Keyboard keys \ and < swapped

Hi,

I think i just pressed some system shortcut or something similar.

Now when i press the "\" key appears "<" and vice versa.

All other keys are OK.

In settings I see this:

but my keyboard is:

I'm using only the Italian layout (checked in settings) and Catalina 10.15.5.

What i pressed?

Thanks!

Edit: Little precisation, i'm using only the Italian Layout

Mac mini 2018 or later

Posted on Aug 4, 2020 8:03 AM

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Tom Gewecke

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Aug 4, 2020 8:20 AM in response to Polletto

Your machine thinks your keyboard is the ANSI (US) "type" instead of the ISO (European) "type".

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/specify-a-keyboard-type-mchlp2886/10.14/mac/10.14

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