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Handling non-printing and special keys

Purpose:

Many of the keys on your keyboard do not print on-screen or on paper. ESC, Home, and Page Down are examples. The numeric keypad contains both printable characters and support functions. "Whitespace" characters, like SPACE and TAB, are categorized here as non-printable characters (although this is an arguable position).

Non-printing keys are often used in games, so we need a way to put them in keystroke sequences. These keys are represented in keystroke sequences through labels. These labels are entered directly into keystroke sequences. The ThrustMaster software recognizes these labels and will type the appropriate keystroke when it is needed during game play.

See the complete list of key labels.

A few notes:

  1. The labels for the left or right CONTROL, ALT and SHIFT keys are not substitutes for the modal key labels, but are unique keystrokes that are recognized by the computer:

    LSFT and RSHT are not the same as SHF
    LCTL and RCTL are not the same as CNTRL
    LALTand RALT are not the same as ALT

  2. The keys on the keypad are unique keystrokes that are recognized by the computer:

    3 is not the same as KP3
    KPENT is not the same as ENT (enter)
    * is not the same as KP*

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