⌨️ Lesson: Type the Less-Than Sign (<)
The less-than sign (<) is typed with Shift + ,. Hold left Shift with your left pinky and tap the key with your right middle finger. 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 Less-Than Sign (<) Correctly
The less-than sign — also called left angle bracket, less than symbol — lives on the bottom row of a standard US keyboard. Hold the left Shift key with your left pinky, tap , with your right middle finger, then release both. It shares the comma key. Hold the left Shift, then tap with your right middle finger.
The less-than sign compares numbers (3<5) and opens HTML tags. 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.
Hold left Shift with your left pinky and press the , key with your right middle finger.
Your right middle finger types the , key. The left pinky holds the left Shift key, so both hands share the work.
The less-than sign compares numbers (3<5) and opens HTML tags.
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