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Keys

A reference of keys provided by the PyMdown Keys extension.

Alphanumeric and Space Keys

Name Display Aliases
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
8 8
9 9
a A
b B
c C
d D
e E
f F
g G
h H
i I
j J
k K
l L
m M
n N
o O
p P
q Q
r R
s S
t T
u U
v V
w W
x X
y Y
z Z
space Space spc

Punctuation Keys

Name Display Aliases
backslash \
bar | pipe
brace-left { open-brace
brace-right } close-bracket
bracket-left [ open-bracket
bracket-right ] close-bracket
colon :
comma ,
double-quote " dblquote
equal =
exclam ! exclamation
grave ` grave-accent
greater > greater-than, gt
less < less-than, lt
minus - hyphen
period .
plus +
question ? question-mark
semicolon ;
single-quote '
slash /
tilde ~
underscore _
Name Display Aliases
arrow-up Up up
arrow-down Down down
arrow-left Left left
arrow-right Right right
page-up Page Up prior, page-up, pg-up
page-down Page Down next, page-dn, pg-dn
home Home
end End
tab Tab tabulator

Editing Keys

Name Display Aliases
backspace Backspace back, bksp
delete Del del
insert Ins ins

Action Keys

Name Display Aliases
break Break cancel
caps-lock Caps Lock capital, cplk
clear Clear clr
eject Eject
enter Enter return
escape Esc esc
help Help
print-screen Print Screen prtsc
scroll-lock Scroll Lock scroll

Numeric Keypad Keys

Name Display Aliases
num0 Num 0
num1 Num 1
num2 Num 2
num3 Num 3
num4 Num 4
num5 Num 5
num6 Num 6
num7 Num 7
num8 Num 8
num9 Num 9
num-asterisk Num * multiply
num-clear Num Clear
num-delete Num Del num-del
num-equal Num =
num-lock Num Lock numlk, numlock
num-minus Num - subtract
num-plus Num + add
num-separator Num . decimal, separator
num-slash Num / divide
num-enter Num Enter

Modifier keys

Name Display Aliases
alt Alt
left-alt Left Alt lalt
right-alt Right Alt ralt
alt-graph AltGr altgr
command Cmd cmd
left-command Left Command lcommand, lcmd, left-cmd
right-command Right Command rcommand, rcmd, right-cmd
control Ctrl ctrl
left-control Left Ctrl lcontrol, lctrl, left-ctrl
right-control Right Ctrl rcontrol, rctrl, right-ctrl
function Fn fn
meta Meta
left-meta Left Meta lmeta
right-meta Right Meta rmeta
option Option opt
left-option Left Option loption, lopt, left-opt
right-option Right Option roption, ropt, right-opt
shift Shift
left-shift Left Shift lshift
right-shift Right Shift rshift
super Super
left-super Left Super lsuper
right-super Right Super rsuper
windows Win win
left-windows Left Win lwindows, left-win, lwin
right-windows Right Win rwindows, right-win, rwin

Function keys

Name Display Aliases
f1 F1
f2 F2
f3 F3
f4 F4
f5 F5
f6 F6
f7 F7
f8 F8
f9 F9
f10 F10
f11 F11
f12 F12
f13 F13
f14 F14
f15 F15
f16 F16
f17 F17
f18 F18
f19 F19
f20 F20
f21 F21
f22 F22
f23 F23
f24 F24

Extra Keys

Name Display Aliases
backtab Back Tab bktab
browser-back Browser Back
browser-favorites Browser Favorites favorites
browser-forward Browser Forward forward
browser-home Browser Home
browser-refresh Browser Refresh refresh
browser-search Browser Search search
browser-stop Browser Stop
copy Copy
context-menu Menu apps, menu
fingerprint Fingerprint fingerprint
mail Mail launch-mail
media Media launch-media
media-next-track Next Track next-track
media-pause Pause pause
media-play Play play
media-play-pause Play/Pause play-pause
media-prev-track Previous Track prev-track
media-stop Stop stop
power Power
print Print
reset Reset
select Select
sleep Sleep
volume-down Volume Down vol-down
volume-mute Mute mute
volume-up Volume Up vol-up
zoom Zoom

Mouse

Name Display Aliases
left-button Left Button lbutton
middle-button Middle Button mbutton
right-button Right Button rbutton
x-button1 X Button 1 xbutton1
x-button2 X Button 2 xbutton2