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A list of X keysyms and their corresponding keyd codes on a standard US layout.
esc Escape
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
8 8
9 9
0 0
- minus
= equal
backspace BackSpace
tab Tab
q q
w w
e e
r r
t t
y y
u u
i i
o o
p p
[ bracketleft
] bracketright
enter Return
leftcontrol Control_L
a a
s s
d d
f f
g g
h h
j j
k k
l l
; semicolon
' apostrophe
` grave
leftshift Shift_L
\ backslash
z z
x x
c c
v v
b b
n n
m m
, comma
. period
/ slash
rightshift Shift_R
kpasterisk KP_Multiply
leftalt Alt_L
space space
capslock Caps_Lock
f1 F1
f2 F2
f3 F3
f4 F4
f5 F5
f6 F6
f7 F7
f8 F8
f9 F9
f10 F10
numlock Num_Lock
scrolllock Scroll_Lock
kp7 KP_Home
kp8 KP_Up
kp9 KP_Prior
kpminus KP_Subtract
kp4 KP_Left
kp5 KP_Begin
kp6 KP_Right
kpplus KP_Add
kp1 KP_End
kp2 KP_Down
kp3 KP_Next
kp0 KP_Insert
kpdot KP_Delete
iso-level3-shift ISO_Level3_Shift
102nd less
f11 F11
f12 F12
katakana Katakana
hiragana Hiragana
henkan Henkan_Mode
katakanahiragana Hiragana_Katakana
muhenkan Muhenkan
kpenter KP_Enter
rightcontrol Control_R
kpslash KP_Divide
sysrq Print
rightalt Alt_R
linefeed Linefeed
home Home
up Up
pageup Prior
left Left
right Right
end End
down Down
pagedown Next
insert Insert
delete Delete
mute XF86AudioMute
volumedown XF86AudioLowerVolume
volumeup XF86AudioRaiseVolume
power XF86PowerOff
kpequal KP_Equal
kpplusminus plusminus
pause Pause
scale XF86LaunchA
kpcomma KP_Decimal
hangeul Hangul
hanja Hangul_Hanja
leftmeta Super_L
rightmeta Super_R
compose Multi_key
stop Cancel
again Redo
props SunProps
undo Undo
front SunFront
copy XF86Copy
open XF86Open
paste XF86Paste
find Find
cut XF86Cut
help Help
menu XF86MenuKB
calc XF86Calculator
sleep XF86Sleep
wakeup XF86WakeUp
file XF86Explorer
sendfile XF86Send
xfer XF86Xfer
prog1 XF86Launch1
prog2 XF86Launch2
www XF86WWW
msdos XF86DOS
coffee XF86ScreenSaver
display XF86RotateWindows
cyclewindows XF86TaskPane
mail XF86Mail
bookmarks XF86Favorites
computer XF86MyComputer
back XF86Back
forward XF86Forward
ejectcd XF86Eject
ejectclosecd XF86Eject
nextsong XF86AudioNext
playpause XF86AudioPlay
previoussong XF86AudioPrev
stopcd XF86AudioStop
record XF86AudioRecord
rewind XF86AudioRewind
phone XF86Phone
config XF86Tools
homepage XF86HomePage
refresh XF86Reload
exit XF86Close
scrollup XF86ScrollUp
scrolldown XF86ScrollDown
kpleftparen parenleft
kprightparen parenright
new XF86New
redo Redo
f13 XF86Tools
f14 XF86Launch5
f15 XF86Launch6
f16 XF86Launch7
f17 XF86Launch8
f18 XF86Launch9
f20 XF86AudioMicMute
f21 XF86TouchpadToggle
f22 XF86TouchpadOn
f23 XF86TouchpadOff
playcd XF86AudioPlay
pausecd XF86AudioPause
prog3 XF86Launch3
prog4 XF86Launch4
dashboard XF86LaunchB
suspend XF86Suspend
close XF86Close
play XF86AudioPlay
fastforward XF86AudioForward
print Print
camera XF86WebCam
sound XF86AudioPreset
email XF86Mail
chat XF86Messenger
search XF86Search
connect XF86Go
finance XF86Finance
sport XF86Game
shop XF86Shop
cancel Cancel
brightnessdown XF86MonBrightnessDown
brightnessup XF86MonBrightnessUp
media XF86AudioMedia
switchvideomode XF86Display
kbdillumtoggle XF86KbdLightOnOff
kbdillumdown XF86KbdBrightnessDown
kbdillumup XF86KbdBrightnessUp
send XF86Send
reply XF86Reply
forwardmail XF86MailForward
save XF86Save
documents XF86Documents
battery XF86Battery
bluetooth XF86Bluetooth
wlan XF86WLAN
uwb XF86UWB
next XF86Next_VMode
prev XF86Prev_VMode
cycle XF86MonBrightnessCycle
auto XF86BrightnessAuto
off XF86DisplayOff
wwan XF86WWAN
rfkill XF86RFKill
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