keyboard layout
nounUK /ˈkiːbɔːd ˈleɪaʊt/
US /ˈkiːbɔːrd ˈleɪaʊt/
The way the keys are arranged on a computer keyboard.
My new laptop has a different keyboard layout, so I keep pressing the wrong keys.
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2. The physical design of the keys on a musical keyboard.
The piano's keyboard layout puts the white keys in a row with black keys grouped in twos and threes.
3. A setting that changes which letters or symbols the keys produce.
I switched the keyboard layout to French so I could type accented letters.
4. The arrangement of buttons on a device like a phone or calculator.
The old phone's keyboard layout had twelve buttons in a grid.