keysym
keysym — The symbolic name of a key on a keyboard.
Synopsis
keysym ::= ![[-]](figs/web/nav/down.gif)
- Zero or more of:
- text
replaceable- Graphic inlines
- Indexing inlines
- Linking inlines
- Ubiquitous inlines
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Attributes
Description
The keysym identifies the symbolic name of a key on a
computer keyboard. This is distinct from any scan code that it may
generate (keycode), or any text
(keycap) that might be printed on the key.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline.
Parents ![[+]](figs/web/nav/right.gif)
This element occurs in 54 elements.
Children
This element contains 29 elements.
See Also
accel, guibutton, guiicon, guilabel, guimenu, guimenuitem, guisubmenu, keycap, keycode, keycombo, menuchoice, mousebutton, shortcut
Examples
<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> <title>Example keysym</title> <para>The <keycap>F1</keycap> key on an IBM PC keyboard generates the scan code <keycode>0x3B</keycode> when pressed. This value is defined as <keysym>KEY_F1</keysym> in <filename class="headerfile">keyboard.h</filename>. </para> </article>
The F1 key on an IBM PC keyboard generates the
scan code 0x3B when pressed. This value
is defined as KEY_F1 in
keyboard.h.