The tester drawn as a standard Arabic (101) keyboard with dual Arabic and Latin legends.
العربية·ANSI
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| Position | US QWERTY | Arabic |
|---|---|---|
| ` key | `~ | ذ |
| Q key | Q | ض |
| W key | W | ص |
| E key | E | ث |
| R key | R | ق |
| T key | T | ف |
| Y key | Y | غ |
| U key | U | ع |
| I key | I | ه |
| O key | O | خ |
| P key | P | ح |
| [ key | [{ | ج |
| ] key | ]} | د |
| A key | A | ش |
| S key | S | س |
| D key | D | ي |
| F key | F | ب |
| G key | G | ل |
| H key | H | ا |
| J key | J | ت |
| K key | K | ن |
| L key | L | م |
| ; key | ;: | ك |
| ' key | '" | ط |
| Z key | Z | ئ |
| X key | X | ء |
| C key | C | ؤ |
| V key | V | ر |
| B key | B | لا |
| N key | N | ى |
| M key | M | ة |
| , key | ,< | و |
| . key | .> | ز |
| / key | /? | ظ |
The Arabic layout used in most countries places the 28 letters across the letter keys and the punctuation keys on the right: the top row reads ض ص ث ق ف غ ع ه خ ح ج د, the home row ش س ي ب ل ا ت ن م ك ط, and the bottom row ئ ء ؤ ر لا ى ة و ز ظ. The lam-alef ligature لا has its own key on B, and ذ sits top-left. Shift gives diacritics (tashkeel) and the Arabic punctuation marks. Keyboards are ANSI-shaped and printed with both scripts, which is how the virtual keyboard here shows them.
The virtual keyboard keeps a left-to-right key order to match the physical board, even though the page reads right-to-left. Press every key and watch it light up — detection uses the physical key, so it works whether Arabic or English input is active. The record bar shows the actual Arabic character you produced, which is a quick way to see that the right input language is on.
The operating system is in English mode; switch input languages with Alt+Shift or Win+Space. The keyboard is not faulty. If you have a keyboard without Arabic legends, this page also works as a reference for where each Arabic letter sits.