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Keyboard Test

Focus the test area and press keys to see which positions the browser reports. Compare a US, German or Swiss keyboard reference.

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How to use it

  1. Choose the layout matching your keyboard.
  2. Focus the test area and press individual keys or combinations.
  3. Compare code, key, location and repeat for the current event.
  4. Use Tab or Escape to leave; reset clears observations.

The same physical KeyY position can produce a different key label on German and US layouts. Holding a key creates repeat events, not proof of duplicate presses.

Details & limits

US, German and Swiss layout references. Events only inside the focused test area; no text history. Reserved browser/OS shortcuts may never reach the page. Untested is not defective.

Why are some shortcuts or keys not highlighted?

Operating systems and browsers can reserve events. Layout references and browser reports are not a full electrical keyboard test.

A key position is different from a typed character

The test distinguishes physical key positions from characters produced by your system layout. Held and previously observed keys have separate markings. Only the focused test area handles events; Tab and Escape remain ways to leave it. Fn keys, operating-system shortcuts and some combinations may never reach a web page. An unobserved key therefore remains untested rather than being labelled defective.

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