# love.keyboard.getKeyFromScancode

Available since LÖVE 0.9.2
This function is not supported in earlier versions.

Gets the key corresponding to the given hardware scancode.

The location of a key is based on the keyboard's current language layout, whereas scancodes are the layout-independent representations of where the physical keys are.

For example, the key located where "q" is on a U.S. keyboard has the scancode "q". When using a U.S. keyboard layout it produces the key "q", but when using a French keyboard layout it produces the key "a".

Scancodes are useful for creating default controls that have the same physical locations on on all systems.

## Function

### Synopsis

    key = love.keyboard.getKeyFromScancode( scancode )

### Arguments

`Scancode scancode`
  The scancode to get the key from.

### Returns

`KeyConstant key`
  The key corresponding to the given scancode, or "unknown" if the scancode doesn't map to a KeyConstant on the current system.

## See Also

- love.keyboard
- love.keyboard.getScancodeFromKey

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Category:

- Functions