Timeline for What is the name for these keys on a computer keyboard?
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| Jan 5, 2019 at 12:34 | comment | added | Liggliluff | You also have the VK-codes, that are: ` OEM_3, ; OEM_1, ' OEM_7, , OEM_COMMA, . OEM_PERIOD, / OEM_2 – These VK-codes will move around depending on layout, and software can get the unshifted symbol to display a correct "Ctrl+..." depending on your layout. – You can use the keycodes if you want the position of the keys to be the same, like having WASD work regardless of layout, and you can use the VK-codes to keep the symbol about the same, like using OEM_COMMA. But the symbols can change, like OEM_3 on a Swedish layout is Ö located where ; is on the US-keyboard. | |
| Jul 5, 2017 at 15:13 | history | edited | ColleenV | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
typo correction, and made the slash joke a little more self-explanatory
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| Jul 5, 2017 at 14:48 | comment | added | dotancohen | @ColleenV: Thank you for the insight. I've edited the answer to address both the OP's questions. I was more interested in improving the answer than removing the downvote, useless internet points don't really bother me! | |
| Jul 5, 2017 at 14:47 | history | edited | dotancohen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Answer both the OP's questions
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| Jul 5, 2017 at 13:17 | comment | added | ColleenV | The author also says ` I want to know what to call them in English.` Keycodes are not English. If the name of the key is the same word as the name of the character it produces, the author still gets their actual question answered if they're given the character name. Regardless, it's not my down-vote. I think the information in your answer is useful even though in my opinion it misses the mark. | |
| Jul 5, 2017 at 12:18 | comment | added | dotancohen |
@ColleenV: The OP specifically mentions I want to know the names for each of the six keys, not for the characters. Regarding "giving instructions to someone to press the key with the comma on it" I would use the name of the character not the key. But the OP specifically said he does not want that.
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| Mar 21, 2016 at 16:37 | history | edited | dotancohen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 8 characters in body
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| Mar 21, 2016 at 12:23 | comment | added | ColleenV | My point is that you're saying the same thing as apsillers with less well-known terms. We refer to the keys by their un-shifted state. Would you say "Press keycode 59" if you were giving instructions to someone to press the key with the comma on it? Yes, the keycodes are a standard and are precise, but in the context of learning English I think they need a little more explanation than you've provided. How do you use them in a sentence? | |
| Mar 21, 2016 at 7:02 | comment | added | dotancohen |
@ColleenV: Keycode 49 means the grave symbol in state 0, and the tilde in state 1. Here is the result of pressing the key without shift: state 0x0, keycode 49 (keysym 0x60, grave), same_screen YES, and here is the result of holding right shift (which itself produces keycode 62) then pressing the key: state 0x1, keycode 49 (keysym 0x7e, asciitilde), same_screen YES. The 0x0 means 0 in base 8, and the 0x1 means 1 in base 8.
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| Mar 21, 2016 at 0:34 | comment | added | ColleenV | Keycode 49 does not represent the key (~/`) it only represents the grave symbol | |
| Mar 17, 2016 at 16:50 | history | answered | dotancohen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |