Also known as cursor
keys, arrow keys are keyboard keys located
in-between the standard keyboard and the numeric pad on the majority
of all keyboards. These four keys are the left arrow (back arrow), up
arrow, down arrow, and the right arrow (forward arrow). Some examples
of how these keys can be used are:
- Move the text cursor on the
screen.
- Use in combination with other keys for shortcut
keys. For example, pressing the Alt key
and the left arrow key in Microsoft Internet Explorer will take
you back one Internet page.
- Move a character in a computer game.
- Select text.
- Move the
mouse pointer using the keyboard instead of the mouse.
Below is an example image of the Saitek
Gamers' keyboard and an example of where the arrow keys are commonly
located on the keyboard.
Below is a closer look at what the arrow keys may look like
on your keyboard. Some keyboards such as the Microsoft natural
keyboard may position these keys differently.
In addition to the traditional arrow keys as shown above the
numeric keypad can also function as
arrow keys when Num Lock is off.
Also see:
Keyboard definitions
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