Physical key code from a KeyPress (Feature Request)

[chkn]

To receive the physical key code is important for keyboard shortcuts.

The physical code describes location on the keyboard, independent from the current layout QWERTZ/QWERTY/AZERTY etc.

[masshacker]

YES

[nicolasdanet]

It is really painful to define portable shortcuts (OS + keyboards) without that.

[jpo]

I’m using the patch mentioned here to retrieve the keyboard layout independent keycode of the last pressed key: How to get current Input Language?

[Qfactor]

Adding my vote to this one. Portable shortcuts are important. It would be nice to be able to detect the type/language of the keyboard as well.