Enter key (line over caret symbol: ⌤ or ⌅).Neither should be confused with the formal 'Enter' key as described next, below. Elsewhere, in other apps/references, the Return key may also be indicated by this alternate symbol: ⏎. This key is the double height key to the right of the top two rows of letter keys and is commonly called the 'Enter' key. Return key (horizontal u-shaped arrow: ↩.).Other keys shown by symbol rather than name are: Note, this symbol is not always shown on the keyboard's 'ctrl' key. In menus this is indicated by a caret-type symbol (⌃). The Control key, located to the left of the Option key. Confusingly, In menus this is indicated by the stepped line symbol shown on the 'alt' keyboard key (⌥). On newer laptops it replaces the old Enter key. The Option or Alt key located to the left of the left-hand Command key (and right-hand on extended keyboards.

On old keyboards this key had an Apple logo and the loop symbol and so long-term Mac users sometimes still referred to it as the 'Apple', 'cloverleaf' or 'loop' key. In menus this is indicated by the 4-looped symbol shown on the keyboard key (⌘). The Command key located either side of the space bar. Remap.The following abbreviations are used in this section:

One might add a customized remapping by modifying a copy of the original source to get it working without disabling the Spotlight shortcuts: Ĭhange input source to Greek while you are holding down right option key. I had to turn off the Spotlight shortcuts in System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Spotlight. In Lion this doesn't work properly and interferes with Spotlight. Karabiner/KeyRemap4MacBook offer a remapping of the right Option/alt key to temporarily switch to the greek keyboard layout in the presets (the greek keyboard layout has to be enabled): US, Greek, Hex) you may add a second keyboard shortcut 'Select previous source in input menu' and hit that one to get back or you have to rotate through all your layouts with the 'Select next source in input menu'-shortcut until you reach your common layout again. If you have more than two keyboard layouts enabled (e.g. and switch back to your common keyboard layout with Shift Alt Spacebar. To type α/β/γ/ε etc., you just have to switch the keyboard layout with Shift Alt Spacebar, hit A/B/G/E etc.

defining and enabling a free keyboard shortcut in System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Input Sources -> Select next source in input menu (e.g Shift Alt Spacebar).

enable the greek keyboard layout permamently in System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Input Sources.

Mac shortcut symbols