Home Row Reference
Starting positions and a short return-to-home-row checklist.
Your starting position
Left hand: A · S · D · F. Right hand: J · K · L · semicolon. Use a thumb for Space.
- Find the F and J landmarks where your keyboard provides them.
- Use the assigned finger for the key, then return toward the home row.
- Use opposite-hand Shift for capitals and shifted symbols.
- Choose a pace where you can recognise the movement.
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Space · Thumb
- Left Pinky
- QAZ1`
- Left Ring
- WSX2
- Left Middle
- EDC3
- Left Index
- RFVTGB45
- Right Index
- YHNUJM67
- Right Middle
- IK,8
- Right Ring
- OL.9
- Right Pinky
- P;/0-=[]\'
- Thumb
- Space
- Right Pinky · control keys
- EnterBackspace
Shift: use the opposite hand.
Left-hand characters use Right Shift; right-hand characters use Left Shift. Each Shift key uses its own hand's pinky. Shifted symbols keep the base key's finger assignment.
This QWERTY reference follows the shared KeyTute finger mapping. Other layouts and language input methods may differ.