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{{Short description|Computer keyboard layout}} |
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[[File:KB Italian.svg|thumb|right|420px|[[Italian language|Italian]] keyboard layout]] |
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The '''Italian keyboard layout''' is the keyboard layout commonly used on computers in [[Italy]]. It is [[QWERTY]]-based and follows the [[ISO/IEC 9995]] standard. Italian-speaking people in Switzerland on the contrary use the Swiss QWERTZ keyboard with Swiss Italian layout. |
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The Italian keyboard layout on [[Microsoft Windows]] lacks the uppercase letters with accents that are used in Italian language: À, È, É, Ì, Ò, and Ù.<ref group="note">Letter O with acute ([[Ó|Ó, ó]]) is also missing in the Italian keyboard layout. Although it is not a standard letter of Italian alphabet, it is sometimes used when it is necessary to distinguish the [[Open-mid vowel|open-mid sound]] from the [[Close-mid vowel|close-mid sound]] (the latter being written as [[Ò]]).</ref> As such diacritics are normally used only on word-final vowels, this deficiency is usually overcome by using normal capital letters followed by [[apostrophe]] ('), e.g. E' instead of È, although this practice is disparaged by language purists. Anyhow, most of modern [[word processor|word processors]] and text editors include [[autocorrection]] tools that change automatically the apostrophe into the correct accent when Italian language check is enabled. |
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On the contrary, this issue is not present under [[Linux]], where the capital letters with accent are available by just enabling [[Caps Lock]] and pressing the corresponding lowercase accented letter. |
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Despite the lack of uppercase accented vowels, the Italian layout has no [[dead key|dead keys]]. |
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Some of the keys are usually labeled in Italian, although Italian keyboards with English labels are available as well. Keys ''Alt'', ''Alt Gr'', ''Ctrl'', ''Ins'' and ''Tab'' do not change, while the following labels are in Italian language: |
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! Italian label || English equivalent |
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| {{key press|⇪ Bloc Maiusc}} || {{Key press|Caps Lock}} |
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| {{key press|Bloc Num}} || {{Key press|Num Lock}} |
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| {{key press|Bloc Scorr}} || {{Key press|Scroll Lock}} |
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| {{key press|Canc}} || {{Key press|Delete}} |
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| {{key press|Fine}} || {{Key press|End}} |
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| {{key press|Inizio}} or {{key press|⬉}} || {{Key press|Home}} |
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| {{key press|↵ Invio}} || {{Key press|Enter}} |
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| {{key press|⇧ Maiusc}} || {{Key press|Shift}} |
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| {{key press|Pag🠕}} || {{Key press|Page Up}} |
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| {{key press|Pag🠗}} || {{Key press|Page Down}} |
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| {{key press|Pausa}} || {{Key press|Pause}} |
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| {{key press|Stamp}} || {{Key press|Print Screen}} |
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Italian keyboard layout on Windows also does not include all [[ASCII]] characters, as it lacks the [[backtick]] (`) and [[tilde]] (~). On Linux, they can be typed by pressing {{Key press|AltGr}}+{{Key press|Shift}}+{{Key press|'}} and {{Key press|AltGr}}+{{Key press|Shift}}+{{Key press|ì}} respectively. |
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Moreover, the layout includes the lowercase letter C with cedilla ([[ç]]) which is not used in the Italian language. |
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== Old QZERTY layout == |
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[[File:Tastiera italiana QZERTY.jpg|thumb|An old Italian electric typewriter with QZERTY layout]] |
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In the past, Italian typewriters and early personal computers used the [[QZERTY]] layout with some differences with respect to the current QWERTY layout: |
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* {{Key press|Z}} and {{Key press|W}} are swapped; |
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* {{Key press|M}} is moved from the right of {{Key press|N}} to the right of {{Key press|L}}; |
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* number keys are shifted. |
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[[Apple Inc.|Apple]] also supported QZERTY layout in its early Italian keyboards as well as in the [[iPod Touch]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/iPod_touch_Features_Guide.pdf |title=iPod touch Features Guide |access-date=2012-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209010821/http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/iPod_touch_Features_Guide.pdf |archive-date=2012-02-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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== See also == |
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* [[Italian orthography]] |
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== Notes == |
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{{reflist|group=note}} |
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== References == |
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{{reflist}} |
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== External links == |
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{{Sister project auto}} |
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* [https://www.saturdaysinrome.com/blog/italian-keyboard-and-alphabet/ Mastering The Italian Keyboard Layout And The Alphabet] |
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* [https://msandrini.medium.com/an-attempt-to-fix-the-truly-awful-standard-italian-keyboard-based-on-the-ansi-standard-b55379856529 An Attempt to fix the Truly Awful Standard Italian Keyboard based on the ANSI standard] |
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{{Keyboard layouts}} |
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[[Category:Latin-script keyboard layouts]] |
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Revision as of 01:12, 27 June 2025
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