On some others it's moved to the left of backspace, resulting in a tiny square backslash key without text label, only a symbol like in the below image. On most keyboards the backslash is put on the left of R-Shift key like in the first image, which results in a better typing experience since no keys are too small. IIRC in the past (like 15-20 years ago or more) I've always seen the backwards-L enter key in my country (Vietnam), which uses standard US keyboard layout. What's the advantage of a L-shaped "enter" key vs. The last and least desired placement is back in that increasingly annoying position of between Left-Shift and Z. Sometimes the Backspace key is halved so that \ sits beside =. Sometimes, the Enter key is narrowed at the bottom so that \ can sit beside “. Since the introduction of Windows keys, the placement of \ on ISO keyboards has wandered. On ISO keyboards, the Enter key is usually still the size of the ANSI Enter plus the \ key and, prior to MS messing up the bottom row with the Windows keys, the \ was often placed in the single space position between Ctrl and Alt. ![]() IBM suffered terribly when it added an extra key between Left-Shift and Z on the Selectric III, so when it came to designing the Extended Layout with which most of us are now familiar, someone recognised the folly of the Selectric III and suggested cutting the large enter key in half to accommodate the \ key. When you see the single-row Enter key, that is the US-ANSI layout. Here is the real US keyboard with that layoutĬompared to the British one with completely different keys for the symbols Many many people call it the J-shaped enter key as well. However, with the backwards-L shaped Return key, the \ key has to be relocated, often at the expense of having a smaller backspace or right shift key. There have been studies that have shown it to be easier to hit accurately than the ISO and ANSI Return keys. The key is often called Big-ass Enter because of its size, or Asian enter because it is found on many East Asian keyboards. It has the Backwards-L layout and the bar-shaped version has the ANSI layoutĪ "backwards-L shaped" (or just "L-shaped") Return key is the union of the ISO and ANSI Return keys. Its Enter ↵ key is a mirrored ⨼ L shape like the symbol ↵ instead of a 180°-rotated one Ꞁ like on the ISO, UK and German keyboards. The Gateway keyboard in your image is definitely not the British/UK keyboard layout (as mentioned in the other answer), which doesn't only have different symbol positions but also different key shapes. ![]() They're all QWERTY keyboards, but is there a keyboard layout name which specifies what I want? ![]() (BTW, I'm sure there are those who love L-shaped return keys, and I mean no disrespect by calling such keyboards "bad", but when evaluated in the light of my personal needs that is what they are.) Even then, I'll sometimes see a "good" keyboard in the marketing material, but when my order actually arrives it will include a "bad" keyboard. ![]() Without a specific term for this type of keyboard, I'm reduced to examining any image I can see of the keyboard, looking for the shape of the return key. However, here's the problem: I don't know what to call the keyboard layout that I prefer, so I can't read a computer's specs and know whether it includes a "good" keyboard. Keyboards like this drive me nuts, and I'd like to avoid them as much as possible. Gateway keyboard with L-shaped return key: Unfortunately, when I order new (non-Apple) equipment I often receive keyboards with a completely different L-shaped return key, the backslash/pipe key placed in the top row, and a teenie backspace key: Perhaps because I'm American, and do most of my work on Apple computers, I expect the keyboard to have a bar-shaped Enter key, a backslash/pipe key immediately above the enter key, and a bar-shaped backspace key:ĭell keyboard with bar-shaped return key: I'm a programmer, and a touch-typist, and so type best when the keys I use are where I expect them to be.
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