⌨️ Lesson: Type the Close Square Bracket (])
The close square bracket (]) is typed with [. Use your right pinky — no Shift needed. These 4 exercises take it from a single tap to real-world uses, with a live keyboard showing the exact fingers.
How to Type the Close Square Bracket (]) Correctly
The close square bracket — also called right square bracket, closing bracket — lives on the top row of a standard US keyboard. Tap the [ key with your right pinky — no Shift needed. It sits right of the [ key. Reach with your right pinky.
The closing square bracket completes notes, array indexes and optional items. Practising it now means you can type it without looking down when you meet it in emails, code, passwords or documents.
Note: keys can move on non-US layouts (UK, German, French and others), so if the symbol does not appear, check that your keyboard language is set to US English.
Press the [ key with your right pinky. No Shift is needed.
Your right pinky types the [ key. It does not need Shift.
The closing square bracket completes notes, array indexes and optional items.
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