Official documentation
Windows keyboard layouts
Microsoft Learn (Globalization), n.d.
Read the originalRead on October 17, 2026
- What it is
- Microsoft's list of Windows keyboard layouts, with each layout's keyboard identifier and the Windows version that introduced it, including the Arabic variants.
- How much weight it carries
- Official Microsoft reference, read on 2026-10-17. It lists layout names and identifiers, not a key-by-key picture, so use your own system's on-screen keyboard to confirm where each letter sits.
Facts taken from this source
- Microsoft's list of Windows keyboard layouts includes Arabic (101), with keyboard identifier 00000401, introduced before Windows XP.
“Arabic (101) 00000401 pre-XP” (Keyboard layout table, Arabic rows)
- Microsoft's table of Windows keyboard layouts lists the Russian layout with the keyboard identifier 00000419.
“Russian 00000419 pre-XP” (Layout table, Russian entry)