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Edit: I'm on a Macbook. This works on my Spanish keyboard, but as far as I can remember, US Layout has the same symbols under the numbers or most of them. Is there any difference at all? If Option 3 is the £ sign, then Shift 3 is the sign.
I've already tried Alt- 3, Ctrl- Alt- 3, Cmd- Alt- 3 without any luck. You can determine which layout yours is set to by checking to see what is checkmarked in the Keyboard menu, and the precise location of the character by using the Keyboad Viewer, which is accessible via the Keyboard menu. It doesn't belong on two, dammit.
Where is the Mac Hash Key? - OTOH, the wrong character appearing when I press a key is immensely disruptive. My husband suggested copying and pasting teh hash from elsewhere and then creating a shortcut.
This keyboard layout is pretty screwy. On a UK keyboard, shift-3 is £, not the hash symbol. Ideally, I'd like a BS 4822 keymap, but failing that I'd at least like to know where hash is hiding. Weird, I couldn't find that keymap when I searched, I guess I was searching for the wrong thing. It linked in turn to a web page that let me create a somewhat better more accurate layout, and so now my MBP uses proper BS4822 keyboard bindings for most standard keys. I also put Euro onto key 4, instead of 2. It doesn't belong on two, dammit. I'll check out ukelele, though, as it'd be nice to make the dead keys work the way I expect. Originally posted by PeterB: Ideally, I'd like a BS 4822 keymap, but failing that I'd at least like to know where hash is hiding. Well, since you're using a royally screwed up keyboard layout on your PCs, and you've become accustomed to that screwed up layout... I know so many europeans that order keyboards from the US, once they've become aware of the ANSI keyboard layout.. If that isn't in your menu bar, open the International Preference pane and click Input Methods. Click on the Keyboard dealie. There's probably 50 other ways to do it if those don't suffice. My point is, feel free to look at what your keyboard layout has rather than forcing it into the box you're used to on the PC. Edit: While you're in the international prefpane, make sure you check the box for Klingon support. Originally posted by Rosyna: My point is, feel free to look at what your keyboard layout has rather than forcing it into the box you're used to on the PC. Quoted for great truth. It's hard to unlearn a keyboard layout you're familiar with. Ever tried to use an AZERTY keyboard? UGH Originally posted by Rosyna: My point is, feel free to look at what your keyboard layout has rather than forcing it into the box you're used to on the PC. Quoted for great truth. There is a UK standard for keyboard layouts. Apple just doesn't use it. I'm not going to learn something proprietary and ridiculous when no other machine I use subjects me to the same inconvenience. I'd much rather put up with incorrectly labelled keys. BS4822 So this intrigues me. After moving to a position where I now have to deal with Macs all over the globe, I've started running into all sorts of funny incompatibilities like WiFi channels and now this. Is this BS4822 UK keyboard layout significantly different to the rest of Europe? Don't any other manufacturers do what Apple does with laptops? There is a UK standard for keyboard layouts. Apple just doesn't use it. I don't think it's as simple as that. There's a long and complicated history behind how the keyboards are on machines from Apple and from Windows OEMs. And it goes back even before then since the basic layout depends on the historical accident of what was on a typewriter keyboard. So far as I know that's an accurate summary, although the writer is question is not always reliable to say the least. Some of the confusion seems to arise from the necessity for having keys for a GUI -- something that computers originally didn't have at all. OTOH, if there is a BS for computer keyboards and you've got a link to it, feel free to post it -- if there is such a thing, I for one would be interested to see it. But it is, of course, a nuisance that there's no hash key directly available on a UK Apple keyboard. Originally posted by MightySpoon: edit: There seems to a tool called Ukelele that lets you create a custom. It's not anything pretty, but it works. Screenshot: Since the site seems to be down, you can download my copy: I have to say, that as an American with our deprived keyboards, typing accents éêåøí is much easier on my Mac than on Windows. The above string on a US keyboard was Option + E, E, Option + I, E, Option + A, Option + O, Option + E, I. That was Option + 3, Option + 2, Option + G, Option + R. Otherwise I end up with the old standby of finding the symbol on a website and copying it. Originally posted by PeterB No. There is a UK standard for keyboard layouts. Apple just doesn't use it. I'm not going to learn something proprietary and ridiculous when no other machine I use subjects me to the same inconvenience. I'd much rather put up with incorrectly labelled keys. There is a point to the Apple keyboard layout - it's the typesetter's friend. Dunno if any of that info is of any use... Jim Edit to add: Bugger. Bombcar sneaked in ahead of me whilst I was composing that post! Originally posted by bombcar: I have to say, that as an American with our deprived keyboards, typing accents éêåøí is much easier on my Mac than on Windows. The above string on a US keyboard was Option + E, E, Option + I, E, Option + A, Option + O, Option + E, I. That was Option + 3, Option + 2, Option + G, Option + R. Otherwise I end up with the old standby of finding the symbol on a website and copying it. I'm not talking about dead keys for accents. I'm talking about regular shifted and unshifted keys not being where they ought to be. Originally posted by PeterB: I'm talking about regular shifted and unshifted keys not being where they ought to be. No, where you think they ought to be, rather than where they should be. ANSI Keyboard layout, ftw. But become familiar with the keyboard viewer. Looking at a Sony UK keyboard that would be, for example, finding the hash key where the backslash key is on a Mac? If you were doing, say, web developing, you'd want that to be where you fingers would expect to find it every time you specified a colour. And the tilde needed, of course, on any Unix or Unix-like system for indicating one's home directory. Sorry, I sympathize with you. I need keys to just be where they should. In the US this is not a problem, but in Europe, dang... Well, not to be a jerkface about it, but you are talking about an American company trying to make a laptop that will sell to people of many different languages. The UK is obviously a huge market, but it sounds like even there, there's not as strong a standard as in the US. Or am I wrong? I'd think that if there were a bog-standard UK layout, that's what you'd get when you selected English UK as input language. I'd think that if there were a bog-standard UK layout, that's what you'd get when you selected English UK as input language. There is such a layout, but it is not what you get when you buy a Mac with a UK keyboard, nor what you get when you set a Mac to use a UK keymap. That is, in fact, the entire cause of my frustration. Originally posted by Noodle: The UK is obviously a huge market, but it sounds like even there, there's not as strong a standard as in the US. Or am I wrong? I'd think that if there were a bog-standard UK layout, that's what you'd get when you selected English UK as input language. Originally posted by PeterB: There is such a layout, but it is not what you get when you buy a Mac with a UK keyboard, nor what you get when you set a Mac to use a UK keymap. I was ignorant to what a BS4822 keyboard looked like so I had to wikipedia it. Originally posted by PeterB: There is such a layout, but it is not what you get when you buy a Mac with a UK keyboard, nor what you get when you set a Mac to use a UK keymap. That is, in fact, the entire cause of my frustration. Do Mac keybds in UK come with the extra key, btw? But to each his own. Can we help you with anything else? For many years I had my keycaps randomized; I'd taken them off to clean the keyboard, and just put them back arbitrarily. As long as f and j are correctly placed, I can orient myself on the keyboard and don't need to look at it. OTOH, the wrong character appearing when I press a key is immensely disruptive. Originally posted by hyrax42: Huh, that's strange. I had always assumed you'd get the real UK layout if you switched the input type, but I tried it and you don't. There's no real excuse for it. I imagine that this might be helpful if you're a Japanese person typing in English, but there's already a Japanese Roman letter layout for such people. The solution is to choose the British or Australian layout. This way the Mac ignores what's on the keys and outputs what should be on the keys. The only difference between US and UK is the transposition of £ and Shift-3 and Option-3 , which is no big deal. As far as I can tell, the Australian and US layouts are identical. Is there any difference at all? Originally posted by PeterB: Mislabelled keycaps don't bother me at all, because I don't look at 'em. For many years I had my keycaps randomized; I'd taken them off to clean the keyboard, and just put them back arbitrarily. As long as f and j are correctly placed, I can orient myself on the keyboard and don't need to look at it. OTOH, the wrong character appearing when I press a key is immensely disruptive. Maybe it's because I've used a Mac all my life but having the symbol above ' annoys the hell out of me when I go onto Windows. Either way you get used to it, I've got a MS natural ergonomic keyboard and it's the first keyboard I've owned with a printed on it. I also thought that if you bought one in the UK you'd get a UK keyboard. Well--it's an ISO keyboard it has the extra key , and it's got a £ symbol on shift-3; it's just a bunch of other characters are in the wrong place. I cannot for the life of me understand why they do it. They should at least have the option of a proper UK layout. © 2018 Condé Nast. Ars may earn compensation on sales from links on this site. 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I haven't been about to find a solution for this. I had always used Windows for web development. Please do not include your Serial Number, IMEI, MEID, or other personal information. The hash key in US we call it a pound key isn't used as frequently in Britain as it is in the US. On a UK keyboard, shift-3 is £, not the hash symbol. Probably the layout is wrong or there are more then one layouts available. Either way you get used to it, I've got a MS natural ergonomic keyboard and it's the first keyboard I've owned with a printed on it.
