MacOS Keyboard Viewer History

By Xah Lee. Date: .

Dvorak layout, 2006

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Mac keyboard viewer, Dvorak layout, ~2006.
mac keyboard viewer
Mac keyboard viewer, Dvorak layout, ~2006.

International Layout, 2017

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Mac keyboard viewer, with ⌥ option key down, US International layout, 2017-06-09.

US Extended Layout, 2017

Switch the keyboard layout to US Extended if you need lots of accented characters.

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Mac keyboard viewer, with ⌥ option key down, US extended layout, 2017-06-09
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Mac keyboard viewer, with ⌥ option key down, Dvorak layout, 2017-06-09

QWERTY Layout, 2017

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Mac keyboard viewer, 2017.
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macOS keyboard viewer, 2017-09-22
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Mac keyboard viewer, with ⌥ option key held down. 2017-09-22

Dvorak layout, 2017

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Mac keyboard viewer, Dvorak layout, 2017.

QWERTY layout, 2018

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macOS keyboard viewer 2018-05-01

QWERTY layout, 2020-07-25

macOS 10.15.5 keyboard viewer 2020-07
MacOS Keyboard Viewer. macOS 10.15.5, 2020-07-25. Hold ⌥ option down to type Unicode symbols. Those colored orange are prefix keys, allowing you to type accented characters such as é ü ô. You can make it insert emoji. [see macOS: Create Custom Keyboard Layout]