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Keyboard Rollover test

Hold several keys at once. See which registers, which never arrives (blocking), and which appear without pressing (ghosting)—useful for gaming chords and shortcuts, less for straight prose typing.

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Chord preset

Press and hold every key in WASD. Orange = not registered yet; red = unexpected key (ghost).

  • Active

  • Missing

    W · A · S · D

  • Ghosts

Layout (teal = held, orange = missing from chord, red = ghost)

Choose the layout that matches your OS keyboard. Arrows and numpad use a standard US cluster.

Every key registers?

Walk the full layout once before blaming rollover—sticky switches and spills show up there first.

Open keyboard test

Ready to benchmark typing?

Rollover matters for chords; timed WPM still measures prose speed on Type Faster.

Run 1-minute test

How to read results

  • Missing keys never fired keydown while you held the chord—the matrix blocked them.
  • Ghost keys registered even though they are not in the preset chord.
  • • Office boards often handle 2–3 keys; gaming boards advertise NKRO over USB.
  • • Wireless and laptop built-ins vary—retest wired if results look odd.

Read the rollover guide →Debounce & chatter check →

Articles on ghosting, NKRO, WASD chords, laptops, and wireless dropouts—written for people who use the rollover lab on this page.

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