Karabiner Elements Key List

Below is a list of the keys for Karabiner Elements, a powerful keyboard customization utility.

I found a list of the keycodes in the comments of a github thread, so I decided to clean them up to be a little more human-readable. If you find an inaccuracy in this list, feel free to make a pull request or contact me.

Make sure to consult the Karabiner.json Reference Manual for a detailed explanation of how to make your own complex modifications.

Modifier keys

• name: caps_lock

• name: left_control

• name: left_shift

• name: left_option

• name: left_command

• name: right_control

• name: right_shift

• name: right_option

• name: right_command

• name: fn

Controls and symbols

• name: return_or_enter

• name: escape

• name: delete_or_backspace

• name: delete_forward

• name: tab

• name: spacebar

• name: hyphen label: hyphen (-)

• name: equal_sign label: equal_sign (=)

• name: open_bracket label: open_bracket [

• name: close_bracket label: close_bracket ]

• name: backslash label: backslash ()

• name: non_us_pound

• name: semicolon label: semicolon (;)

• name: quote label: quote (')

• name: grave_accent_and_tilde label: grave_accent_and_tilde ()

• name: comma label: comma (,)

• name: period label: period (.)

• name: slash label: slash (/)

• name: non_us_backslash

Arrow keys

• name: up_arrow

• name: down_arrow

• name: left_arrow

• name: right_arrow

• name: page_up

• name: page_down

• name: home

• name: end

Letter keys

• name: a

• name: b

• name: c

• name: d

• name: e

• name: f

• name: g

• name: h

• name: i

• name: j

• name: k

• name: l

• name: m

• name: n

• name: o

• name: p

• name: q

• name: r

• name: s

• name: t

• name: u

• name: v

• name: w

• name: x

• name: y

• name: z

Number keys

• name: '1'

• name: '2'

• name: '3'

• name: '4'

• name: '5'

• name: '6'

• name: '7'

• name: '8'

• name: '9'

• name: '0'

Function keys

• name: f1

• name: f2

• name: f3

• name: f4

• name: f5

• name: f6

• name: f7

• name: f8

• name: f9

• name: f10

• name: f11

• name: f12

• name: f13

• name: f14

• name: f15

• name: f16

• name: f17

• name: f18

• name: f19

• name: f20

• name: f21 not_to: true

• name: f22 not_to: true

• name: f23 not_to: true

• name: f24 not_to: true

Media controls

• name: display_brightness_decrement not_from: true

• name: display_brightness_increment not_from: true

• name: mission_control not_from: true

• name: launchpad not_from: true

• name: dashboard not_from: true

• name: illumination_decrement not_from: true

• name: illumination_increment not_from: true

• name: rewind not_from: true

• name: play_or_pause not_from: true

• name: fastforward not_from: true

• name: mute

• name: volume_decrement

• name: volume_increment

• name: eject not_from: true

• name: apple_display_brightness_decrement not_from: true

• name: apple_display_brightness_increment not_from: true

• name: apple_top_case_display_brightness_decrement not_from: true

• name: apple_top_case_display_brightness_increment not_from: true

Keypad keys

• name: keypad_num_lock

• name: keypad_slash

• name: keypad_asterisk

• name: keypad_hyphen

• name: keypad_plus

• name: keypad_enter

• name: keypad_1

• name: keypad_2

• name: keypad_3

• name: keypad_4

• name: keypad_5

• name: keypad_6

• name: keypad_7

• name: keypad_8

• name: keypad_9

• name: keypad_0

• name: keypad_period

• name: keypad_equal_sign

• name: keypad_comma

Virtual Keys

• name: vk_none label: vk_none (disable this key) not_from: true

Keys in PC keyboards

• name: print_screen

• name: scroll_lock

• name: pause

• name: insert

• name: application

• name: help

• name: power

• name: execute not_to: true

• name: menu not_to: true

• name: select not_to: true

• name: stop not_to: true

• name: again not_to: true

• name: undo not_to: true

• name: cut not_to: true

• name: copy not_to: true

• name: paste not_to: true

• name: find not_to: true

International keys

• name: international1

• name: international2 not_to: true

• name: international3

• name: international4 not_to: true

• name: international5 not_to: true

• name: international6 not_to: true

• name: international7 not_to: true

• name: international8 not_to: true

• name: international9 not_to: true

• name: lang1

• name: lang2

• name: lang3 not_to: true

• name: lang4 not_to: true

• name: lang5 not_to: true

• name: lang6 not_to: true

• name: lang7 not_to: true

• name: lang8 not_to: true

• name: lang9 not_to: true

Japanese

• name: japanese_eisuu label: 英数キー

• name: japanese_kana label: かなキー

• name: japanese_pc_nfer label: PCキーボードの無変換キー not_to: true

• name: japanese_pc_xfer label: PCキーボードの変換キー not_to: true

• name: japanese_pc_katakana label: PCキーボードのかなキー not_to: true

Others

• name: keypad_equal_sign_as400 not_to: true

• name: locking_caps_lock not_to: true

• name: locking_num_lock not_to: true

• name: locking_scroll_lock not_to: true

• name: alternate_erase not_to: true

• name: sys_req_or_attention not_to: true

• name: cancel not_to: true

• name: clear not_to: true

• name: prior not_to: true

• name: return label: rarely used return (HID usage 0x9e) not_to: true

• name: separator not_to: true

• name: out not_to: true

• name: oper not_to: true

• name: clear_or_again not_to: true

• name: cr_sel_or_props not_to: true

• name: ex_sel not_to: true

• name: left_alt label: left_alt (equal toleft_option)

• name: left_gui label: left_gui (equal toleft_command)

• name: right_alt label: right_alt (equal toright_option)

• name: right_gui label: right_gui (equal toright_command)

• name: vk_consumer_brightness_down label: vk_consumer_brightness_down (equal todisplay_brightness_decrement) not_from: true

• name: vk_consumer_brightness_up label: vk_consumer_brightness_up (equal todisplay_brightness_increment) not_from: true

• name: vk_mission_control label: vk_mission_control (equal tomission_control) not_from: true

• name: vk_launchpad label: vk_launchpad (equal tolaunchpad) not_from: true

• name: vk_dashboard label: vk_dashboard (equal todashboard) not_from: true

• name: vk_consumer_illumination_down label: vk_consumer_illumination_down (equal toillumination_decrement) not_from: true

• name: vk_consumer_illumination_up label: vk_consumer_illumination_up (equal toillumination_increment) not_from: true

• name: vk_consumer_previous label: vk_consumer_previous (equal torewind) not_from: true

• name: vk_consumer_play label: vk_consumer_play (equal toplay) not_from: true

• name: vk_consumer_next label: vk_consumer_next (equal tofastforward) not_from: true

• name: volume_down label: volume_down (equal tovolume_decrement)

• name: volume_up label: volume_up (equal tovolume_increment`)