | 0x13 | Break Pause | Attn Pause | NOT listed | 19 | | | x | | x | x | | x | The shortcut must NOT contain the CTRL key | | VK_CAPITAL | 0x14 | Caps Lock | | | 20 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | | | VK_KANA | 0x15 | | | | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_HANGUL | 0x16 | | | | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_JUNJA | 0x17 | | | | 23 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_FINAL | 0x18 | | | | 24 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_HANJA | 0x19 | | | | 25 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_KANJI | 0x19 | | | | 25 | | | | | | | | | | | | 0x1A | | | | 26 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_ESCAPE | 0x1B | Esc | Echap | Esc | 27 | d | | x | x | x | x | x | X | | | VK_CONVERT | 0x1C | | | | 28 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_NONCONVERT | 0x1D | | | | 29 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_ACCEPT | 0x1E | | | | 30 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_MODECHANGE | 0x1F | | | | 31 | | | | | | | | | | •------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•----------------------------------------------------• | VK_SPACE | 0x20 | Spacebar | | Spacebar | 32 | x | x | d | x | d | d | | | | | VK_PRIOR | 0x21 | Page up | | Page up | 33 | d | d | d | | | d | d | | | | VK_NEXT | 0x22 | Page down | | Page down | 34 | d | d | d | | | d | d | | | | VK_END | 0x23 | End | Fin | End | 35 | d | d | d | d | | d | d | | | | VK_HOME | 0x24 | Home | | Home | 36 | d | d | d | d | | d | d | | | | VK_LEFT | 0x25 | | | Left | 37 | d | d | d | | | d | d | | | | VK_UP | 0x26 | | | Up | 38 | d | d | d | | | d | d | | | | VK_RIGHT | 0x27 | | | Right | 39 | d | d | d | | | d | d | | | | VK_DOWN | 0x28 | | | Down | 40 | d | d | d | | | d | d | | | | VK_SELECT | 0x29 | | | | 41 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_PRINT | 0x2A | | | | 42 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_EXECUTE | 0x2B | | | | 43 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_SNAPSHOT | 0x2C | SysRq Print Scrn | Syst Impr écran | NOT listed | 44 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Key seems to be NOT active in N++ | | VK_INSERT | 0x2D | Insert | Inser | INS | 45 | d | d | d | | | | | | | | VK_DELETE | 0x2E | Delete | Suppr | DEL | 46 | d | d | d | | x | d | | | | | VK_HELP | 0x2F | | | | 47 | | | | | | | | | | •------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•----------------------------------------------------• | | HEXA | Key DESCRIPTION | Key DESCRIPTION | Shortcut | DECIMAL | Key | S | C | A | C+A | C+S | A+S | C+A+S | | | VK key NAME | | | | | | •-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------• Notes on FRENCH keyboard | | | code | ON US keyboard | On FR keyboard | Mapper NAME | code | SOLE | Key + MODIFIER key(s) | | •------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------------------------------------------------------•----------------------------------------------------••••
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Hi, All,
The second part concerns the alphabetic and numeric keys, as well as the Windows keys :
•------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------------------------------------------------------•----------------------------------------------------• | | HEXA | Key DESCRIPTION | Key DESCRIPTION | Shortcut | DECIMAL | Key | Key + MODIFIER key(s) | | | VK key NAME | | | | | | •-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------• Notes on FRENCH keyboard | | | code | ON US keyboard | On FR keyboard | Mapper NAME | code | SOLE | S | C | A | C+A | C+S | A+S | C+A+S | | •------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•----------------------------------------------------• | VK_0 | 0x30 | 0 ) | à 0 @ | 0 | 48 | x | x | d | d | [x] | d | d | x | IF use of C+A, hit the 'AltGr' key to get @ | | VK_1 | 0x31 | 1 ! | & 1 | 1 | 49 | x | x | d | d | | d | d | | | | VK_2 | 0x32 | 2 @ | é 2 ~ | 2 | 50 | x | x | d | d | [x] | d | d | | IF use of C+A, hit the 'AltGr' key to get ~ | | VK_3 | 0x33 | 3 # | " 3 # | 3 | 51 | x | x | d | d | [x] | d | d | | IF use of C+A, hit the 'AltGr' key to get # | | VK_4 | 0x34 | 4 $ | ' 4 { | 4 | 52 | x | x | d | d | [x] | d | d | | IF use of C+A, hit the 'AltGr' key to get { | | VK_5 | 0x35 | 5 % | ( 5 [ | 5 | 53 | x | x | d | d | [x] | d | d | | IF use of C+A, hit the 'AltGr' key to get [ | | VK_6 | 0x36 | 6 ^ | - 6 | | 6 | 54 | x | x | | d | [x] | | d | | IF use of C+A, hit the 'AltGr' key to get | | | VK_7 | 0x37 | 7 & | è 7 ` | 7 | 55 | x | x | | d | [x] | | d | | IF use of C+A, hit the 'AltGr' key to get ` | | VK_8 | 0x38 | 8 * | _ 8 \ | 8 | 56 | x | x | | d | [x] | | d | | IF use of C+A, hit the 'AltGr' key to get \ | | VK_9 | 0x39 | 9 ( | ç 9 ^ | 9 | 57 | x | x | | | [x] | | | | IF use of C+A, hit the 'AltGr' key to get ^ | •------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•----------------------------------------------------• | | .... | | | | .... | | | | | | | | | | •------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•----------------------------------------------------• | VK_A | 0x41 | A | A | A | 65 | x | x | d | | | | | | | | VK_B | 0x42 | B | B | B | 66 | x | x | d | | d | | | | | | VK_C | 0x43 | C | C | C | 67 | x | x | d | d | | | | | | | VK_D | 0x44 | D | D | D | 68 | x | x | d | | | | | | | | VK_E | 0x45 | E | E € | E | 69 | x | x | | | [x] | | | | IF use of C+A, hit the 'AltGr' key to get € | | VK_F | 0x46 | F | F | F | 70 | x | x | d | | d | d | | d | | | VK_G | 0x47 | G | G | G | 71 | x | x | d | | | | | | | | VK_H | 0x48 | H | H | H | 72 | x | x | d | d | | | | | | | VK_I | 0x49 | I | I | I | 73 | x | x | d | | d | | | | | | VK_J | 0x4A | J | J | J | 74 | x | x | d | | | | | | | | VK_K | 0x4B | K | K | K | 75 | x | x | d | | | d | | | | | VK_L | 0x4C | L | L | L | 76 | x | x | d | | d | d | | | | | VK_M | 0x4D | M | M | M | 77 | x | x | d | | | | | | | | VK_N | 0x4E | N | N | N | 78 | x | x | d | | | | | | | | VK_O | 0x4F | O | O | O | 79 | x | x | d | | | | | | | | VK_P | 0x50 | P | P | P | 80 | x | x | d | | | d | | | | | VK_Q | 0x51 | Q | Q | Q | 81 | x | x | d | | | d | | | | | VK_R | 0x52 | R | R | R | 82 | x | x | d | | d | d | | | | | VK_S | 0x53 | S | S | S | 83 | x | x | d | | d | d | d | | | | VK_T | 0x54 | T | T | T | 84 | x | x | d | | | d | | | | | VK_U | 0x55 | U | U | U | 85 | x | x | d | d | d | d | d | d | | | VK_V | 0x56 | V | V | V | 86 | x | x | d | | | | | | | | VK_W | 0x57 | W | W | W | 87 | x | x | d | | | d | | | | | VK_X | 0x58 | X | X | X | 88 | x | x | d | | | d | | | | | VK_Y | 0x59 | Y | Y | Y | 89 | x | x | d | | | | | | | | VK_Z | 0x5A | Z | Z | Z | 90 | x | x | d | | | d | | | | •------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•----------------------------------------------------• | VK_LWIN | 0x5B | LEFT Win key | LEFT Win key | NOT listed | 91 | x | | | | | | | | | | VK_RWIN | 0x5C | RIGHT Win key | RIGHT Win key | NOT listed | 92 | x | | | | | | | | | | VK_APPS | 0x5D | MENU Win key | MENU Win key | NOT listed | 93 | x | x | x | | x | x | | x | The 'x' combinations trigger the CONTEXT menu ! | | | .... | | | | .... | | | | | | | | | | | VK_SLEEP | 0x5F | | | | 95 | | | | | | | | | | •------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•----------------------------------------------------• | VK_NUMPAD0 | 0x60 | 0 Ins | 0 Inser | Numpad 0 | 96 | x | x | | x | | x | x | x | | | VK_NUMPAD1 | 0x61 | 1 End | 1 Fin | Numpad 1 | 97 | x | x | d | x | | x | x | x | | | VK_NUMPAD2 | 0x62 | 2 | 2 | Numpad 2 | 98 | x | x | d | x | | x | x | x | | | VK_NUMPAD3 | 0x63 | 3 Pg Dn | 3 | Numpad 3 | 99 | x | x | d | x | | x | x | x | | | VK_NUMPAD4 | 0x64 | 4 | 4 | Numpad 4 | 100 | x | x | d | x | | x | x | x | | | VK_NUMPAD5 | 0x65 | 5 | 5 | Numpad 5 | 101 | x | x | d | x | | x | x | x | | | VK_NUMPAD6 | 0x66 | 6 | 6 | Numpad 6 | 102 | x | x | d | x | | x | x | x | | | VK_NUMPAD7 | 0x67 | 7 Home | 7 | Numpad 7 | 103 | x | x | d | x | | x | x | x | | | VK_NUMPAD8 | 0x68 | 8 | 8 | Numpad 8 | 104 | x | x | d | x | | x | x | x | | | VK_NUMPAD9 | 0x69 | 9 Pg Up | 9 | Numpad 9 | 105 | x | x | d | x | | x | x | x | | | VK_MULTIPLY | 0x6A | * | * | Num * | 106 | x | | | | | | | | | | VK_ADD | 0x6B | + | + | Num + | 107 | x | | d | x | | | | | | | VK_SEPARATOR | 0x6C | | | | 108 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_SUBTRACT | 0x6D | - | - | Num - | 109 | x | | d | | | | | | | | VK_DECIMAL | 0x6E | . Del | . Suppr | Num . | 110 | x | x | | | x | x | x | x | | | VK_DIVIDE | 0x6F | / | / | Num / | 111 | x | | d | | | | | | | •------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•----------------------------------------------------• | | HEXA | Key DESCRIPTION | Key DESCRIPTION | Shortcut | DECIMAL | Key | S | C | A | C+A | C+S | A+S | C+A+S | | | VK key NAME | | | | | | •-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------• Notes on FRENCH keyboard | | | code | ON US keyboard | On FR keyboard | Mapper NAME | code | SOLE | Key + MODIFIER key(s) | | •------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------------------------------------------------------•----------------------------------------------------••••
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Hi, All,
The third part concerns the function keys, the OEM keys and some system keys :
•------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------------------------------------------------------•----------------------------------------------------• | | HEXA | Key DESCRIPTION | Key DESCRIPTION | Shortcut | DECIMAL | Key | Key + MODIFIER key(s) | | | VK key NAME | | | | | | •-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------• Notes on FRENCH keyboard | | | code | ON US keyboard | On FR keyboard | Mapper NAME | code | SOLE | S | C | A | C+A | C+S | A+S | C+A+S | | •------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•----------------------------------------------------• | VK_F1 | 0x70 | F1 | F1 | F1 | 112 | d | | | d | [x] | | | | C+A ALLOWED if default WINDOWS shortcut NOT used | | VK_F2 | 0x71 | F2 | F2 | F2 | 113 | d | d | d | | [x] | | | | C+A ALLOWED if default WINDOWS shortcut NOT used | | VK_F3 | 0x72 | F3 | F3 | F3 | 114 | d | d | d | d | d | d | | d | C+A ALLOWED if default WINDOWS shortcut NOT used | | VK_F4 | 0x73 | F4 | F4 | F4 | 115 | d | d | | d | [x] | | | | C+A ALLOWED if default WINDOWS shortcut NOT used | | VK_F5 | 0x74 | F5 | F5 | F5 | 116 | d | | | | [x] | | | | C+A ALLOWED if default WINDOWS shortcut NOT used | | VK_F6 | 0x75 | F6 | F6 | F6 | 117 | | | | d | [x] | | | | C+A ALLOWED if default WINDOWS shortcut NOT used | | VK_F7 | 0x76 | F7 | F7 | F7 | 118 | d | | | | [x] | | | | C+A ALLOWED if default WINDOWS shortcut NOT used | | VK_F8 | 0x77 | F8 | F8 | F8 | 119 | d | | | | [x] | | | | C+A ALLOWED if default WINDOWS shortcut NOT used | | VK_F9 | 0x78 | F9 | F9 | F9 | 120 | | | | | [x] | | | | C+A ALLOWED if default WINDOWS shortcut NOT used | | VK_F10 | 0x79 | F10 | F10 | F10 | 121 | x | | | | [x] | | | | C+A ALLOWED if default WINDOWS shortcut NOT used | | VK_F11 | 0x7A | F11 | F11 | F11 | 122 | d | | | | [x] | | | | C+A ALLOWED if default WINDOWS shortcut NOT used | | VK_F12 | 0x7B | F12 | F12 | F12 | 123 | d | | | | [x] | | | | C+A ALLOWED if default WINDOWS shortcut NOT used | •------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•----------------------------------------------------• | VK_F13 | 0x7C | F13 | | F13 | 124 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_F14 | 0x7D | F14 | | F14 | 125 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_F15 | 0x7E | F15 | | F15 | 126 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_F16 | 0x7F | F16 | | F16 | 127 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_F17 | 0x80 | F17 | | F17 | 128 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_F18 | 0x81 | F18 | | F18 | 129 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_F19 | 0x82 | F19 | | F19 | 130 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_F20 | 0x83 | F20 | | F20 | 131 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_F21 | 0x84 | F21 | | F21 | 132 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_F22 | 0x85 | F22 | | F22 | 133 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_F23 | 0x86 | F23 | | F23 | 134 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_F24 | 0x87 | F24 | | F24 | 135 | | | | | | | | | | •------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•----------------------------------------------------• | VK_NUMLOCK | 0x90 | Num Lock | Verr Num | NOT listed | 144 | x | | x | | | | x | | GOOD combinations toggle the 'Num Lock' status | | VK_SCROLL | 0x91 | Scroll Lock | Arrêt défil | NOT listed | 145 | x | | x | | | | | | GOOD combinations toggle the 'Scrn Lock' status | •------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•----------------------------------------------------• | VK_OEM_1 | 0xBA | ; : | $ £ ¤ | ; | 186 | x | x | | | [x] | | | | IF use of C+A, hit the 'AltGr' key to get ¤ | | VK_OEM_PLUS | 0xBB | = + | = + } | = | 187 | x | x | | | [x] | | | | IF use of C+A, hit the 'AltGr' key to get } | | VK_OEM_COMMA | 0xBC | , < | , ? | , | 188 | x | x | | | | | | | | | VK_OEM_MINUS | 0xBD | - _ | Key NOT found | - | 189 | x | x | | | | | | | | | VK_OEM_PERIOD | 0xBE | . > | ; . | . | 190 | x | x | | | | | | | | | VK_OEM_2 | 0xBF | / ? | : / | / | 191 | x | x | d | | | d | | | | | VK_OEM_3 | 0xC0 | ` ~ | ù % | ~ | 192 | x | x | | | | | | | | | | .... | | | | .... | | | | | | | | | | | VK_OEM_4 | 0xDB | [ { | ) ° ] | [ | 219 | x | x | d | | [x] | d | | | IF use of C+A, hit the 'AltGr' key to get ] | | VK_OEM_5 | 0xDC | \ | | * µ | \ | 220 | x | x | d | | | d | | | | | VK_OEM_6 | 0xDD | ] } | ^ ¨ | ] | 221 | x | x | d | | | d | | | | | VK_OEM_7 | 0xDE | ' " | ² | ' | 222 | x | | | | | | | | | | VK_OEM_8 | 0xDF | | ! § | NOT listed | 223 | x | x | | | | | | | | | | .... | | | | .... | | | | | | | | | | | VK_OEM_102 | 0xE2 | | < > | <> | 226 | x | x | | | | | | | | •------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•----------------------------------------------------• | | HEXA | Key DESCRIPTION | Key DESCRIPTION | Shortcut | DECIMAL | Key | S | C | A | C+A | C+S | A+S | C+A+S | | | VK key NAME | | | | | | •-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------• Notes on FRENCH keyboard | | | code | ON US keyboard | On FR keyboard | Mapper NAME | code | SOLE | Key + MODIFIER key(s) | | •------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------------------------------------------------------•----------------------------------------------------•(Note: F13-F24 were added to Shortcut Mapper in v8.6.9. Before that version, they were not available for mapping.)
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Hi, all
The last part contains the remaining virtual keys, not commonly used and not found on my French keyboard, anyway :
•------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------------------------------------------------------•----------------------------------------------------• | | HEXA | Key DESCRIPTION | Key DESCRIPTION | Shortcut | DECIMAL | Key | Key + MODIFIER key(s) | | | VK key NAME | | | | | | •-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------• Notes on FRENCH keyboard | | | code | ON US keyboard | On FR keyboard | Mapper NAME | code | SOLE | S | C | A | C+A | C+S | A+S | C+A+S | | •------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•----------------------------------------------------• | | .... | | | | .... | | | | | | | | | | | VK_OEM_RESET | 0xE9 | | | | 233 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_OEM_JUMP | 0xEA | | | | 234 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_OEM_PA1 | 0xEB | | | | 235 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_OEM_PA2 | 0xEC | | | | 236 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_OEM_PA3 | 0xED | | | | 237 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_OEM_WSCTRL | 0xEE | | | | 238 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_OEM_CUSEL | 0xEF | | | | 239 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_OEM_ATTN | 0xF0 | | | | 240 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_OEM_FINISH | 0xF1 | | | | 241 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_OEM_COPY | 0xF2 | | | | 242 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_OEM_AUTO | 0xF3 | | | | 243 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_OEM_ENLW | 0xF4 | | | | 244 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_OEM_BACKTAB | 0xF5 | | | | 245 | | | | | | | | | | •------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•----------------------------------------------------• | VK_ATTN | 0xF6 | | | | 246 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_CRSEL | 0xF7 | | | | 247 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_EXSEL | 0xF8 | | | | 248 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_EREOF | 0xF9 | | | | 249 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_PLAY | 0xFA | | | | 250 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_ZOOM | 0xFB | | | | 251 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_NONAME | 0xFC | | | | 252 | | | | | | | | | | | VK_PA1 | 0xFD | | | | 253 | | | | | | | | | | •------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•----------------------------------------------------• | VK_OEM_CLEAR | 0xFE | | | | 254 | | | | | | | | | | | | .... | | | | .... | | | | | | | | | | •------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•----------------------------------------------------• | | HEXA | Key DESCRIPTION | Key DESCRIPTION | Shortcut | DECIMAL | Key | S | C | A | C+A | C+S | A+S | C+A+S | | | VK key NAME | | | | | | •-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------•-------• Notes on FRENCH keyboard | | | code | ON US keyboard | On FR keyboard | Mapper NAME | code | SOLE | Key + MODIFIER key(s) | | •------------------•--------•-----------------------•----------------------•--------------•-----------•-------•-------------------------------------------------------•----------------------------------------------------•Best Regards,
guy038
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Moderator Note: I replicated the content of this “reply” from @dinkumoil’s 2019 post, because it has useful additional clarification regarding the scan codes and virtual key codes, as well as showing the mapping for the special keys on a standard German keyboard, as pictured at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KB_Germany.svg . The owner of this reply was changed to @dinkumoil so that the correct user gets credit for its content. At the same time that I replicated that post, I also moved this Topic into the FAQ section, because it’s a useful reference for the available Shortcut Mapper entries._ On all PC keyboards world wide, no matter of which locale, keys have the same scan codes depending on their physical position on the keyboard. The keyboard driver for a certain locale translates them (under Windows) into virtual key codes. That’s what applications see when they read keyboard input. These virtual key codes are translated into the actual glyphs of the characters (at the end of the day a bitmap image) when they are displayed on the screen.
If the keyboard driver supports so called “dead keys” it waits for a second key press to compose them to a resulting character, e.g. all these â,ê,î,ô,û,… letters used in various european languages. This way there are not so much weird key combos to input these characters.
Unfortunately, in the shortcut mapper of Notepad++ all this isn’t taken into account. The person who programmed the key selector has used a hard coded table for the mapping of physical keys to their character representation, which is wrong for most locales. I wasn’t able to figure out yet, which keyboard locale this person used as a basis for the mapping.
This is the mapping table for german keyboards between the key list in Notepad++'s shortcut mapper and the physical keys:
| Npp shortcut mapper | German Keyboard | | |---------+------------| | | solo | with SHIFT | |---------------------+---------+------------| | ~ | ö | Ö | | - | - | _ | | = | + | * | | [ | ß | ? | | ] | ´ (DK) | ` (DK) | | ; | ü | Ü | | ' | ä | Ä | | \ | ^ (DK) | ° | | , | , | ; | | . | . | : | | / | # | ' | | <> | < | > |(DK)marks dead keys. -
The website kbdlayout.info has pages that will allow you to look at the “Overview”, “Scancodes”, “Virtual keys”, and similar for various “standard” keyboard layouts throughout the computing world. And on any of the views, you can add a “Legend overlay” for the “scancodes” or “virtual keys”, so you can have multiple pieces of information.
So to see the US, French, and German keyboards mentioned above, with their normal key contents with the legend overlay of the “virtual keys”,
If you have a different keyboard, you can explore kbdlayout.info to find the “overview + virtualkeys” for your keyboard, and use the virtualkeys to look up the appropriate entry from @guy038’s tables above to find the right Shortcut Mapper entries.
The table in this post will be updated if new languages are added to the FAQ in additional posts below.
If you’d like to propose a table like the ones below for another language, please make a new topic in the “Blog” or “General Discussion”, or reply to Topic that’s already talking about keyboard shortcuts on your language’s standard keyboard – and mention that you’d like to propose an addition to this keyboard-shortcuts FAQ. If it looks good, a FAQ moderator can make a copy of your post in this FAQ)
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Here the table for the Brazilian Portuguese layout (ABNT2) based on dinkumoil’s work:
| | Pt/br Keyboard | | Npp shortcut mapper |---------+------------|--------------|--------------- | | | solo | with SHIFT | Virtual Key | KeyboardEvent | |---------------------+---------+------------|--------------|----------------| | ~ | ' | " | VK_OEM_3 | Backquote | | [ | ´ (DK) | ` (DK) | VK_OEM_4 | BracketLeft | | ] | [ | { | VK_OEM_6 | BracketRight | | ; | ç | Ç | VK_OEM_1 | Semicolon | | ' | ~ (DK) | ^ (DK) | VK_OEM_7 | Quote | | \ | ] | } | VK_OEM_5 | Backslash | | / | ; | : | VK_OEM_2 | Slash | | <> | \ | | | VK_OEM_102 | IntlBackslash | | Num . | Num , | DEL | VK_DELETE | NumpadDecimal | * | | Num . | | VK_ABNT_C2 | NumpadComma | | | / | ? | VK_ABNT_C1 | IntlRo | * Shortcuts using the Shift key don't work with the Numpad, are they being overridden by the driver?As a result, by using this layout one cannot bind commands to the
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Update
As of Notepad++ v8.7.6 in January 2025, the Shortcut Mapper should now list the keys based on the keyboard layout that was active when you started Notepad++. You should no longer need this FAQ, unless you are choosing to use an older version of Notepad++.
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