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Test all 60 keys on a 60% mini keyboard — the alphanumeric block alone, with everything else on the Fn layer.

Simply press any key on your keyboard to test it — if it works it will turn green

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QWERTY on the US ANSI shape: a wide flat Enter and a full-length left Shift. Standard key positions, with no vendor-specific extras.

Ctrl+W, Ctrl+T, Ctrl+N, Alt+Tab and the Windows or Command key are reserved by the browser and the operating system. No web page receives them, so they cannot be tested here or anywhere else in a browser.

At a glance

Key counts and layout facts
DetailValue
Common name60%, mini, compact
Testable key count60 keys
Physical keys61 including Fn
Number padNo
Function rowNo — F1 to F12 on the Fn layer
Arrow keysNo — on the Fn layer
Navigation keysNo — on the Fn layer
Typical width285 to 295 mm

A 60% keyboard in numbers

Every figure describes the 61-key mini board this page opens on.

60
Testable keys61 physical keys, of which Fn can never report.
43
Keys removedAgainst a full size board: the pad, function row, navigation and arrows.
0
Arrow keysMovement moves entirely onto the Fn layer.
290
Millimetres wideSmall enough for a laptop sleeve.

How to test a 60% keyboard

Only 60 keys report, so a full pass takes under a minute.

  1. Number row, starting at Esc

    The top-left key is Esc, not backquote. Work right along the row to Backspace.

  2. The three letter rows

    Tab through Backslash, then Caps Lock through Enter, then Shift through Shift. Press both Shift keys — they send different codes.

  3. The bottom row, carefully

    This row varies between manufacturers more than any other row on any layout. Some boards carry a right Windows key, some a second Fn, some neither. A key on your board with no counterpart on screen is a layout difference, not a fault.

What to check on a 60% board

Five checks for the most compressed layout there is.

Everything about this layout

The shape, the trade-offs and what to watch for when testing it.

What a 60% keyboard actually has

Sixty-one physical keys: the number row, the three letter rows, and a bottom row of modifiers. Esc occupies the top-left position where backtick sits on a full-size board. There is no function row, no Insert or Delete cluster, no Home or End, and no arrow keys.

Sixty of those keys are testable in a browser. The sixty-first is Fn, which the keyboard handles internally and never sends, so it is drawn with a dashed outline here and excluded from the totals. A working 60% board reaches 100% on sixty keys.

Everything else lives on the Fn layer. The arrows are usually Fn with I, J, K and L, or Fn with the right-hand cluster of punctuation keys, depending on the manufacturer. F1 to F12 are Fn plus the number row. Delete is commonly Fn plus Backspace.

Why the Fn layer is invisible to this test

When you hold Fn and press the semicolon key to get an up arrow, your keyboard does not send Fn and semicolon. Its controller intercepts the combination and sends the arrow key code instead — a single, ordinary key event that your computer cannot distinguish from a real arrow key.

That means the Fn layer works perfectly well; it just does not show up as extra keys on this board, because from your browser's point of view no extra keys were pressed. If you hold Fn and press semicolon while a full-size layout is selected, the up arrow lights up there, which is a neat way to confirm your Fn layer is working at all.

It also means Fn itself can never be tested by any website. No browser API exposes it. Any keyboard tester that claims to test Fn is either testing a different key or lying.

Testing every key on a 60%

There are only sixty to get through, so a systematic pass takes under a minute. Start top-left at Esc, run along the number row to Backspace, then Tab through Backslash, then Caps Lock through Enter, then Shift through Shift.

Finish with the bottom row, and pay attention there: it holds both Ctrl keys, both Alt keys, one or two Windows keys, Fn and the space bar, and the arrangement varies between manufacturers more than any other row on any other layout. Some boards have a right Windows key, some have a second Fn, some have neither.

If a bottom-row key on your board has no counterpart on screen, that is a layout difference rather than a fault. Check what the on-screen board expects and press the key in that position.

Who a 60% is actually for

People who type prose, people with very little desk, and people who care about carrying a keyboard. For those uses the missing keys genuinely do not come up often enough to matter.

It is a harder sell for spreadsheets, code editing and anything that leans on arrow keys for navigation, because holding Fn to move a cursor is meaningfully slower than reaching for a dedicated key. If you find yourself remapping half the board within a week, a 65% was probably the right buy.

For gaming it depends entirely on the genre. Games that bind WASD and a handful of number keys are unaffected. Games that use the function row for quick-slots will need remapping in-game rather than on the keyboard.

60% against the layouts above it

What the next size up gives back.

Testable key count and features by layout
LayoutTestable keysFunction rowArrow keysNumber pad
65% compact67NoDedicatedNo
60% mini60NoFn layerNo
75% compact83YesDedicatedNo

A 65% costs roughly 18 mm more desk than a 60% and returns the four arrow keys plus a short navigation column.

Fixing a 60% keyboard

Three faults specific to a board this compressed.

I cannot find the arrow keys

On the test:No arrows are drawn on the board.

  1. Expect this. A 60% has no dedicated arrow keys at all.
  2. Hold Fn and try the I, J, K and L cluster, or the right-hand punctuation keys — makers differ.
  3. Switch this page to a full size layout and repeat, to watch the real arrow codes light up.
  4. Check your keyboard's manual for the exact Fn mapping, which is not standardised.
Delete does nothing

On the test:No Delete key is drawn on the board.

  1. Hold Fn and press Backspace, which is the common mapping.
  2. Confirm it sends a genuine Delete code by switching to a full size layout and watching Delete light.
  3. Consult your firmware mapping if Fn plus Backspace does nothing.
A bottom-row key is missing from the diagram

On the test:A key on your board has no counterpart on screen.

  1. Expect this. The bottom row of a 60% is the least standardised row in any layout.
  2. Press the key and watch which on-screen cap lights — the code matters, not the position.
  3. Treat a key that lights nothing and is not Fn as worth investigating; everything else is a drawing difference.

Frequently asked questions

How many keys does a 60% keyboard have?
61 physical keys on a standard ANSI 60% board, of which 60 can be reported by a browser. The remaining key is Fn, which the keyboard handles internally and never sends, so this test excludes it from the total and 100% stays reachable.
How do I use arrow keys on a 60% keyboard?
Hold Fn and press whichever keys your manufacturer assigned — most commonly the I, J, K and L cluster, or the right-hand punctuation keys. Those combinations send real arrow key codes, so they behave exactly like dedicated arrow keys in every application.
Why does my Fn key not register on this test?
Because it cannot. Fn is processed by the microcontroller inside your keyboard to change what the other keys send. It never becomes a key event, so no browser and no website can ever detect it. It is drawn greyed out here for that reason.
How do I press Delete on a 60% keyboard?
Usually Fn plus Backspace, though a few boards use Fn plus a different key. The combination sends a genuine Delete code, so it will light up the Delete key if you switch this page to a full-size layout.
Is a 60% keyboard worth it?
It depends almost entirely on whether you navigate with arrow keys. For typing prose and for portability it is excellent. For spreadsheets, code editing and anything cursor-heavy, a 65% costs barely any extra desk space and keeps the arrows.

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