How to type the backslash and pipe characters on an ISO keyboard ?

looic78 wrote: where are the pipe and backslash keys on my MacBook Air M1 ? I am using a French ISO keyboard.

Backslash \ is on Option Shift : Pipe | is on Option Shift L

Use the Keyboard Viewer on Mac - Apple Support

On the French ABC-Azerty keyboard layout there is no direct way to access the pipe or backslash.

You can use a different layout from System Settings ➜ Keyboard ➜ Input Sources / Edit and add a different layout that does offer the pipe and the backslash.

The French-PC layout has the Pipe above the Y while holding down the option key, and the backslash above the i also while holding down the option key.

Phil0124 wrote: On the French ABC-Azerty keyboard layout there is no direct way to access the pipe or backslash.

That's mistaken, there's no need to use a different layout. Pipe and Backslash are part of ASCII and have to be there somewhere. French PC will not match the Apple keyboard.

Tom Gewecke wrote:

Phil0124 wrote: On the French ABC-Azerty keyboard layout there is no direct way to access the pipe or backslash.

That's mistaken, there's no need to use a different layout. Pipe and Backslash are part of ASCII and have to be there somewhere. French PC will not match the Apple keyboard.

I stand corrected.

I failed to use the option+shift modifier when checking the available characters.

Just checked with option and with shift separately.

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