###### (This is the legacy documentation for SDL2, the previous stable version; [SDL3](https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL3/) is the current stable version.)
# SDL_GetScancodeFromKey

Get the scancode corresponding to the given key code according to the current keyboard layout.

## Header File

Defined in [SDL_keyboard.h](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/SDL2/include/SDL_keyboard.h)

## Syntax

```c
SDL_Scancode SDL_GetScancodeFromKey(SDL_Keycode key);
```

## Function Parameters

|                            |         |                                                  |
| -------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| [SDL_Keycode](SDL_Keycode) | **key** | the desired [SDL_Keycode](SDL_Keycode) to query. |

## Return Value

([SDL_Scancode](SDL_Scancode)) Returns the [SDL_Scancode](SDL_Scancode)
that corresponds to the given [SDL_Keycode](SDL_Keycode).

## Remarks

See [SDL_Scancode](SDL_Scancode) for details.

## Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.

## See Also

- [SDL_GetKeyFromScancode](SDL_GetKeyFromScancode)
- [SDL_GetScancodeName](SDL_GetScancodeName)

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[CategoryAPI](CategoryAPI), [CategoryAPIFunction](CategoryAPIFunction), [CategoryKeyboard](CategoryKeyboard)