fix: use correct key names for key codes

packages/blockly/core/hints.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import {Msg} from './msg.js';
 import {Toast} from './toast.js';
-import {getShortActionShortcut} from './utils/shortcut_formatting.js';
+import {getShortcutKeysShort} from './utils/shortcut_formatting.js';
 import * as userAgent from './utils/useragent.js';
 import type {WorkspaceSvg} from './workspace_svg.js';
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export function clearMoveHints(workspace: WorkspaceSvg) {
  * @param workspace The workspace.
  */
 export function showHelpHint(workspace: WorkspaceSvg) {
-  const shortcut = getShortActionShortcut('list_shortcuts');
+  const shortcut = getShortcutKeysShort('list_shortcuts');
   if (!shortcut) return;
 
   const message = Msg['HELP_PROMPT'].replace('%1', shortcut);

packages/blockly/core/utils/shortcut_formatting.ts

@@ -12,12 +12,11 @@ import * as userAgent from './useragent.js';
  * Find the primary shortcut for this platform and return it as single string
  * in a short user facing format.
  *
- * @internal
- * @param action The action name, e.g. "cut".
+ * @param shortcutName The keyboard shortcut name, e.g. "cut".
  * @returns The formatted shortcut.
  */
-export function getShortActionShortcut(action: string): string {
-  const shortcuts = getActionShortcutsAsKeys(action, shortModifierNames);
+export function getShortcutKeysShort(shortcutName: string): string {
+  const shortcuts = getShortcutKeys(shortcutName, shortModifierNames);
   if (shortcuts.length) {
     const parts = shortcuts[0];
     return parts.join(userAgent.APPLE ? ' ' : ' + ');
@@ -27,15 +26,14 @@ export function getShortActionShortcut(action: string): string {
 }
 
 /**
- * Find the relevant shortcuts for the given action for the current platform.
+ * Find the relevant shortcuts for the given shortcut for the current platform.
  * Keys are returned in a long user facing format, e.g. "Command ⌘ Option ⌥ C"
  *
- * @internal
- * @param action The action name, e.g. "cut".
+ * @param shortcutName The keyboard shortcut name, e.g. "cut".
  * @returns The formatted shortcuts as individual keys.
  */
-export function getLongActionShortcutsAsKeys(action: string): string[][] {
-  return getActionShortcutsAsKeys(action, longModifierNames);
+export function getShortcutKeysLong(shortcutName: string): string[][] {
+  return getShortcutKeys(shortcutName, longModifierNames);
 }
 
 const longModifierNames: Record<string, string> = {
@@ -51,21 +49,130 @@ const shortModifierNames: Record<string, string> = {
 };
 
 /**
- * Find the relevant shortcuts for the given action for the current platform.
+ * Key names for common characters. These should be used with keyup/keydown
+ * events, since the .keyCode property on those is meant to indicate the
+ * _physical key_ the user held down on the keyboard. Hence the mapping uses
+ * only the unshifted version of each key (e.g. no '#', since that's shift+3).
+ * Keypress events on the other hand generate (mostly) ASCII codes since they
+ * correspond to *characters* the user typed.
+ *
+ * For further reference: http://unixpapa.com/js/key.html
+ *
+ * This list is not localized and therefore some of the key codes are not
+ * correct for non-US keyboard layouts.
+ *
+ * Partially copied from goog.events.keynames and modified to use translatable
+ * strings or symbols for keys.
+ */
+const keyNames: Record<number, string> = {
+  8: Msg['BACKSPACE_KEY'],
+  9: Msg['TAB_KEY'],
+  13: Msg['ENTER_KEY'],
+  16: Msg['SHIFT_KEY'],
+  17: Msg['CTRL_KEY'],
+  18: Msg['ALT_KEY'],
+  19: Msg['PAUSE_KEY'],
+  20: Msg['CAPS_LOCK_KEY'],
+  27: Msg['ESCAPE_KEY'],
+  32: Msg['SPACE_KEY'],
+  33: Msg['PAGE_UP_KEY'],
+  34: Msg['PAGE_DOWN_KEY'],
+  35: Msg['END_KEY'],
+  36: Msg['HOME_KEY'],
+  37: '←',
+  38: '↑',
+  39: '→',
+  40: '↓',
+  45: Msg['INSERT_KEY'],
+  46: Msg['DELETE_KEY'],
+  48: '0',
+  49: '1',
+  50: '2',
+  51: '3',
+  52: '4',
+  53: '5',
+  54: '6',
+  55: '7',
+  56: '8',
+  57: '9',
+  59: ';',
+  61: '=',
+  93: Msg['CONTEXT_MENU_KEY'],
+  96: '0',
+  97: '1',
+  98: '2',
+  99: '3',
+  100: '4',
+  101: '5',
+  102: '6',
+  103: '7',
+  104: '8',
+  105: '9',
+  106: '×',
+  107: '+',
+  109: '−',
+  110: '.',
+  111: '÷',
+  112: 'F1',
+  113: 'F2',
+  114: 'F3',
+  115: 'F4',
+  116: 'F5',
+  117: 'F6',
+  118: 'F7',
+  119: 'F8',
+  120: 'F9',
+  121: 'F10',
+  122: 'F11',
+  123: 'F12',
+  186: ';',
+  187: '=',
+  189: '-',
+  188: ',',
+  190: '.',
+  191: '/',
+  192: '`',
+  219: '[',
+  220: '\\',
+  221: ']',
+  222: "'",
+  224: '⌘',
+};
+
+/**
+ * Gets a user-facing name for a keycode.
+ *
+ * @param keyCode
+ * @returns key name, or the character for the keycode if it's not in the list of known keys.
+ */
+function getKeyName(keyCode: number): string {
+  if (keyCode >= 65 && keyCode <= 90) {
+    // letters a-z
+    return String.fromCharCode(keyCode);
+  }
+  const keyName = keyNames[keyCode];
+  if (keyName) return keyName;
+  console.warn('Unknown key code: ' + keyCode);
+  return String.fromCharCode(keyCode);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Find the relevant shortcuts for the given shortcut for the current platform.
  * Keys are returned in a short user facing format, e.g. "⌘ ⌥ C"
  *
  * This could be considerably simpler if we only bound shortcuts relevant to the
  * current platform or tagged them with a platform.
  *
- * @param action The action name, e.g. "cut".
+ * @param shortcutName The keyboard shortcut name, e.g. "cut".
  * @param modifierNames The names to use for the Meta/Control/Alt modifiers.
  * @returns The formatted shortcuts.
  */
-function getActionShortcutsAsKeys(
-  action: string,
+function getShortcutKeys(
+  shortcutName: string,
   modifierNames: Record<string, string>,
 ): string[][] {
-  const shortcuts = ShortcutRegistry.registry.getKeyCodesByShortcutName(action);
+  const shortcuts =
+    ShortcutRegistry.registry.getKeyCodesByShortcutName(shortcutName);
   if (shortcuts.length === 0) {
     return [];
   }
@@ -109,7 +216,7 @@ function getActionShortcutsAsKeys(
     return shortcut
       .map((maybeNumeric) =>
         Number.isFinite(+maybeNumeric)
-          ? String.fromCharCode(+maybeNumeric)
+          ? getKeyName(+maybeNumeric)
           : maybeNumeric,
       )
       .map((k) => upperCaseFirst(modifierNames[k] ?? k));

packages/blockly/msg/json/en.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"@metadata": {
 		"author": "Ellen Spertus <ellen.spertus@gmail.com>",
-		"lastupdated": "2026-04-21 16:21:15.987859",
+		"lastupdated": "2026-04-21 17:30:08.288719",
 		"locale": "en",
 		"messagedocumentation" : "qqq"
 	},
@@ -410,6 +410,20 @@
 	"OPTION_KEY": "⌥ Option",
 	"ALT_KEY": "Alt",
 	"ENTER_KEY": "Enter",
+	"BACKSPACE_KEY": "Backspace",
+	"DELETE_KEY": "Delete",
+	"ESCAPE": "Esc",
+	"TAB_KEY": "Tab",
+	"SHIFT_KEY": "Shift",
+	"CAPS_LOCK_KEY": "Caps Lock",
+	"SPACE_KEY": "Space",
+	"PAGE_UP_KEY": "Page Up",
+	"PAGE_DOWN_KEY": "Page Down",
+	"END_KEY": "End",
+	"HOME_KEY": "Home",
+	"INSERT_KEY": "Insert",
+	"PAUSE_KEY": "Pause",
+	"CONTEXT_MENU_KEY": "≣ Menu",
 	"CUT_SHORTCUT": "Cut",
 	"COPY_SHORTCUT": "Copy",
 	"PASTE_SHORTCUT": "Paste",

packages/blockly/msg/json/qqq.json

@@ -417,6 +417,20 @@
 	"OPTION_KEY": "Representation of the Mac Option key used in keyboard shortcuts.",
 	"ALT_KEY": "Representation of the Alt key used in keyboard shortcuts.",
 	"ENTER_KEY": "Representation of the Enter key used in keyboard shortcuts.",
+	"BACKSPACE_KEY": "Representation of the Backspace key used in keyboard shortcuts.",
+	"DELETE_KEY": "Representation of the Delete key used in keyboard shortcuts.",
+	"ESCAPE": "Representation of the Escape key used in keyboard shortcuts.",
+	"TAB_KEY": "Representation of the Tab key used in keyboard shortcuts.",
+	"SHIFT_KEY": "Representation of the Shift key used in keyboard shortcuts.",
+	"CAPS_LOCK_KEY": "Representation of the Caps Lock key used in keyboard shortcuts.",
+	"SPACE_KEY": "Representation of the Space key used in keyboard shortcuts.",
+	"PAGE_UP_KEY": "Representation of the Page Up key used in keyboard shortcuts.",
+	"PAGE_DOWN_KEY": "Representation of the Page Down key used in keyboard shortcuts.",
+	"END_KEY": "Representation of the End key used in keyboard shortcuts.",
+	"HOME_KEY": "Representation of the Home key used in keyboard shortcuts.",
+	"INSERT_KEY": "Representation of the Insert key used in keyboard shortcuts.",
+	"PAUSE_KEY": "Representation of the Pause key used in keyboard shortcuts.",
+	"CONTEXT_MENU_KEY": "Representation of the Context Menu key used in keyboard shortcuts.",
 	"CUT_SHORTCUT": "menu label - Contextual menu item that cuts the focused item.",
 	"COPY_SHORTCUT": "menu label - Contextual menu item that copies the focused item.",
 	"PASTE_SHORTCUT": "menu label - Contextual menu item that pastes the previously copied item.",

packages/blockly/msg/messages.js

@@ -1661,6 +1661,48 @@ Blockly.Msg.ALT_KEY = 'Alt';
 /// Representation of the Enter key used in keyboard shortcuts.
 Blockly.Msg.ENTER_KEY = 'Enter';
 /** @type {string} */
+/// Representation of the Backspace key used in keyboard shortcuts.
+Blockly.Msg.BACKSPACE_KEY = 'Backspace';
+/** @type {string} */
+/// Representation of the Delete key used in keyboard shortcuts.
+Blockly.Msg.DELETE_KEY = 'Delete';
+/** @type {string} */
+/// Representation of the Escape key used in keyboard shortcuts.
+Blockly.Msg.ESCAPE = 'Esc';
+/** @type {string} */
+/// Representation of the Tab key used in keyboard shortcuts.
+Blockly.Msg.TAB_KEY = 'Tab';
+/** @type {string} */
+/// Representation of the Shift key used in keyboard shortcuts.
+Blockly.Msg.SHIFT_KEY = 'Shift';
+/** @type {string} */
+/// Representation of the Caps Lock key used in keyboard shortcuts.
+Blockly.Msg.CAPS_LOCK_KEY = 'Caps Lock';
+/** @type {string} */
+/// Representation of the Space key used in keyboard shortcuts.
+Blockly.Msg.SPACE_KEY = 'Space';
+/** @type {string} */
+/// Representation of the Page Up key used in keyboard shortcuts.
+Blockly.Msg.PAGE_UP_KEY = 'Page Up';
+/** @type {string} */
+/// Representation of the Page Down key used in keyboard shortcuts.
+Blockly.Msg.PAGE_DOWN_KEY = 'Page Down';
+/** @type {string} */
+/// Representation of the End key used in keyboard shortcuts.
+Blockly.Msg.END_KEY = 'End';
+/** @type {string} */
+/// Representation of the Home key used in keyboard shortcuts.
+Blockly.Msg.HOME_KEY = 'Home';
+/** @type {string} */
+/// Representation of the Insert key used in keyboard shortcuts.
+Blockly.Msg.INSERT_KEY = 'Insert';
+/** @type {string} */
+/// Representation of the Pause key used in keyboard shortcuts.
+Blockly.Msg.PAUSE_KEY = 'Pause';
+/** @type {string} */
+/// Representation of the Context Menu key used in keyboard shortcuts.
+Blockly.Msg.CONTEXT_MENU_KEY = '≣ Menu';
+/** @type {string} */
 /// menu label - Contextual menu item that cuts the focused item.
 Blockly.Msg.CUT_SHORTCUT = 'Cut';
 /** @type {string} */