Mac Keyboard Viewer

Mac Keyboard Viewer

In macOS, you can type special characters such as { é ƒ © ≠ ≥ ° }, by holding down the ⌥ option key. To see what characters are available, you can pull the Keyboard Viewer.

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]

How to Turn on Keyboard Viewer

To start Keyboard Viewer:

1. Open System Preferences
2. Click keyboard icon
3. Select “Input Sources” tab
4. Click at the botton “Show input menu in menu bar”.
5. Then, on the input menu at the top right of the menu bar, there's a menu [Show Keyboard Viewer] menu. This will show the Keyboard Viewer.