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Using keyboard layouts in Windows 10.0.28000.1251

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Use this page to find out how to type a character on given keyboard or how many keyboards contain given characters.

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The entered characters are as follows:

Hex	Dec	Name		Range	C#	HTML	URL
U+007C	124	\|	VERTICAL LINE	C0 Controls and Basic Latin (Basic Latin)	\u007c	\|	%7C
U+007C	124	\|	VERTICAL LINE	C0 Controls and Basic Latin (Basic Latin)	\u007c	\|	%7C

This text cannot be typed on any of the system layouts in Windows 10.0.28000.1251.

Custom layouts

However, the following custom-made keyboard layouts can be used to type it:

Latin NFC - INSCRIPT Keyboard Layout	CONTROLMENU+OEM PERIOD
BRAILLE español Keyboard Layout BRAILLE español-latinoamericano Keyboard Layout Teclado español extendido Keyboard Layout	CONTROLMENU+1, CONTROLMENU+1
German Extended Keyboard Layout German International Keyboard Layout	SHIFTOEM 8+6, SHIFTOEM 8+6
German HTML-Programmer Keyboard Layout	SHIFTCONTROLMENU+6, SHIFTCONTROLMENU+6
Português (HCESAR) Keyboard Layout	SHIFT+A, SHIFT+A
Teclado iberoamericano español Keyboard Layout Teclado iberoamericano português Keyboard Layout	CONTROLMENU+B, CONTROLMENU+B
Czech Extended Chess Keyboard Layout	CONTROLMENU+W, CONTROLMENU+W
Português (Nativo) Keyboard Layout	SHIFT+OEM 2, SHIFT+OEM 2
Norsk utvidet Juli2018 Keyboard Layout Norwegian - CHESS Keyboard Layout SuperIPA Keyboard Layout Teclado latinoamericano rkgraqvqb Keyboard Layout Teclado paraguayo Keyboard Layout	OEM 5, OEM 5
Cyrylica Polski 2021 QWERTY Keyboard Layout Cyrylica Polski 2021 QWERTZ Keyboard Layout Hungarian (Programmers) Keyboard Layout Italiano - Internazionale Keyboard Layout Nuovo Italiano Keyboard Layout Polski 2021 podstawowy QWERTY Keyboard Layout Polski 2021 podstawowy QWERTZ Keyboard Layout Polski 2021 rozszerzony QWERTY Keyboard Layout Polski 2021 rozszerzony QWERTZ Keyboard Layout Português (CAMOES) Keyboard Layout Português (Programadores) Keyboard Layout Sinhala Addendum Layout Keyboard Layout SuperLatin Keyboard Layout UltimateKEYS Keyboard Layout United Kingdom IndUni Keyboard Layout US English ROT13 Keyboard Layout US International Extended Keyboard Layout US Intl AltGr dead keys Keyboard Layout US QWERTY (Euro) Keyboard Layout US-International Scientific Keyboard Layout Английская (Типографская раскладка Ильи Keyboard Layout	SHIFT+OEM 5, SHIFT+OEM 5
Uzbek (Latin) Keyboard Layout	CONTROLMENU+OEM 5, CONTROLMENU+OEM 5
Ukrainian - Unicode 2.1 Keyboard Layout	SHIFTCONTROLMENU+OEM 5, SHIFTCONTROLMENU+OEM 5
German UNZ 1 - Fraktur T Keyboard Layout	OEM FJ ROYA+OEM 102, OEM FJ ROYA+OEM 102
Cyrylica Polski 2021 QWERTY UA Keyboard Layout Cyrylica Polski 2021 QWERTZ UA Keyboard Layout	CONTROLMENU+T, OEM 3, CONTROLMENU+T, OEM 3

Note that virtual keys are not always at the same place. For example, Q is next to the Tab key on US keyboard but next to the Caps Lock on French keyboard. You can click on each keyboard layout to find out how it defines the mapping.

Please note current limitations of the algorithm:

First found sequence is accepted, i.e. there might be better or more common ways of typing something on given keyboard.
It is greedy, i.e. if you have keys K, KA and AH, typing KAH will be deemed impossible as the KA key will be used and there is no H key.
It does not consider edits, i.e. it will claim A is impossible to type in the previous example, even though you could use AH and backspace.
It does not combine dead keys with ligatures, i.e. if you had ˇ + C = Č rule and there were only ˇ and CE keys, typing ČE would be deemed impossible.
It does not consider normalization equivalence, i.e. composite Ó cannot by typed using O and combining acute, either as a ligature or as separate keys.