keys name ?

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1

can someone give a link for the key names for pie menu keys
like TAB PERIOD ect
I cannot find what name I should use for some keys like backslash and what about special function F1 to F12 or others !

Edit:
I found a list on this page
http://www.blender.org/documentation/blender_python_api_2_68_2/bpy.types.KeyMapItem.html?highlight=keymap_items

but there is no small letters ?
how come ?

also what are these NDOF_BUTTON_MEN

NDOF keys ?

thanks

2

Because there are no small letters, there are only keyboard letter keys with or without shift-key modifier. If you are interested in what was intended to be typed by the user, use the .ascii or .unicode attribute instead.

3

not certain what some keys are like

these

NDOF KEYS?
or ‘EVT_TWEAK_L’ ?

also I see some TIMER
what are these for ?

also on my Keyboard I got some key above the F keys
so what codes these keys would use ?

any examples for using these ascii or Unicode instead ?

thanks

4

Google is your friend - NDOF:
http://archive.blender.org/development/release-logs/blender-246/ndof-support/index.html
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Significant.bit/InputDeviceDesign

EVT_TWEAK_L:
As the name suggests, it is a tweak event, or in other words hack / workaround. Probably related to mouse gestures (a mouse button press needs to be distinguished from a press-and-drag).

TIMER is only used internally as far as I know and probably not working if used with Python.

Special (media) keys are not recognized by Blender.

Ascii / Unicode example:

import bpy
from bpy.props import IntProperty, FloatProperty


class ModalOperator(bpy.types.Operator):
    """Move an object with the mouse, example"""
    bl_idname = "object.modal_operator"
    bl_label = "Simple Modal Operator"

    def modal(self, context, event):
        
        mod_keys = []
        for k in ['ctrl', 'shift', 'alt', 'oskey']:
            if getattr(event, k):
                mod_keys.append(k.title())

        context.area.header_text_set("Ascii: %s    Unicode: %s    %s %s %s   (%s)" % (
            event.ascii, event.unicode, " + ".join(mod_keys), " + " if mod_keys else "", event.type, event.value)
        )

        if event.type == 'ESC':
            context.area.header_text_set()
            return {'CANCELLED'}

        return {'RUNNING_MODAL'}

    def invoke(self, context, event):
        context.window_manager.modal_handler_add(self)
        return {'RUNNING_MODAL'}

def register():
    bpy.utils.register_class(ModalOperator)


def unregister():
    bpy.utils.unregister_class(ModalOperator)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    register()

    # test call
    bpy.ops.object.modal_operator('INVOKE_DEFAULT')
5

ok stuff for the new 3D mouse

timer !
then why it is on the API page for python ?

thanks