diff --git a/src/keyboard/keyMap.ts b/src/keyboard/keyMap.ts
index 51afcd2f..47465064 100644
--- a/src/keyboard/keyMap.ts
+++ b/src/keyboard/keyMap.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ export const defaultKeyMap: keyboardKey[] = [
 
   // alphanumeric block - functional
   {code: 'Space', key: ' '},
+  {code: 'BracketLeft', key: '['},
+  {code: 'BracketRight', key: ']'},
+  {code: 'BracketLeft', key: '{', shiftKey: true},
+  {code: 'BracketRight', key: '}', shiftKey: true},
 
   {code: 'AltLeft', key: 'Alt', location: DOM_KEY_LOCATION.LEFT},
   {code: 'AltRight', key: 'Alt', location: DOM_KEY_LOCATION.RIGHT},
diff --git a/tests/keyboard/parseKeyDef.ts b/tests/keyboard/parseKeyDef.ts
index 1dd6b7d8..e5018742 100644
--- a/tests/keyboard/parseKeyDef.ts
+++ b/tests/keyboard/parseKeyDef.ts
@@ -44,18 +44,18 @@ cases(
     },
     '{ as printable': {
       text: '{{',
-      keyDef: {key: '{', code: 'Unknown'},
+      keyDef: {key: '{', code: 'BracketLeft', shiftKey: true},
     },
     '{ as printable followed by descriptor': {
       text: '{{{foo}',
       keyDef: [
-        {key: '{', code: 'Unknown'},
+        {key: '{', code: 'BracketLeft', shiftKey: true},
         {key: 'foo', code: 'Unknown'},
       ],
     },
     '{ as key with modifiers': {
       text: '{\\{>5/}',
-      keyDef: {key: '{', code: 'Unknown'},
+      keyDef: {key: '{', code: 'BracketLeft', shiftKey: true},
     },
     'modifier as key with modifiers': {
       text: '{/\\/>5/}',
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ cases(
     },
     '[ as printable': {
       text: '[[',
-      keyDef: {key: '[', code: 'Unknown'},
+      keyDef: {key: '[', code: 'BracketLeft'},
     },
   },
 )