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# Overview

When defining a [keymap](https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/blob/master/doc/keymap.md) each key needs a valid key definition.

This page documents the symbols that correspond to keycodes that are available to you in QMK.

To customize your board, they can be used by themselves or as **action codes** in combination with one of the [many C macros](https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/wiki#c-macros-for-action-code).

The source of truth for these codes is [tmk_core/common/keycode.h](https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/blob/master/tmk_core/common/keycode.h) file in the qmk source code.

# The Keycodes

Keycodes in QMK are based on [HID Usage Keyboard/Keypad Page(0x07)](http://www.usb.org/developers/hidpage/Hut1_12v2.pdf) with following exceptions:

* `KC_NO` = 0 for no action
* `KC_TRNS` = 1 for layer transparency
* internal special keycodes in the `0xA5-DF` range (tmk heritage).

## Letters and Numbers

|KC_1|KC_2|KC_3|KC_4|KC_5|KC_6|KC_7|KC_8|
|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|
|KC_9|KC_0|KC_F1|KC_F2|KC_F3|KC_F4|KC_F5|KC_F6|
|KC_F7|KC_F8|KC_F9|KC_F10|KC_F11|KC_F12|KC_F13|KC_F14|
|KC_F15|KC_F16|KC_F17|KC_F18|KC_F19|KC_F20|KC_F21|KC_F22|
|KC_F23|KC_F24|KC_A|KC_B|KC_C|KC_D|KC_E|KC_F|
|KC_G|KC_H|KC_I|KC_J|KC_K|KC_L|KC_M|KC_N|
|KC_O|KC_P|KC_Q|KC_R|KC_S|KC_T|KC_U|KC_V|
|KC_W|KC_X|KC_Y|KC_Z|||||

## Punctuation

|Long Name|Short Name|Description|
|---------|----------|-----------|
|KC_ENTER|KC_ENT|Return (ENTER)|
|KC_ESCAPE|KC_ESC|ESCAPE|
|KC_BSPACE|KC_BSPC|DELETE (Backspace)|
|KC_TAB||Tab|
|KC_SPACE|KC_SPC|Spacebar|
|KC_MINUS|KC_MINS|- and (underscore)|
|KC_EQUAL|KC_EQL|= and +|
|KC_LBRACKET|KC_LBRC|[ and {|
|KC_RBRACKET|KC_RBRC|] and }|
|KC_BSLASH|KC_BSLS|\\ and \||
|KC_NONUS_HASH|KC_NUHS|Non-US # and ~|
|KC_NONUS_BSLASH|KC_NUBS|Non-US \ and |
|KC_INT1|KC_RO|JIS \\ and \||
|KC_INT2|KC_KANA|International216|
|KC_INT3|KC_JYEN|Yen Symbol (¥)|
|KC_SCOLON|KC_SCLN|; and :|
|KC_QUOTE|KC_QUOT|‘ and “|
|KC_GRAVE|KC_GRV|Grave Accent and Tilde|
|KC_COMMA|KC_COMM|, and <|
|KC_DOT||. and >|
|KC_SLASH|KC_SLSH|/ and ?|
|KC_CAPSLOCK|KC_CAPS|Caps Lock|

## Modifiers

|Long Name|Short Name|Description|
|---------|----------|-----------|
|KC_LCTRL|KC_LCTL|LeftControl|
|KC_LSHIFT|KC_LSFT|LeftShift|
|KC_LALT||LeftAlt|
|KC_LGUI||Left GUI(Windows/Apple/Meta key)|
|KC_RCTRL|KC_RCTL|RightControl|
|KC_RSHIFT|KC_RSFT|RightShift|
|KC_RALT||RightAlt|
|KC_RGUI||Right GUI(Windows/Apple/Meta key)|
|KC_LOCKING_CAPS||Locking Caps Lock12|
|KC_LOCKING_NUM||Locking Num Lock12|
|KC_LOCKING_SCROLL||Locking Scroll Lock12|
|KC_INT4|KC_HENK|JIS Henken|
|KC_INT5|KC_MHEN|JIS Muhenken|

## Commands

|Long Name|Short Name|Description|
|---------|----------|-----------|
|KC_PSCREEN|KC_PSCR|PrintScreen1|
|KC_SCKLOCK|KC_SLCK|Scroll Lock11|
|KC_PAUSE|KC_PAUS|Pause1|
|KC_INSERT|KC_INS|Insert1|
|KC_HOME||Home1|
|KC_PGUP||PageUp1|
|KC_DELETE|KC_DEL|Delete Forward|
|KC_END||End1|
|KC_PGDOWN|KC_PGDN|PageDown1|
|KC_RIGHT|KC_RGHT|RightArrow1|
|KC_LEFT||LeftArrow1|
|KC_DOWN||DownArrow1|
|KC_UP||UpArrow1|
|KC_APPLICATION|KC_APP|Application10|
|KC_POWER||Power9|
|KC_EXECUTE||Execute|
|KC_HELP||Help|
|KC_MENU||Menu|
|KC_SELECT||Select|
|KC_AGAIN||Again|
|KC_UNDO||Undo|
|KC_CUT||Cut|
|KC_COPY||Copy|
|KC_PASTE||Paste|
|KC_FIND||Find|
|KC_ALT_ERASE||Alternate Erase7|
|KC_SYSREQ||SysReq/Attention1|
|KC_CANCEL||Cancel|
|KC_CLEAR||Clear|
|KC_PRIOR||Prior|
|KC_RETURN||Return|
|KC_SEPARATOR||Separator|
|KC_OUT||Out|
|KC_OPER||Oper|
|KC_CLEAR_AGAIN||Clear/Again|
|KC_CRSEL||CrSel/Props|
|KC_EXSEL||ExSel|
|KC_SYSTEM_POWER|KC_PWR|System Power Down|
|KC_SYSTEM_SLEEP|KC_SLEP|System Sleep|
|KC_SYSTEM_WAKE|KC_WAKE|System Wake|
|KC_MAIL|KC_MAIL||
|KC_CALCULATOR|KC_CALC||
|KC_MY_COMPUTER|KC_MYCM||
|KC_WWW_SEARCH|KC_WSCH||
|KC_WWW_HOME|KC_WHOM||
|KC_WWW_BACK|KC_WBAK||
|KC_WWW_FORWARD|KC_WFWD||
|KC_WWW_STOP|KC_WSTP||
|KC_WWW_REFRESH|KC_WREF||
|KC_WWW_FAVORITES|KC_WFAV||

## Media Keys

Windows and Mac use different key codes for next track and previous track. Make sure you choose the keycode that corresponds to your OS.

|Long Name|Short Name|Description|
|---------|----------|-----------|
|KC_STOP||Stop|
|KC__MUTE||Mute|
|KC__VOLUP||Volume Up|
|KC__VOLDOWN||Volume Down|
|KC_AUDIO_MUTE|KC_MUTE||
|KC_AUDIO_VOL_UP|KC_VOLU||
|KC_AUDIO_VOL_DOWN|KC_VOLD||
|KC_MEDIA_NEXT_TRACK|KC_MNXT|Next Track (Windows)|
|KC_MEDIA_PREV_TRACK|KC_MPRV|Previous Track (Windows)|
|KC_MEDIA_FAST_FORWARD|KC_MFFD|Next Track (macOS)|
|KC_MEDIA_REWIND|KC_MRWD|Previous Track (macOS)|
|KC_MEDIA_STOP|KC_MSTP||
|KC_MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE|KC_MPLY||
|KC_MEDIA_SELECT|KC_MSEL||

## Numpad

|Long Name|Short Name|Description|
|---------|----------|-----------|
|KC_NUMLOCK|KC_NLCK|Keypad Num Lock and Clear11|
|KC_KP_SLASH|KC_PSLS|Keypad /|
|KC_KP_ASTERISK|KC_PAST|Keypad *|
|KC_KP_MINUS|KC_PMNS|Keypad -|
|KC_KP_PLUS|KC_PPLS|Keypad +|
|KC_KP_ENTER|KC_PENT|Keypad ENTER5|
|KC_KP_1|KC_P1|Keypad 1 and End|
|KC_KP_2|KC_P2|Keypad 2 and Down Arrow|
|KC_KP_3|KC_P3|Keypad 3 and PageDn|
|KC_KP_4|KC_P4|Keypad 4 and Left Arrow|
|KC_KP_5|KC_P5|Keypad 5|
|KC_KP_6|KC_P6|Keypad 6 and Right Arrow|
|KC_KP_7|KC_P7|Keypad 7 and Home|
|KC_KP_8|KC_P8|Keypad 8 and Up Arrow|
|KC_KP_9|KC_P9|Keypad 9 and PageUp|
|KC_KP_0|KC_P0|Keypad 0 and Insert|
|KC_KP_DOT|KC_PDOT|Keypad . and Delete|
|KC_KP_EQUAL|KC_PEQL|Keypad =|
|KC_KP_COMMA|KC_PCMM|Keypad Comma27|
|KC_KP_EQUAL_AS400||Keypad Equal Sign29|

## Special Keys

|Long Name|Short Name|Description|
|---------|----------|-----------|
|KC_NO||Ignore this key. (NOOP) |

## Mousekey

|Long Name|Short Name|Description|
|---------|----------|-----------|
|KC_MS_UP|KC_MS_U|Mouse Cursor Up|
|KC_MS_DOWN|KC_MS_D|Mouse Cursor Down|
|KC_MS_LEFT|KC_MS_L|Mouse Cursor Left|
|KC_MS_RIGHT|KC_MS_R|Mouse Cursor Right|
|KC_MS_BTN1|KC_BTN1|Mouse Button 1|
|KC_MS_BTN2|KC_BTN2|Mouse Button 2|
|KC_MS_BTN3|KC_BTN3|Mouse Button 3|
|KC_MS_BTN4|KC_BTN4|Mouse Button 4|
|KC_MS_BTN5|KC_BTN5|Mouse Button 5|
|KC_MS_WH_UP|KC_WH_U|Mouse Wheel Up|
|KC_MS_WH_DOWN|KC_WH_D|Mouse Wheel Down|
|KC_MS_WH_LEFT|KC_WH_L|Mouse Wheel Left|
|KC_MS_WH_RIGHT|KC_WH_R|Mouse Wheel Right|
|KC_MS_ACCEL0|KC_ACL0|Mouse Acceleration 0|
|KC_MS_ACCEL1|KC_ACL1|Mouse Acceleration 1|
|KC_MS_ACCEL2|KC_ACL2|Mouse Acceleration 2|