Keyboard Technical Reference

Understanding Keyboard Table Information

The keyboard table:

Specifies the key assignments to be used on keyboards.
Provides a link to the symbol engraved on the key.
Lists the character sequences that are to be produced.

Refer to the following listing for the meanings of the column headings:

Heading	Meaning
Key Posn	Keyboard key position.
Shift State	The shift state of the Base, Shift, Ctrl, Alt, or AltGr positions.
Assignment Returned	The character or control assigned to that key.
Returned String	Specifies the data that is returned to the program reading the keyboard.

The Alt key, followed by one or more numbered keys on the numeric pad, returns a single character when the value is entered on the numeric pad. The value accumulates while the Alt key is held down and returns when the key is released.