Name is the name you give to the list.

Except is the word "except." Items to the left of it are added to the list; items to the right are subtracted.

Each item is either the name of a key, a range of keys (two key names separated by a hyphen), or the name of another list.

An item can be the name of a list you created yourself or the predefined list AllMainKeys.

For ranges (two key names separated by a hyphen), HotkeyNet uses virtual key codes. For example, you could write:

The virtual key codes for those two keys are 0xBB and 0xC0, so HotkeyNet adds to the list all the keys with virtual key codes between those two numbers. Those keys happen to be:

For a list of virtual key codes, go to http://msdn.microsoft.com.

The following definition creates a list with 1, 2, 4, and 5. One key, 3, is left out.

The following definition creates a list that contains the previous list plus A, B, C, and D.

The following definition creates a list that contains all the letter keys and all the number keys except for B, D, E, 2, 3, and 4:

The following definition creates a list that contains all the function keys:

The following definition creates a list that contains all non-modifier keys:

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