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This tool converts easy-to-type textual descriptions of keyboard keys into the Unicode characters representing those keys. For instance, entering the following:

Press Cmd + Shift + 4 to take a screenshot.

…would return…

Press ⌘ + ⇧ + 4 to take a screenshot.

This can be useful for tweets, where every character counts. Personally, I use it because it looks better.

An iPhone-optimized version of this page is available. To view it, just visit this page using an iPhone.

Here’s a list of all supported keys:

• Page Up
• PageUp
• PgUp
• Page Down
• PageDown
• PgDown
• Home
• End
• Alternative
• Alt
• Apple
• Caps Lock
• Caps
• Cmd
• Command
• Control
• Ctrl
• Down Arrow
• Down
• Eject
• Enter
• Escape
• Esc
• Left Arrow
• Left
• Num Lock
• Option
• Return
• Right Arrow
• Power
• Right
• Shift
• Space
• Tab Forward
• Tab Back
• Tab
• Up Arrow
• Up

Convert

Just type something here:

MacBook QWERTY keyboard in CSS3

1. esc
2. F1
3. F2
4. F3
5. F4
6. F5
7. F6
8. F7
9. F8
10. F9
11. F10
12. F11
13. F12
14. ⏏

1. `
2. 1
3. 2
4. 3
5. 4
6. 5
7. 6
8. 7
9. 8
10. 9
11. 0
12. -
13. =
14. delete

1. tab
2. Q
3. W
4. E
5. R
6. T
7. Y
8. U
9. I
10. O
11. P
12. [
13. ]
14. \

1. caps lock
2. A
3. S
4. D
5. F
6. G
7. H
8. J
9. K
10. L
11. ;
12. '
13. return

1. shift
2. Z
3. X
4. C
5. V
6. B
7. N
8. M
9. ,
10. .
11. /
12. shift

1. fn
2. ctrl
3. option
4. ⌘
5.  
6. ⌘
7. enter
8. ↑
9. ←
10. ↓
11. →