Keyboard layout: QWERTY and Russian

Key colour shows which finger presses it. Thumbs press the space bar.

English layout (QWERTY)

  • Pinkies
  • Ring fingers
  • Middle fingers
  • Index fingers

Russian layout (ЙЦУКЕН)

  • Pinkies
  • Ring fingers
  • Middle fingers
  • Index fingers

How the layout works

QWERTY and the Russian ЙЦУКЕН layout are named after the first letters of the top row. To learn the layout, let your fingers memorize it: keep them on the home row and press every key with its own finger. See finger placement and start the touch typing course.