Important Do not use Alt + F4 to close pop-up windows or pages.
Use the Down Arrow and Up Arrow to change a radio button option. Use the Space Bar to select a check box or radio button option. Use the Enter or Return key to open a menu (such as a context menu, an alert or the course selector), and then use the Tab key and Enter key to select a link. Use Alt + Down Arrow keys (Windows and Linux) or Option + Down Arrow keys (Mac) to open drop-down lists that do not have an Apply or Go button, and then use the Down Arrow, Up Arrow and Enter keys to select an item in the drop-down. Use the Down Arrow and Up Arrow keys to navigate drop-down lists that have an Apply or Go button beside them.
Press the Enter or Return key to select a link or button. Learning Environment highlights page elements that you can interact with (such as links, fields and buttons) as you tab through them, to make it easier for you to complete tasks and select options. Use Shift + Tab to return to a previous option. Use the Tab key on your keyboard to navigate the options on a page. Note If your organization's Learning Environment includes integrations with Kaltura or, we recommend that you use Internet Explorer 8 or higher to avoid possible keyboard traps in those media players. This topic provides some basic advice for people who navigate Learning Environment using a keyboard or assistive technologies that emulate a keyboard. There are a number of learning tools within the system that course content is contained in. The Option key functions as Alt and the Command key functions as the Windows key.Learning Environment is a learning management system that enables you to access course material online.
When running Windows on your Mac via Boot Camp, the keyboard mappings are changed so they make more sense in Windows. RELATED: Map Any Key to Any Key on Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, or Vista You can also set the Caps Lock key to “No Action” here, effectively disabling the Caps Lock key on your Mac. If you’d like to change which key does what, you can customize this by clicking the Apple menu, opening System Preferences, selecting the Keyboard icon, and clicking Modifier Keys. Aside from ⌘ representing Command and ⌥ representing Option, ^ represents Control while ⇧ represents the Shift key.
To perform the keyboard shortcuts shown throughout Mac OS X, you’ll need to know the symbols.
RELATED: How to Disable Caps Lock in macOS if you’re not used to a Mac’s keyboard, these symbols may look like hieroglyphics - but they’re really saying you should press Option+Command+Escape to open the dialog where you can force-quit applications. Unlike for the Command key, we don’t have any history that indicates why this symbol was chosen.įor example, when you click the Apple menu you’ll see the keyboard shortcut assigned to Force Quit. This symbol is used throughout the Mac’s menus to indicate when you can press the Option key, the same way the Command key’s symbol is.
Like other modifier keys, it’s also used as part of some keyboard shortcuts. For example, pressing Option+4 with the US keyboard layout will produce ¢, the cent sign which normally doesn’t appear on your keyboard. Holding it and pressing another key allows you to type a special character that doesn’t normally appear on the keyboard.
The Option key functions similarly to the AltGr key on many PC keyboards, which explains why it also has “Alt” printed on it. The Control (Ctrl) key is also present, but it isn’t used for as many things. In summary, on a Mac, you’ll probably be pressing the Command key to issue keyboard shortcuts. It’s an old symbol used in Nordic countries to indicate places of interest - in Sweden, it’s the official sign for a tourist attraction. A designer chose the ⌘ symbol to replace it. The Command key originally had an Apple logo on it, but Steve Jobs thought displaying the Apple logo throughout the original Macintosh’s menu would be overusing the logo. This symbol appears throughout the Mac’s menus to indicate when you can press the Command key along with another key to issue a keyboard shortcut.