Being an Apple fan, power user (alas, gone are the days when the users of the powermac/book quite literally "power users"), simply does not require that we speak and act with such gravity (as opposed to levity!). In fact, this kind of thing gives one (by which I mean your humble servant) the impression of "trying too hard", as it were.įurther, albeit less related to the original post, it seems clear to me, at least, that this site would do well to drop the overwhelming aura of seriousness. This is a Q&A site for enthusiasts/power users of a certain brand of electronic device. Unlike, say, Math Overflow, math.SE, or LaTeX.SE, symbolic notation here is simply beyond unnecessary (I refuse to say something so trite as "in my opinion", but given the recent allegations that I use "weasel words", this is a reverse disclaimer, in that these views are my own and not the views of "people in general", as it were.). This seems like a lot of extra hassle for essentially no tangible gain. It makes sense when you're writing keyboard shortcuts in plain text where you have no way to visually distinguish between different keys, but condsidering we have I just don't see a need for it.Īlso, AskDifferent is supposed to be a site for learning, right? Using ⌥ Option people would finally be able to figure out what that crazy ⌥ symbol is! I don't understand the need to separate each key with the + symbol. Number 2 seems like the best option It uses the proper notation used throughout Mac, and also uses the name as it appears on the keyboard (so it's much easier for novices to know what they're actually supposed to do.
⇧ Shift + 4, select the file on your desktop and To take a screenshot of the entire window press ⌘ Command + To take a screenshot of the entire window press Command Shift 4, select the file on your desktop and To take a screenshot of the entire window press ⌘ Command ⇧ Shift 4, select the file on your desktop and To take a screenshot of the entire window press ⌘ ⇧ 4, select the file on your desktop and copy Let's take a look at all the different options here: If you have suggestions for changes or ideas for additions, add them below for discussion.įor those who can't see the table above, or who want to know what to type in rather than copy paste, this might help: These didn't come down from on high it's a work in progress based on community consensus.This is currently solely based on the American English keyboard, so it could really use some internationalization help.I'm not crazy about the way this looks either, but there's a limit to what I can do without tables and formatting.If you're using the tag, that means use ⌥N N, not ⌥ N N.For instance, typing in ⌥ N N or ⌥N N produce different results-and the latter makes it clear which two need to be pressed simultaneously. When typing shortcuts, don't separate keystrokes that must be made together.Bolding shortcuts helps readability, but not inside tags.The tag is problematic: for instance, ⌘+ is readable, but ⌘⇥ is not.Using ⌘++ or ⌘-+ would just be confusing. In Safari, for instance, ⌘+ zooms in while ⌘- zooms out. When typing shortcuts, don't include characters that aren't pressed.No images were used here so that the symbols can be copied/pasted into questions and answers (and please do!).
Terms in italics are obsolete, slang, and/or terms used on other platforms these should only be used when it's unavoidable.Names go from most to least common, so use the first in the list whenever possible.In general, the site should follow Apple’s Style Guide and the macOS Human Interface Guidelines to avoid confusion: I figured we should have one standardized list that can be a point of reference for editing guidelines.
MAC KEYBOARD SYMBOLS CONFUSING FOR MAC
Different people use different terminology and symbols for Mac keys/commands.
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