| Subject | English | German |
| gen. | alternate action key | Doppelfunktionstaste |
| comp., MS | key action | Aktion bei Tastendruck (Term used to describe program behavior when a certain key is pressed on the keyboard. Key actions are associated with items within a source document) |
| gen. | key action | Leitaktion |
| tech. | key action | Klappenmechanismus |
| busin., IT | repeat action key | Wiederholtaste |