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Questions tagged [qwerty]

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why the letters in keyboards are arranged like this?

Does anyone have a good explanation why the keyboard of computers has this weird way of arrangements? QWERTY and others? I know they take it from typewriters? but still? why didn't they arrange it alphabetically, in the first place?
Sulaiman
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How to get German QWERTY on Windows?

Well I'm used to having the world standard keyboard which is qwerty and not qwertz... But on Windows I can't find the choice for German input which would be qwerty, not qwertz. In Linux there was German input with qwerty so it was fun. I believe it…
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Is there a way to use Dvorak keyboard layout, but with command keys mapped to qwerty?

I tried to learn Dvorak keyboard layout a few years ago, and got reasonably good at it, but I couldn't get past the fact that command-key shortcuts were no longer in the right place. In particular, Ctrl+Z (undo), Ctrl+X (cut), Ctrl+C (copy), and…
Kip
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Is there a really fast way to switch between QWERTY and Dvorak?

What is the fastest way to switch between QWERTY and Dvorak on a Windows 7 Pro machine, by say, a key combination?
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How can I have both qwerty and azerty keyboards on same computer same time?

I have both an azerty and a qwerty keyboards on my computer. The azerty keyboard (FRA) is a real keyboard. The qwerty keyboard (ENG) is a magnetic track card reader recognized as a keyboard. My windows 8 (but could be any windows) is configured with…
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Uninstalling the default US-Qwerty keyboard layout off Windows 7

Following this question I'd like to try and completely remove the Qwerty layout. However, the default tool that comes with Windows won't allow such change. I wonder if there is a lower-level way to achieve this.
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Issue sony vaio : greater than (>) and less than (<) french keyboard

Originally my keyboard is QWERTY , and greater than (>) and less than (<) symbols work well, but when I switch my language from english to french ( AZERTY) . I don't know where is the location of those keys. I will be thankful for your…
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International Dvorak keyboard doesn't trigger hot-keys

I'm using the Engilsh-Dvorak keyboard-layout; My second keyboard language is Hebrew, which has nothing to do with Dvorak but the hot keys (e.g if I'm writing a document in Hebrew and want to make some bold text using Ctrl+b). The default Hebrew…
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How can I easily toggle between Dvorak and QWERTY keyboard layouts from a Linux system console?

I switch between Dvorak and QWERTY keyboard layouts and frequently find myself with mismatched layouts on my host operating system and a Linux virtual machine. How can I easily switch the layout when I have the wrong layout set? Note that I'm…
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How to type a caron char with qwerty keyboard?

How to type a caron char with a qwerty keyboard? I really need a blank space with this carot. I used the following instructions with no success. The opposite char, the carot, is printed on my keyboard keys. I need it to work at least on Google…
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Is there a way to change may keyboard layout before a program opens, and then change it back when the program exits?

All without me telling it to do anything after I invoke the fist thing. I have a mac. And an automator service that changes from dvorak to qwerty before starcraft 2 launches... but is there a way to auto change back to dvorak when I exit starcraft…
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Is there a modified version of the United States QWERTY keyboard with more symbols?

I'd like to have the US QWERTY layout (so my keyboard still works,) but also have some addition symbols from other languages. It's almost like adding the Alt-Graph and it's features from the UK/Irish or Canadian French keyboard to the US QUERTY…
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Azerty keyboard switches back to qwerty on startup. HP 850

On my HP laptop I have the AZERTY layout, however the keyboard is QWERTY when typing. I changed it to AZERTY through control panel and it didn't do anything. After restarting the laptop it switched to AZERTY as needed but only for a brief moment. It…
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Keyboard keys mixed up (y and z) on Win 10

Configuration: Lenovo P50 PC Windows 10 Enterprise I have a really weird problem. I have 2 keyboard layouts installed English-US (QWERTY) and German (QWERTZ). All was working fine. Then starting yesterday after a restart smth weird started…
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Can I use AltGr + ' to produce ` (grave accent) in Windows?

Can I use AltGr + ' to produce ` (grave accent) in Windows? This is the default behaviour in Linux, I'd like to do the same on Windows. I'm using Windows 10 with a QWERTY italian keyboard which, obviously, doesn't have a grave accent button.
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