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Description:: Returns the name of a button with extra quotation marks (on the keyboard, mouse or joystick) with the given code.
Groups:: System

Example 1:: _name = keyName 28; // result is """Enter"""
Example 2:: From Arma 3 v2.08:
private _name = keyName "-1660944350"; // result is """Right Ctrl+G"""

See also:: keyImage actionKeys actionKeysImages actionKeysNames actionKeysNamesArray DIK KeyCodes

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-[[Category:Scripting Commands|KEYNAME]]
+{{RV|type=command
-[[Category:Scripting Commands OFP Elite |KEYNAME]]
-[[Category:Scripting Commands ArmA|KEYNAME]]
+|game1= ofpe
+|version1= 1.00
+|game2= arma1
+|version2= 1.00
-<h2 style="color:#000066">''''' keyName ''dikCode'''''</h2>
+|game3= arma2
+|version3= 1.00
+|game4= arma2oa
+|version4= 1.50
-'''Operand types:'''
+|game5= tkoh
+|version5= 1.00
-dikCode: [[Number]]
+|game6= arma3
+|version6= 0.50
-'''Type of returned value:'''
+|gr1= System
-[[String]]
+|descr= Returns the name of a button with extra quotation marks (on the keyboard, mouse or joystick) with the given code.
-'''Compatibility:'''
+|s1= [[keyName]] dikCode
- Version 2.01 required.
+|p1= dikCode: [[Number]] or {{GVI|arma3|2.08|size= 0.75}} [[String]]
-'''Description:'''
+|r1= [[String]]
-Returns the name of a button (on the keyboard, mouse or joystick) with the given code.
+|x1= <sqf>_name = keyName 28; // result is """Enter"""</sqf>
-'''Example:'''
+|x2= From {{arma3}} v2.08:
+<sqf>private _name = keyName "-1660944350"; // result is """Right Ctrl+G"""</sqf>
+|seealso= [[keyImage]] [[actionKeys]] [[actionKeysImages]] [[actionKeysNames]] [[actionKeysNamesArray]] [[DIK KeyCodes]]
+}}
-name = '''keyName''' 28 , result is "Enter"
+{{Note
+|user= POLPOX
+|timestamp= 20200428151000
+|text= The return value is different per keyboard/IME settings.
+}}