keyboard key
What fingers strike
A keyboard key is one of the individual buttons on a keyboard that you press to input a character or command.
Each key typically has a letter, number, symbol, or function label printed on its cap.
The term distinguishes a single pressable unit from the keyboard as a whole: The spacebar is the widest keyboard key, Several keyboard keys stopped working after I spilled coffee.
- buttonDisc through a hole
- spacebarKey creating gaps
- enterPass into a space
- shiftMovement or work period
- caps lockContinuous uppercase typing mode
modifier key · type · typing speed · press · click · clack · mechanical · keycap · stroke · backspace · escape · tactile · finger · home row · piano · note · shortcut · qwerty
- squaresperfect square, grid square, magic square, square number, center square
- keyscar key, house key, door key, master key, spare key
- buttonspush button, power button, stop button, play button, pause button
- springscoil spring, compression spring, mainspring, clock spring, watch spring
- poppable thingsbubble wrap, balloon, soap bubble, water balloon, party popper
keyboard keytouchpad
Touch-sensitive cursor controller
trackpad · touchscreen · trackball · joystick · scroll wheel
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