A keystroke in a command's actions may be specified in three ways:

1. As a literal character, any character you can type or paste. (For non-English characters be sure the command file is saved as Unicode or UTF-8.)
2. As a Unicode specifier, with a hexidecimal number for the desired Unicode character. For example, {U+00A9} for the copyright symbol.
3. As a keystroke specifier, such as {Ctrl+Shift+Left_3}. This syntax may have 3 parts:
   • Modifier keys (optional). Any combination of Shift+, Ctrl+, Alt+, and Win+ (for the "Windows" key). Case insensitive.
   • Key (required). Either a literal character (case sensitive) or a key name from the tables below (case insensitive).
   • Repeat count (optional). A number specifying how many times to repeat the key, or the word "Hold" or "Release", preceded by either a space character or an underscore.

   Vocola has built-in commands to insert keystroke specifiers in the proper syntax.

Key names

Special keys:

Backspace Break Delete (or Del or ExtDel) Down   (or ExtDown) End    (or ExtEnd) Enter

Escape   (or Esc) Home     (or ExtHome) Insert   (or Ins or ExtIns) Left     (or ExtLeft) PageDown (or PgDn or ExtPgDn) PageUp   (or PgUp or ExtPgUp)

Pause PrintScreen (or PrtSc) Right (or ExtRight) Space Tab Up (or ExtUp)

Modifier keys:

Alt (or Alternate or LeftAlt) CapsLock Ctrl (or Control or LeftCtrl) NumLock

RightAlt RightCtrl RightShift RightWin

ScrollLock Shift (or LeftShift) Win   (or LeftWin)

Buttons on mouse or other pointing device:

LeftButton MiddleButton RightButton

WheelDown WheelUp

XButton1 XButton2

Numeric keypad keys:

NumKey0 NumKey1 NumKey2 NumKey3 NumKey4 NumKey5

NumKey6 NumKey7 NumKey8 NumKey9 NumKey.

NumKey+ (or Plus) NumKey- (or Minus) NumKey* (or Mult or Asterisk) NumKey/ (or Slash) NumKeyEnter (or KeyPadEnter)

Keys with meaning to Windows or specific applications:

BrowserBack BrowserFavorites BrowserForward BrowserHome BrowserRefresh BrowserSearch BrowserStop

ContextMenu Mail MediaNextTrack MediaPlayPause MediaPreviousTrack MediaStop

VolumeDown VolumeMute VolumeUp

Keys which may or may not do anything on your computer:

AbntC1 AbntC2 Accept App1 App2 Attn Auto BackTab Clear Convert

Copy CrSel CuSel Enlw ErEof ExSel Execute Final Finish Help

Ico00 IcoClr IcoHlp Jisho Jump Junja Kana Kanji Loya Mashu

Media ModeChange NonConvert OemAttn OemClr OemPa1 OemPa2 OemPa3 Pa1 Packet

Play Print Process Reset Roya Select Sleep Touroku WsCtrl Zoom