User:Barrowisp/KeyPressTemplates
This is the {{key press}} template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
Example
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character. As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Keystroke combinations
To illustrate keystroke combinations, just use extra parameters:
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
When you feed several key names to this template, it adds a "+" (or whatever the contents of the optional chain parameter) with no spaces around. This means it won't line wrap. But when you show key combinations for instance in a table that might cause items to be too wide. Instead manually build the key combination with spaces around the "+" so it can line wrap:
- Template:Tc + Template:Tlc + Template:Tlc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character. + This is the {{key press}} template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character. + This is the {{key press}} template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
To illustrate sequences where all keys do not need to be pressed simultaneously, the plus signs can be omitted by setting chain=. For example, in most Windows systems in North America and Western Europe, Alt codes can be used to insert the plus-minus sign (±) by holding down the This is the {{key press}} template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character. key while typing 0177 with the numeric keypad:
- Template:TcTemplate:Tlc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.This is the {{key press}} template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
An example of a use case where more than 5 might be used is explaining usage of a macro (keyboard shortcut) created by a third-party application:
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
Wikilinks
If there is an article about the key you can wikilink the key's name like any other wiki text. Like this:
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
If you are wikilinking the keys, please ensure that you are piping to the correct page (e.g. [[Alt key|Alt]] instead of [[Alt]], which leads to a disambiguation page).
Wiki markup characters
Some wiki markup characters, like the pipe symbol, the semicolon and the equals sign, need to be entered using the {{!}}, {{;}} and {{=}} templates or as an HTML entity |, ;, = respectively:
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
However, if the characters are marked as wikilinks, they can be entered as such:
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
Most markup characters also have aliases:
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character. This template automatically adds such "icons" to the following key names among others.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
There are no characters for the Windows key and Menu key. So this template shows approximate characters for them, namely the Template:Sc2 and Template:Sc2 from the Mathematical Operators Unicode block:
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
- Template:Tc → This is the
{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.
In some cases, the automatic recognition of tokens and consequently the addition of symbols may not be desired; in these cases the token recognition can be suppressed by HTML encoding the text, e.g. {{key press|Enter}} will give This is the {{key press}} template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character. (plain text) instead of This is the {{key press}} template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character. (token).
TemplateData
Illustrates keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. Keys can include: Ctrl, Alt, Del, Opt, Menu, Left etc. console keys: ex, circle, triangle, square, and left right and center analog sticks: l-down, c-left, r-ne. The names are case insensitive.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First key | 1 | First key | Line | required |
| Second key | 2 | Optional key press in combination as the first. | Line | optional |
| Third key | 3 | Optional key press in combination as the first. | Line | optional |
| Fourth key | 4 | Optional key press in combination as the first. | Line | optional |
| Fifth key | 5 | Optional key press in combination as the first. | Line | optional |
| Sixth key | 6 | Optional key press in combination as the first. | Line | optional |
| Seventh key | 7 | Optional key press in combination as the first. | Line | optional |
| Eighth key | 8 | Optional key press in combination as the first. | Line | optional |
| Ninth key | 9 | Optional key press in combination as the first. | Line | optional |
| Tenth key | 10 | Optional key press in combination as the first. | Line | optional |
| Chaining character | chain | Character between chained key presses
| Line | optional |
| Chaining character | chain first | Character between first and second key to press
| Line | optional |
| Chaining character | chain second | Character between second and third key to press
| Line | optional |
| Chaining character | chain third | Character between third and fourth key to press
| Line | optional |
| Chaining character | chain fourth | Character between fourth and fifth key to press
| Line | optional |
See also
- {{Key top}} – produces a similar visual effect, but includes more symbols and does not directly support key combinations (e.g. Template:Key top)
- {{Button}} – produces a similar visual effect but without the semantic markup (e.g. Template:Documentation subpage
Template:Hatnote This template provides a "clickable button" formatting style for text. This button is not clickable, and care should be taken when using it to avoid readers thinking the result may be. (It has an explanatory tooltip for users hovering over it, but that may not always be displayed, or only displayed after too long a delay, so that it may not show up to people trying to click it.)
If you need a clickable button, use {{Clickable button}}.
Usage
{{Button|text=button text}}produces Template loop detected: Template:Button{{Button|text=button text|format=bold}}produces Template loop detected: Template:Button{{Button|[[File:WikEd close.png]]|padTB=.1em|padLR=.1em}}produces Template loop detected: Template:Button{{Button|text=button text|bgcolor=#EEF|bgcolor2=#BBE}}produces Template loop detected: Template:Button[[target title|{{Button|linked text}}]]produces [[target title|Template loop detected: Template:Button]], and[https://en.wikipedia.org{{Button|linked text}}]for Template loop detected: Template:Button.{{clickable button 2}}is more suitable for that purpose though.
Alternatively, {{Button|button text}} also produces Template loop detected: Template:Button
See also
{{Key press}}– used to illustrate keystrokes, including key combinations (e.g. This is the{{key press}}template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.
As lower-case alphabetic characters a–z do not appear on most keyboards, they should not be used as parameters.
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character.)
{{Key top}}– produces a similar visual effect, but includes more symbols and does not directly support key combos (e.g. Template:Key top){{Kbd}}– to indicate user input (of any kind) without making it look like keys or buttons); more for representing interface elements.- {{Kbd}} – to indicate user input (of any kind) without making it look like keys or buttons
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