The blank keys between the cntrl key and arrow keys on a laptop keyboard

Does anyone know what those things are called? I pointed it out with two red arrows.

one of mine popped off, rubber included, and now I have to have tape underneath that spot just to use my keyboard. I don't know what they are, and if they're replacable at all, so I have to ask pokecommunity, since Google isn't of any help.

They are probably called "spacers".

Astromancer said:

They are probably called "spacers".

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Spacers? Maybe, I hope that's what there called. I still can't seem to find anything for them when I look that up, either.

What model laptop do you have?

I know what you are talking about but those are typically found on older laptops (from the 1990s and early 2000s) but I can't imagine that they would affect use of other keys if they were popped off, unless they were connected with a neighboring key in some way.

Tsutarja said:

What model laptop do you have?

I know what you are talking about but those are typically found on older laptops (from the 1990s and early 2000s) but I can't imagine that they would affect use of other keys if they were popped off, unless they were connected with a neighboring key in some way.

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I have a Dell Latitude E6400. I'm not sure which particular year this one came out, but when I bought it, it had already been upgraded to be Windows 10, and whatnot.

I honestly don't know, I noticed it was loose and that half of the keys on my keyboard would not respond unless I pressed down on the metal after that cover came off (until taping the metal down) it could just be faulty, or something, I did buy this computer used.