Solaris documentation calls it the Meta key. Is used on Sun Microsystems Type 6 Keyboard. Note: Alt on PC keyboard and ⌥ option on Apple Keyboards send the same USB scancode. ⇮, used on Canadian Multilingual Layout Option key Year 2009 Alt keyĭedicated Unicode symbol for the Alt key. (not to be confused with a real Super key on Lisp Machine keyboards.Ĭommand key ⌘ Apple keyboard A1242. On Linux, by convention, the Windows logo key is called Super. The Windows Logo key and the Apple Command key both send the same USB scancode. This symbol is sometimes used by small keyboard makers. MacBook Pro keyboard, French Canadian LayoutĪre not good to represent the Control key, because it confuses with the printable caret character on the keyboard, the shifted digit 6 key. Microsoft Digital Media Keyboard 3000.Īlso, help ( F1), undo ( F2), redo ( F3).Īlso, rocker key for zoom in/out, and key for camera, documents. UP ARROWHEAD ⌃, the actual character used by Apple website as of 2017-07, in menu, in documentation.In documentation or from online posts by user. It is the classic notation to indicate ASCII control character in programing, and also used as a notation for pressing Control key for inputting control sequence. (aka caret) is the character on normal keyboard, shifted 6. Sometimes used to indicate Control key in Linux documentation. Is used on MacBook Pro keyboard, French Canadian Layout for the Control key, and Mouse hover or click on a unicode character

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