home row

[ hohm roh ]

noun

1. (in touch typing) the row on a typewriter or computer keyboard that contains the keys home keyshome key to which four fingers of each hand return as a base, on a QWERTY keyboard being A, S, D, and F for the left hand and J, K, L, and the semicolon for the right.

Example Sentences

If Apple’s search tool lists the thing you’re looking for as the second result, you have to use the arrow keys or mouse to select it, moving your fingers away from the home row.

From The Verge

The printed legends on my PBT keycaps also weren’t especially durable; after a month of use, the legends on the home row keys had started to fade.

From The Verge

The idea with this staggered columnar layout is that it’s easier for your fingers to reach keys above and below the home row, but I didn’t feel a major difference in reachability between the Moonlander’s layout and the offset layout of my MacBook Air’s keyboard.

From The Verge

There’s a pair of raised bars on the J and F keys to help touch typists find their home row, but they’re subtle and take a little getting used to.

From The Verge

Large open kilns made from those very same mud bricks stand next to almost every home; row upon row of identical bricks dry in the open air.

From Washington Times