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Apple keyboards don't use the ⇥ symbol anymore, it's just labeled "tab" now (and the labels are lowercase). At least on a US keyboard, possibly it's different

Apple keyboards don't use the ⇥ symbol anymore, it's just labeled "tab" now (and the labels are lowercase). At least on a US keyboard, possibly it's different for others. I still remember when the ⌘ key was "open apple".

polpo 1y ago
Outside of the US, they have symbols: ⇥ intead of "tab", ⇪ instead of "caps lock", ⏎ instead of "return", etc.
js2 1y ago
That's from the Apple IIe keyboard which had "open apple" and "closed apple" straddling the spacebar: http://xahlee.info/kbd/i/Apple_IIe_keyboard_f91f4.jpg http://xahlee.info/kbd/i/Apple_IIe_keyboard_f91f4.jpg https://www.applefritter.com/files/styles/95-percent/public/2020/10/16/appleiiekeyboard.jpg?itok=sb5ALNfh https://www.applefritter.com/files/styles/95-percent/public/... The IIgs keyboard had both the "open apple" and "looped square" symbols on that key, with the "closed apple" becoming option: https://i0.wp.com/www.applerescueofdenver.com/wp-content/uploads/IIGS-kybd-2.jpg https://i0.wp.com/www.applerescueofdenver.com/wp-content/upl... The extended keyboard had both keys on each side of the spacebar: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Faelt3ra869m81.jpg https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fa... On the Mac, the keys were always officially called command and option, as far as I recall: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0653/6917/8326/products/255976401451-0.jpg?v=1676235274 https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0653/6917/8326/products/25... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_keyboards#Layout_and_features https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_keyboards#Layout_and_fea...
pavlov 1y ago
I still call this key “omppu” in Finnish (meaning “apple”) because that’s what everyone called it in the 1990s when it still had the “open apple” legend. And young people look at me like I’m crazy when I tell them to press “omppu Z”… But it’s a hard habit to break. I don’t even know what the official name of the key is in Finnish.
- Timwi 1y ago
  It's komentonäppäin. Don't blame you for using the much shorter omppu!
Tsiklon 1y ago
It seems it’s only US English keyboards that apple print the name of the key on. All ISO layouts plus a few of the other ANSI layouts (like Korean) make use of the symbols

polpo 1y ago

Outside of the US, they have symbols: ⇥ intead of "tab", ⇪ instead of "caps lock", ⏎ instead of "return", etc.

js2 1y ago

That's from the Apple IIe keyboard which had "open apple" and "closed apple" straddling the spacebar: http://xahlee.info/kbd/i/Apple_IIe_keyboard_f91f4.jpg http://xahlee.info/kbd/i/Apple_IIe_keyboard_f91f4.jpg https://www.applefritter.com/files/styles/95-percent/public/2020/10/16/appleiiekeyboard.jpg?itok=sb5ALNfh https://www.applefritter.com/files/styles/95-percent/public/... The IIgs keyboard had both the "open apple" and "looped square" symbols on that key, with the "closed apple" becoming option: https://i0.wp.com/www.applerescueofdenver.com/wp-content/uploads/IIGS-kybd-2.jpg https://i0.wp.com/www.applerescueofdenver.com/wp-content/upl... The extended keyboard had both keys on each side of the spacebar: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Faelt3ra869m81.jpg https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fa... On the Mac, the keys were always officially called command and option, as far as I recall: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0653/6917/8326/products/255976401451-0.jpg?v=1676235274 https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0653/6917/8326/products/25... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_keyboards#Layout_and_features https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_keyboards#Layout_and_fea...

pavlov 1y ago

I still call this key “omppu” in Finnish (meaning “apple”) because that’s what everyone called it in the 1990s when it still had the “open apple” legend. And young people look at me like I’m crazy when I tell them to press “omppu Z”… But it’s a hard habit to break. I don’t even know what the official name of the key is in Finnish.

Timwi 1y ago
It's komentonäppäin. Don't blame you for using the much shorter omppu!

Tsiklon 1y ago

It seems it’s only US English keyboards that apple print the name of the key on. All ISO layouts plus a few of the other ANSI layouts (like Korean) make use of the symbols