Keyboard layout
Theremany keyboard layouts,peoplebe abletypedifferent languages. The standard English keyboard layoutknown as QWERTY. Various alternatives toQWERTY layout have been suggested, many claiming advantages such as higher typing speeds. The most famous alternative isDvorak Simplified Keyboard.
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Keyboard structure
The keys labelled only withcapital letter can type both smallcapital letters. To typesymbol attop left ofkey,Shift key, labelled "↑",used. To typesymbol atbottom right ofkey,Alt-Gr keyused.
Instandard keyboard structureincluded toocontrol function keys.
Dead key
Many languages include additional characters, such as accented characters, that do not easily fit ontostandard English keyboard. Typingaccented charactersmade easier by using"dead key" feature. When you usedead key, you pressdesignated key foraccent that you want; nothing will happen onscreen. Next, you typecharacter that you wishhave accented. If you typecorrect accentcharacter,desired accented character appears onscreen. This key combination requires that you type an acceptable sequence. For example, if you typeaccented dead key followed byletter, "a," you will getaccented "a." If you typeaccented dead key followed by"t" key, you will not get anything onscreen unless that particular font includes an accented "t" character. Alternatively, you get an accent asseparate character, followed byother character.
To just typediacritical mark,should be followed byspace.
Example keyboard layouts
Note: The following layouts assume thatphysical locationall keys aresame, withsame scan codes,that settingkeyboard layoutWindows works correctly.Arabic
Armenian
How do you type"{"?
Canadian French
Danish
German
Greek
Hangul (for Korean)
Pressing Ha/En key once switches between Hangul as shown,English. As therebothHangul IMEHangul keyboard layout,Hangul keyboard layout won't type any Hangul on my computer, there presumably existsphysically different keyboardHangul.
Hebrew
Portuguese, Brazillian
Russian
How do you type"{"? Well, easy, pal - just use English layoutsuch minor symbols, theyreally rareRussian texts.
Sanskrit (alsoHindi)
Some things seem impossibletype, some keys don't seemdo anything.
Thai
How do you type"{"?
US
See also: Language code.
