Keyboard ghosting test
Hold many keys at once to see how many your keyboard reports, for ghosting, 6KRO and NKRO rollover, in your browser. Free, with no account or uploads.
Hold many keys at once
Every held key lights up; the result keeps the most held at once. Try the combinations you use in games.
So far
0 of 104 keys have worked
Press every key once; held keys light up.
No key has bounced so far.
- Keys that worked
- 0
- Most held at once
- 0
- Bounced presses
- 0
- Not on this board
- None
Not pressed yet: `, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, - and 92 more.
Hold times
No key pressed yet.
Event log
What a web page cannot see
- Fn is handled inside the keyboard and never reaches a web page.
- Shortcuts your system keeps for itself, such as Alt+Tab, โ+Tab or Ctrl+Alt+Delete, never reach the page; some browser shortcuts, such as Ctrl+W, cannot be stopped.
- The most keys held at once is what your keyboard, its connection and your computer allow together: many keyboards report at most six letters at once over the simplest USB mode.
- How far a key travels, where it acts and how often the keyboard reports cannot be measured from a browser.
- On Windows, Print Screen is told only when it is let go.
- Full screen, in Chrome and Edge, lets the page catch more keys, such as Escape and Alt+Tab; hold Escape to leave it.
- On a phone, this tests a keyboard you connect: the on-screen keyboard has no keys to test.
A little help along the way
Follow these steps. Every option is explained underneath. Everything happens in your browser; nothing you press is sent anywhere.
- Choose your keyboardThe shape (ANSI, ISO, JIS, ABNT2, Korean or Mac) is guessed from your system; change it if it is wrong, and choose the size: full, tenkeyless, 75%, 65%, 60% or the number pad.
- Click the board and press your keysEach key lights while held and keeps a tick once it has worked. The site's own shortcuts step aside while you test. Press Escape twice to leave.
- Hold several at onceTo test ghosting and rollover, hold many keys together; the result keeps the most held at once.
- Read the resultIt says how many keys have worked, which are still to press, the most held at once, and any key that bounced.
Questions people ask
- How do I test for ghosting?
- Hold down several keys at once, such as A, S, D, F, J, K and L, and watch them light up. The tester counts the most keys held at once; a key that does not light while others are held is being blocked.
- What do NKRO and 6KRO mean?
- N-key rollover means every key can be held at once; 6-key rollover means six letters plus the modifiers, the limit of the simplest USB mode. The number here is what your keyboard, its connection and your computer allow together.
- Why does my gaming keyboard stop at six keys here?
- Some keyboards use the six-key mode until a switch or their own software turns full rollover on, and some connections or adapters limit it. Try another USB port or the keyboard's own setting.
This page is the Keyboard tester, opened for this one job; every other tool it has is one press away. Each of its settings is explained on the Keyboard tester's own page.
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Guides
- Keyboard ghosting test: check NKRO and 6KRO rollover
- How to test your keyboard online, key by key
- Keyboard chatter: why a key types twice, and what helps
- How to test a Mac keyboard, โ and Fn included
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- Mouse scroll test: check a wheel that skips or jumps