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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
{{key press|A}}
→ A
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:
{{key press|Alt|P}}
→ Alt+P
{{key press|Ctrl|Alt|Del}}
→ Ctrl+Alt+Del
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:
{{key press|Ctrl}}
+ {{key press|Alt}}
+ {{key press|Del}}
→ Ctrl + Alt + Del
{{key press|Ctrl|Alt|Del|chain= + }}
→ Ctrl + Alt + Del
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 Alt key while typing 0177
with the numeric keypad:
{{key press|Alt|0}}
{{key press|1|7|7|chain=}}
→ Alt+0177
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:
{{Key press|Ctrl|Alt|Shift|Win|Menu|fn|L}}
→ Ctrl+Alt+⇧ Shift+⊞ Win+≣ Menu+fn+L
Wikilinks
If there is an article about the key you can wikilink the key's name like any other wiki text. Like this:
{{key press|[[Alt key|Alt]]}}
→ Alt
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 {{!}}
({{Pipe}}
), {{;}}
and {{=}}
templates or as an HTML entity |
(|
), ;
(;
), =
(=
) respectively:
{{key press|{{!}}
}}
→ |
{{key press||}}
→ |
{{key press|{{;}}
}}
→ ;
{{key press|;}}
→ ;
{{key press|{{=}}
}}
→ =
{{key press|=}}
→ =
However, if the characters are marked as wikilinks, they can be entered as such:
{{key press|[[|]]}}
→ |
{{key press|[[;]]}}
→ ;
{{key press|[[=]]}}
→ =
Most markup characters also have alias templates:
{{key press|pipe}}
→ |
{{key press|semicolon}}
→ ;
{{key press|equals}}
→ =
{{key press|colon}}
→ :
{{key press|asterisk}}
→ *
{{key press|hash}}
→ #
Key symbols
Some key names have a fitting Unicode character. This template automatically adds such "icons" to the following key names among others.
{{key press|Shift}}
→ ⇧ Shift
{{key press|Tab}}
→ Tab ↹
{{key press|Enter}}
→ ↵ Enter
{{key press|Option}}
→ ⌥ Option
{{key press|Opt}}
→ ⌥ Opt
{{key press|Command}}
→ ⌘ Command
{{key press|Cmd}}
→ ⌘ Cmd
{{key press|Caps Lock}}
→ ⇪ Caps Lock
{{key press|Up}}
→ ↑
{{key press|Down}}
→ ↓
{{key press|Left}}
→ ←
{{key press|Right}}
→ →
Windows key and Menu key
Old-style Windows key
There are no characters for the Windows key and Menu key. So this template shows approximate characters for them, namely the SQUARED PLUS and STRICTLY EQUIVALENT TO from the Mathematical Operators Unicode block:
{{key press|Win}}
→ ⊞ Win
{{key press|Menu}}
→ ≣ Menu
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 Enter (plain text) instead of ↵ Enter (token).
Video games
Video game controllers often have specialized input labels that do not map easily. The following are mappings for various game consoles and input features.
The following should only be used when the input sequence uses something other than the primary input or mixes input between directional devices.
{{key press|l-down}}
→ L↓
{{key press|c-left}}
→ C←
{{key press|r-up}}
→ R↑
Stick specific diagonals are also supported:
{{key press|l-nw}}
→ L↖
{{key press|c-se}}
→ C↘
{{key press|r-ne}}
→ R↗
PlayStation
{{key press|ex}}
→ ×
{{key press|circle}}
→ ○
{{key press|triangle}}
→ △
{{key press|square}}
→ □
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.
Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter | Description | Type | Status |
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First key | 1 | First key
| Line | required |
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Second key | 2 | Optional key press in combination as the first.
| Line | optional |
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Third key | 3 | Optional key press in combination as the first.
| Line | optional |
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Fourth key | 4 | Optional key press in combination as the first.
| Line | optional |
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Fifth key | 5 | Optional key press in combination as the first.
| Line | optional |
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Sixth key | 6 | Optional key press in combination as the first.
| Line | optional |
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Seventh key | 7 | Optional key press in combination as the first.
| Line | optional |
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Eighth key | 8 | Optional key press in combination as the first.
| Line | optional |
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Ninth key | 9 | Optional key press in combination as the first.
| Line | optional |
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Tenth key | 10 | Optional key press in combination as the first.
| Line | optional |
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Chaining character | chain | Character between chained key presses - Default
- +
| Line | optional |
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Chaining character | chain first | Character between first and second key to press - Default
- +
| Line | optional |
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Chaining character | chain second | Character between second and third key to press - Default
- +
| Line | optional |
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Chaining character | chain third | Character between third and fourth key to press - Default
- +
| Line | optional |
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Chaining character | chain fourth | Character between fourth and fifth key to press - Default
- +
| Line | optional |
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See also
{{Key top}}
– produces a similar visual effect, but includes more symbols and does not directly support key combinations (e.g. ⇬ Caps Lock)
{{Button}}
– produces a similar visual effect but without the semantic markup (e.g. sample text); 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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Template | Example output | Use |
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{{strong}} | Important! | To indicate <strong> importance, seriousness, or urgency instead of just simple typographical boldfacing | {{strongbad}} | "Never use ..." | Same as {{strong}} but in red | {{stronggood}} | "Only use ..." | Same as {{strong}} but in green | {{em}} | "An emphatic phrase" | To indicate <em> stress emphasis (not just purely typographical italicization like for book titles or foreign terms) | {{var}} | strPrefix | To indicate text is a variable name. Use for any variable names except those including "I" (uppercase i) and/or "l" (lowercase L); for these, {{var serif}} should be used to ensure a noticeable distinction | {{var serif}} | strIllustratePrefix | (see {{var}} above) | {{tld}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Y, X}} | To display wikicode variables and magic words as they would appear in code | {{para}} | |year=2008 | To display template parameters with or without values | {{param}} | {{{title|alt}}} | To display parameters as used in code (i.e. with triple braces), especially to indicate relationships between them. May be combined with {{para}} above | {{tjp}} | |selfref=yes | To display template parameters with colors (as they would appear in the {{tj}} and {{tji}} templates) | {{param value}} | ··2·blanks·fore·and·aft·· | To display parameter values lightly bordered; replaces <code>...</code>, especially when value contains embedded or leading/trailing blanks; visualized here with middot (·) but can use ␠, ▯, or any character. | {{tlx}} etc. | {{Template|1|2|...|10}} | To display a template call (with or without parameters and values) as code | {{tji}} | {{hatnote|Hello|selfref=yes|category=no}} | To showcase with colors in horizontal format the syntax of any template, while providing an easy way to display placeholder texts using colons as separators | {{tag}} | "The <img>...</img> tags ..." | To render HTML elements ("tags") in prose | {{code}}/{{codett}} | "Ensure the alt= parameter ..." | To indicate text is source code. To nest other templates within {{code}}, use <code>...</code> . {{codett}} differs only in styling: someMethod becomes someMethod | {{PreCode}} | "FORTH has keyword ?BRANCH ." | Like {{code}}, but prevents line breaks inside the code. Only for very short code parts. | {{subst:codenowiki}} | {{small|small text example}} | To wrap example code in <code><nowiki>...</nowiki></code> | {{subst:kbdnowiki}} | {{large|large text example}} | To wrap example code in <kbd><nowiki>...</nowiki></kbd> | {{syntaxhighlight}} | [this is a block template] | ( or {{sxhl}} ) Wrapper for <syntaxhighlight>...</syntaxhighlight> , but will wrap overflowing text | {{deprecated code}} | "Do not use <blink> ." | ( or {{dc}} ) To indicate deprecated source code in template documentation, articles on HTML specs, etc. The {{dc2}} variant uses strike-through (<blink> ) while {{dcr}} uses red (<blink> ). | {{pre}} | [this is a block template] | For larger blocks of source code and other pre-formatted text | {{tj}} | [this is a block template] | To showcase with colors and multiple lines (vertical format) the syntax of any template, while providing an easy way to display placeholder texts using colons as separators | {{quote}} | [this is a block template] | For block quotations (only – never for non-quotations) | {{block indent}} | [this is a block template] | For indented blocks of material; visually identical to {{quote}} but without quote markup | {{kbd}} | user input | To indicate user input | {{key press}} | Ctrl+x | To indicate specific-keystroke input, including combinations | {{key top}} | Left shift | Similar; includes more symbols, but does not directly support combinations | {{button}} | Don't save | To indicate a button in a user interface | {{samp}} | example output | To indicate sample or example output |
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