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Unicode: Keyboard Symbols, UI Icons ↹ ⌫ ⌘ ✉ ✍ ⌖

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This page collects Unicode characters that are related to computing. For example, symbols for keyboard key icons, Apple keyboard symbols, symbols for line returns, enter, paragraph, file, window, cursor, etc.

Keyboard Key Symbols

Window logo key, Command key, Meta key

Alt/Opt key

Control key

Shift key

Menu/App key

Return key

Enter key

Tab key

Esc key

Delete, clear Insert

Home/End

Page Up/Down key

Cut Undo, redo Reload, refresh

Eject

print , mail , home ,

pause key break key sleep key

Multimedia keys. stop play/pause , prev song , next song , fast backward , fast forward , fast upward , fast downward ,

mute 🔇 no sound 🔈 sound down 🔉 sound up 🔊

search, find, magnify. 🔍 🔎

brightness. 🔅 🔆

capslock. A⃣ cap letters, lower case, digits, alphanumerics, for input. 🔠 🔡 🔢 🔣 🔤

Sample Use: Keyboard Shortcut NotationsEmacs's Keybinding LayoutEmacs's Command Frequency

Arrows

Arrow keys

More: Arrows in Unicode.

Computing Interfac Icons

Watch Hourglass Cursor vertical bar I-beam

keyboard tape drive write/comment

buttons 🔲 🔳 🔘

loop, shuffle, repeat 🔀 🔁 🔂 🔃 🔄

battery 🔋 🔌 🔔 🔕

lock & keys 🔑 🔏 🔐 🔒 🔓

connection, signal 📶

for many more (⁖ folder, floppy, cd/dvd, mail boxes, in/out box, lock/key, notebook, bookmark, calender, speech bubble, …), see Unicode Office Icons

Character Representation

tab, space, ·

paragraph, section. §

placeholder, replacement:

ASCII control characters.

misc:

Sample usage: Emacs's Key Notations ExplainedHow to Use and Setup Emacs's whitespace-mode


Misc icons

checkmarks 𐄂

Misc

Electricity

unsorted ƒ

bank check symbols. Magnetic ink character recognition.


Here's some am looking for but couldn't find.

It's interesting to note that the web standard org W3C made a proposal for many HTML entities to represent many computer icons. See: Unicode: W3C Proposed Icons {Image, Video, Sound File, Trash, Keyboard, Mouse, …}.

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