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Using keyboard layouts in Windows 10.0.27729.1000

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Use this page to find out how to type a character on given keyboard or how many keyboards contain given characters.

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The entered characters are as follows:

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U+005B91[LEFT SQUARE BRACKETC0 Controls and Basic Latin (Basic Latin)\u005b[%5B

System layouts

This text can be typed on 24 system layouts out of 217:

French (Standard, BÉPO)CONTROLMENU+4
Belgian (Comma)
Belgian (Period)
Belgian French
Central Atlas Tamazight
French (Legacy, AZERTY)
French (Standard, AZERTY)
Tifinagh (Basic)
Tifinagh (Extended)
Wolof
CONTROLMENU+5
Tatar
Tatar (Legacy)
CONTROLMENU+7
Canadian French (Legacy)
Danish
Estonian
Faeroese
Finnish
Finnish with Sami
German
German (IBM)
German Extended (E1)
German Extended (E2)
Greenlandic
Icelandic
Italian (142)
Lithuanian IBM
Norwegian
Norwegian with Sami
Portuguese
Sami Extended Finland-Sweden
Sami Extended Norway
Sorbian Extended
Sorbian Standard
Sorbian Standard (Legacy)
Swedish
Swedish with Sami
Turkish F
Turkish Q
CONTROLMENU+8
Canadian Multilingual Standard
Inuktitut - Latin
Inuktitut - Naqittaut
Inuktitut - Nattilik
Lithuanian Standard
CONTROLMENU+9
N’KoSHIFT+D
Arabic (101)
Arabic (102)
Arabic (102) AZERTY
SHIFT+F
Albanian
Bosnian (Cyrillic)
Czech
Hungarian
Hungarian 101-key
Macedonian
Serbian (Latin)
Slovak
Slovak (QWERTY)
Slovenian
Standard
CONTROLMENU+F
Persian
Tamil 99
SHIFT+O
Persian (Standard)SHIFT+P
SyriacX
LatvianCONTROLMENU+Y
Italian
Luxembourgish
Spanish
Swiss French
Swiss German
CONTROLMENU+OEM 1
Romanian (Legacy)SHIFT+OEM 3
Buginese
Bulgarian (Latin)
Colemak
Czech Programmers
English (India)
Georgian (QWERTY)
Greek
Greek (319)
Greek (319) Latin
Greek Latin
Hausa
Hawaiian
Cherokee Phonetic
Chinese (Simplified) - US
Chinese (Simplified, Singapore) - US
Chinese (Traditional) - US
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong S.A.R.) - US
Chinese (Traditional, Macao S.A.R.) - US
Igbo
Irish
Japanese
Javanese
Korean
Latvian (QWERTY)
Latvian (Standard)
Lisu (Basic)
Lisu (Standard)
Lithuanian
Maori
New Tai Lue
NZ Aotearoa
Osage
Osmanya
Polish (Programmers)
Romanian (Programmers)
Russian - Mnemonic
Scottish Gaelic
Sesotho sa Leboa
Setswana
Sora
Tamil Anjal
Traditional Mongolian (MNS)
Traditional Mongolian (Standard)
United Kingdom
United Kingdom Extended
United States-Dvorak
United States-Dvorak for left hand
United States-Dvorak for right hand
United States-International
US
US English Table for IBM Arabic 238_L
OEM 4
Georgian (MES)
Gothic
Greek (220)
Greek (220) Latin
Tai Le
SHIFT+OEM 4
Hebrew
Sinhala - Wij 9
CAPITAL+OEM 4
Armenian Phonetic
Canadian French
Czech (QWERTY)
Georgian (Ergonomic)
Georgian (Old Alphabets)
Hindi Traditional
Cherokee Nation
Khmer
Macedonian - Standard
Maltese 47-Key
Maltese 48-Key
Marathi
Myanmar (Phonetic order)
Myanmar (Visual order)
Romanian (Standard)
Vietnamese
CONTROLMENU+OEM 4
Central Kurdish
Divehi Phonetic
Divehi Typewriter
Hebrew (Standard)
Hebrew (Standard, 2018)
Portuguese (Brazil ABNT)
Portuguese (Brazil ABNT2)
Syriac Phonetic
Urdu
Uyghur
Uyghur (Legacy)
OEM 6
Pashto (Afghanistan)SHIFT+OEM 6
ADLaM
Armenian Typewriter
Spanish Variation
CONTROLMENU+OEM 6
Guarani
Latin American
SHIFT+OEM 7
DutchSHIFT+OEM 102
Greek Polytonic
Yoruba
OEM 4, SPACE

Unreferenced drivers

You can also use these unreferenced keyboard drivers:

DEC LK411-AJ Keyboard Layout
JP Japanese Keyboard Layout for (NEC PC-9800 on PC98-NX)
JP Japanese Keyboard Layout for (NEC PC-9800 Windows 95)
JP Japanese Keyboard Layout for (NEC PC-9800)
JP Japanese Keyboard Layout for 101
JP Japanese Keyboard Layout for 106
JP Japanese Keyboard Layout for 106
JP Japanese Keyboard Layout for AX2
JP Japanese Keyboard Layout for IBM 5576-002/003
JP Japanese NEC PC-9800 Keyboard Layout
KO Hangeul Keyboard Layout for 101 (Type A)
KO Hangeul Keyboard Layout for 101(Type B)
KO Hangeul Keyboard Layout for 101(Type C)
KO Hangeul Keyboard Layout for 103
OEM 4

Custom layouts

You can also use these custom-made keyboard layouts:

German UNZ 1 - Fraktur T Keyboard LayoutOEM FJ ROYA+8
German Extended Keyboard Layout
German International Keyboard Layout
OEM 8+8
German HTML-Programmer Keyboard Layout
Norsk utvidet Juli2018 Keyboard Layout
Norwegian - CHESS Keyboard Layout
CONTROLMENU+8
Ukrainian - Unicode 2.1 Keyboard LayoutCONTROLMENU+9
Czech Extended Chess Keyboard LayoutCONTROLMENU+F
Teclado iberoamericano español Keyboard Layout
Teclado iberoamericano português Keyboard Layout
CONTROLMENU+Z
Nuovo Italiano Keyboard LayoutOEM 1
BRAILLE español Keyboard Layout
Teclado español extendido Keyboard Layout
Teclado paraguayo Keyboard Layout
CONTROLMENU+OEM 1
Hungarian (Programmers) Keyboard Layout
Italiano - Internazionale Keyboard Layout
Sinhala Addendum Layout Keyboard Layout
SuperIPA Keyboard Layout
SuperLatin Keyboard Layout
SuperSymbol Keyboard Layout
United Kingdom IndUni Keyboard Layout
US English ROT13 Keyboard Layout
US International Extended Keyboard Layout
US-International Scientific Keyboard Layout
Английская (Типографская раскладка Ильи Keyboard Layout
OEM 4
Polski 2021 podstawowy QWERTY Keyboard Layout
Polski 2021 podstawowy QWERTZ Keyboard Layout
Polski 2021 rozszerzony QWERTY Keyboard Layout
Polski 2021 rozszerzony QWERTZ Keyboard Layout
Русская (Типографская раскладка Ильи Бир Keyboard Layout
CONTROLMENU+OEM 4
BRAILLE español-latinoamericano Keyboard Layout
Teclado latinoamericano rkgraqvqb Keyboard Layout
SHIFT+OEM 7
Cyrylica Polski 2021 QWERTY Keyboard Layout
Cyrylica Polski 2021 QWERTY UA Keyboard Layout
Cyrylica Polski 2021 QWERTZ Keyboard Layout
Cyrylica Polski 2021 QWERTZ UA Keyboard Layout
CONTROLMENU+X, OEM 4

Note that virtual keys are not always at the same place. For example, Q is next to the Tab key on US keyboard but next to the Caps Lock on French keyboard. You can click on each keyboard layout to find out how it defines the mapping.

Please note current limitations of the algorithm: