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US English keyboard layout

The US English keyboard layout determines the position of keys for Keyman positional keyboards. The images below show the layout that is used. Note that some European keyboards have a few additional keys which don't appear on this layout. The Virtual Key Identifier in Keyman Developer can be used to identify the names of these keys.

Unshifted

` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - = Bksp
Tab q w e r t y u i o p [ ] \
Caps a s d f g h j k l ; ' Enter
Shift z x c v b n m , . / Shift
Ctrl Alt Alt Ctrl

Shifted

~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + Bksp
Tab Q W E R T Y U I O P { } |
Caps A S D F G H J K L : " Enter
Shift Z X C V B N M < > ? Shift
Ctrl Alt Alt Ctrl