Keyboard Layouts

To change your keyboard layout: open the Practice page, click the Lessons button, and in the Keyboard settings pick your layout.

These charts visualize the efficiency of different keyboard layouts. An efficiency is a measure of how easy it is to type on a keyboard.

The circles show relative key frequencies, and the arcs show relative key pair frequencies.

It is easier to type when the most frequent keys are on the home row, and when the most frequent key pairs are typed with different fingers and hands. Therefore an efficient layout has the largest circles on the home row. It also has arcs that are evenly distributed across the keyboard, long and horizontal, rather than short and diagonal, because it indicates the frequent switching of fingers and hands.

Keys on the home row:

The percentage of keys typed without leaving the Caps Lock row, the more the better.

Üst sıradaki tuşlar:

The percentage of keys typed on the Tab row, the less the better.

Alt sıradaki karakterler:

The percentage of keys typed on the Shift row, the less the better.

Aynı elle basılan tuşlar:

Aynı elle basılan tuşların oranı, ne kadar az o kadar iyi.

Aynı parmakla yazılan karakterler:

The percentage of keys typed by the same finger, the less the better.