Returns what characters are produced by pressing keys with different modifiers on the current system keyboard layout.
- On Debian-based Linux:
sudo apt-get install libx11-dev - On Red Hat-based Linux:
sudo yum install libx11-devel.x86_64 # or .i686 - On FreeBSD:
sudo pkg install libX11
npm install native-keymapvar keymap = require('native-keymap');
console.log(keymap.getKeyMap());Example output when using standard US keyboard layout:
[
...
{ key_code: 'VKEY_OEM_2',
value: '/',
withShift: '?',
withAltGr: '',
withShiftAltGr: '' },
{ key_code: 'VKEY_OEM_3',
value: '`',
withShift: '~',
withAltGr: '',
withShiftAltGr: '' },
{ key_code: 'VKEY_OEM_4',
value: '[',
withShift: '{',
withAltGr: '',
withShiftAltGr: '' },
{ key_code: 'VKEY_OEM_5',
value: '\\',
withShift: '|',
withAltGr: '',
withShiftAltGr: '' },
{ key_code: 'VKEY_OEM_6',
value: ']',
withShift: '}',
withAltGr: '',
withShiftAltGr: '' },
{ key_code: 'VKEY_OEM_7',
value: '\'',
withShift: '"',
withAltGr: '',
withShiftAltGr: '' },
{ key_code: 'VKEY_OEM_102',
value: '\\',
withShift: '|',
withAltGr: '',
withShiftAltGr: '' } ]
Example output when using German (Swiss) keyboard layout:
[
...
{ key_code: 'VKEY_OEM_2',
value: '§',
withShift: '°',
withAltGr: '',
withShiftAltGr: '' },
{ key_code: 'VKEY_OEM_3',
value: '',
withShift: '¨!',
withAltGr: ']',
withShiftAltGr: '' },
{ key_code: 'VKEY_OEM_4',
value: '\'',
withShift: '?',
withAltGr: '',
withShiftAltGr: '' },
{ key_code: 'VKEY_OEM_5',
value: '´ä',
withShift: 'à',
withAltGr: '{',
withShiftAltGr: '' },
{ key_code: 'VKEY_OEM_6',
value: '',
withShift: '^`',
withAltGr: '',
withShiftAltGr: '' },
{ key_code: 'VKEY_OEM_7',
value: '~ö',
withShift: 'é',
withAltGr: '',
withShiftAltGr: '' },
{ key_code: 'VKEY_OEM_8',
value: '$',
withShift: '£',
withAltGr: '}',
withShiftAltGr: '' },
{ key_code: 'VKEY_OEM_102',
value: '<',
withShift: '>',
withAltGr: '\\',
withShiftAltGr: '' } ]
- linux (X11)
- windows
- mac
- freebsd
- only tested on
node v4.1.1 npm install -g node-gypnode-gyp configurenode-gyp buildnpm test