Where to find windows keyboard scancode registry information?
I am in the process of remapping some keys on my Windows 7 keyboard.
I have done the following (in a .reg file):
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
"Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,1d,00,3a,00,00,00,00,00
I am interested in being able to remap other keys. However, I am having a heck of a time finding the specific scan codes to do this.
Is there a listing of these scan codes somewhere? I've spent a fair bit of time trying to find information and other than the caps/control I cannot seem to find them. I would like a listing of all scan codes - in a format which makes sense for remapping.
The specific keys I am interested in are:
- Menu button (wtf windows)
- windows key
- alt
- shift
- function
- insert
- pause
@fabianroling and anyone else who can't use third-party software: the Keyboard Scan Code Specification from Microsoft has the definitions for all the scan codes. It also says the following:
Under all Microsoft operating systems, all keyboards actually transmit Scan Code Set 2 values down the wire from the keyboard to the keyboard port. These values are translated to Scan Code Set 1 by the i8042 port chip. The rest of the operating system, and all applications that handle scan codes expect the values to be from Scan Code Set 1.
So, nothing Windows-specific, just standard Set 1 codes.
UPDATE: I found a more complete list of scan codes:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GSj0gKDxyWAecB3SIyEZ2ssPETZkkxn67gdIwL1zFUs/edit#gid=0
Credits to it's author: Taran Van Hermit
I found this guide to help others understand how to remap keys using registry: https://isenselabs.com/posts/keyboard-key-kills-and-remaps-for-windows-users
But you already know how to do that, and you just need to have a list of scancodes, so here goes:
SC Key SC Key SC Key SC Key SC Key SC Key
20 D 40 F6 60 Ctrl F3 80 Alt 9 A0 Alt Dn Arrow
01 ESC 21 F 41 F7 61 Ctrl F4 81 Alt 0 A1 Alt PgDn
02 1 22 G 42 F8 62 Ctrl F5 82 Alt - A2 Alt Ins
03 2 23 H 43 F9 63 Ctrl F6 82 Alt = A3 Alt Del
04 3 24 J 44 F10 64 Ctrl F7 84 Ctrl PgUp A4 Alt / (num)
05 4 25 K 45 Num Lk 65 Ctrl F8 85 F11 A5 Alt Tab
06 5 26 L 46 Scrl 66 Ctrl F9 86 F12 A6 Alt Enter
Lk (num)
07 6 27 ; : 47 Home 67 Ctrl F10 87 SH F11
08 7 28 ' " 48 Up Arrow 68 Alt F1 88 SH F12
09 8 29 ` ~ 49 Pg Up 69 Alt F2 89 Ctrl F11
0A 9 2A L SH 4A - (num) 6A Alt F3 8A Ctrl F12
0B 0 2B \ | 4B 4 Left 6B Alt F4 8B Alt F11
Arrow
0C - _ 2C Z 4C 5 (num) 6C Alt F5 8C Alt F12
0D = + 2D X 4D 6 Rt Arrow 6D Alt F6 8C Ctrl Up
Arrow
0E BKSP 2E C 4E + (num) 6E Alt F7 8E Ctrl -
(num)
0F Tab 2F V 4F 1 End 6F Alt F8 8F Ctrl 5
(num)
10 Q 30 B 50 2 Dn Arrow 70 Alt F9 90 Ctrl +
(num)
11 W 31 N 51 3 Pg Dn 71 Alt F10 91 Ctrl Dn
Arrow
12 E 32 M 52 0 Ins 72 Ctrl PtScr 92 Ctrl Ins
13 R 33 , < 53 Del . 73 Ctrl L 93 Ctrl Del
Arrow
14 T 34 . > 54 SH F1 74 Ctrl R 94 Ctrl Tab
Arrow
15 Y 35 / ? 55 SH F2 75 Ctrl End 95 Ctrl /
(num)
16 U 36 R SH 56 SH F3 76 Ctrl PgDn 96 Ctrl *
(num)
17 I 37 PtScr 57 SH F4 77 Ctrl Home 97 Alt Home
18 O 38 Alt 58 SH F5 78 Alt 1 98 Alt Up
Arrow
19 P 39 Spc 59 SH F6 79 Alt 2 99 Alt PgUp
1A [ { 3A CpsLk 5A SH F7 7A Alt 3 9A
1B ] } 3B F1 5B SH F8 7B Alt 4 9B Alt Left
Arrow
1C Enter 3C F2 5C SH F9 7C Alt 5 9C
1D Ctrl 3D F3 5D SH F10 7D Alt 6 9D Alt Rt
Arrow
1E A 3E F4 5E Ctrl F1 7E Alt 7 9E
1F S 3F F5 5F Ctrl F2 7F Alt 8 9F Alt End
The keycode that you're going to use in registry consists of two parts for example: 4B E0 which is left arrow or 0F 00 which is Tab key, in the above list you will find the first part of the key code 4B for example, the second part usually is 00 or E0 I have no idea what the second part is and I couldn't find anything on it and I'm writing this out of my own findings, do some trial and error and you will find your key.
If you want to do it the easy way, you can simply use SharpKeys, KeyTweak or similar utilities.
If you're simply after scancodes, the same programs should be able to help:
