Keyboard mnemonics

SendKeys function simulates keyboard input. For special characters, the keyboard mnemonics are as below.

For example, if you want to send the special character < into notepad:

shell("notepad")

UseWindow("NOTEPAD.EXE|Edit|",1)

'We want to type 3<5<10
a$="3"+"<Lower>"+"5"+"<Lower>"+"10"
SendKeys(a$)

 

Non-numeric keyboard

<F1> ... <F12>	F1 to F12
<CapsLock>	Caps Lock
<Tab>	Tab key
<Esc>	Escape
<Backspace>	Backspace
<ScrollLock>	Scroll Lock
<Ins>	Insert
<Del>	Delete
<Right>	Right arrow
<Left>	Left arrow
<Down>	Down arrow
<Up>	Up arrow
<PageUp>	Page Up
<PageDown>	Page Down
<Home>	Home
<End>	End
<Doublequote>	"
<Pipe>	| Symbol
<Lower>	< Symbol
<Greater>	> Symbol
<Enter>	Enter
<RCtrl>	Right Control
<Ctrl>	Left Control
<RShift>	Right Shift
<Shift>	Left Shift
<Alt>	Alt
<AltGr>	AltGr
<Pause>	Pause
<PrtSc>	Print Screen

Note there is no mnemonic for Space, use " " ( a space between the double quotes).

These keys can be modified by <Ctrl>, <Alt>, <Shift> and <RShift>.

Syntax is :

<Ctrl a> ' Left Control a

<Shift <Ctrl a>> ' Left Shift Left Control a

<Ctrl <Shift <Alt a>>> ' Left Control Left Shift Alt a

(the space between each modifier is mandatory)

 

Numeric keyboard

Syntax is the same but the reserved word "Num" is added.

<NumLock>	Locks the numeric keypad
<Num 0> ... <Num 9>	0 to 9 on the numeric keypad (if NumLock is on)
<Num .>	. on the numeric keypad
<Num +>	+ on the numeric keypad
<Num ->	- on the numeric keypad
<Num />	/ on the numeric keypad
<Num *>	* on the numeric keypad
<Num Enter>	Enter on the numeric keypad
<Num Left>	Left arrow on the numeric keypad
<Num Right>	Right arrow on the numeric keypad
<Num Down>	Down arrow on the numeric keypad
<Num Up>	Up arrow on the numeric keypad
<Num PageUp>	Page Up on the numeric keypad
<Num PageDown>	Page Down on the numeric keypad
<Num Home>	Home on the numeric keypad
<Num Insert>	Insert on the numeric keypad
<Num Del>	Delete on the numeric keypad
<None>	5 on the numeric keypad if NumLock is off