home keys


home keys

(hardware)The eight keys on a typewriter or computer keyboardon which a touch-typist positions their eight finger tips whenstarting to type or when resting between words or phrases.Typists learn the position of all keys on the keyboard inrelation to the home keys.

On a standard english keyboard layout, the home keys are ASDFfor the left hand and JKL; for the right. Most keyboards havesmall raised bumps on the left and right index finger keys (Fand J) so you can find the home keys by touch without looking.