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AltGr (also Alt Graph) is a modifier key found on many computer keyboards (rather than a second Alt key found on US keyboards). It is primarily used to type special characters and symbols that are not widely used in the territory where sold, such as foreign currency symbols , typographic marks and accented letters . [ 1 ]
The location of the punctuation marks on the upper numerical row is different from modern computer keyboards. The key with ∷ four dots is the margin release. [4] The arrow key under TAB is the ↣ Backspace key, [5] which is pointing in the direction the paper would move rather than the way a cursor would move (as on a modern computer keyboard).
This layout use three levels and two groups, up to 5 characters per key. Alt-Gr key is used to type a character on the level 3 ⇮AltGr and the Group 2 has a dedicated key ⇨Group 2 instead of the Right-Ctrl ⎈Ctrl.
Mozilla Firefox 1.5 on Windows: hold Alt, press access key; Mozilla Firefox before version 14 on Mac OS X: hold Control, press access key; Safari 3 or earlier on Mac OS X: hold Control, press access key; Camino : hold Control, press access key; Opera 12 and lower: press and release ⇧ Shift+Esc, then press access key
In the US layout the right Alt key is an Alt key, just like the left Alt key, whereas in the US int. layout the right Alt key is an AltGr key, unlike the left Alt key, which is an Alt. The US layout doesn't have dead keys, the US int. layout has. "'", "a" produces "'a" on a US layout, while it produces "á" on a US int. layout.
On keyboards including the key, its symbol would usually have been a small icon depicting a pointer hovering above a menu; it would typically have been found on the right side of the keyboard between the right Windows logo key and the right control key (or between the right AltGr key and the right control key). While the Windows key is present ...
(While in app switching window, ⌘ Cmd+` can be used to select backward, ⌘ Cmd+1 can be used to view selected app's windows) Alt+Tab ↹ / Alt+⇧ Shift+Tab ↹ or Alt+Tab ↹ / Alt+⇧ Shift+Tab ↹ to switch windows within the same application (Gnome) Hold Alt, then quickly press Tab ↹: Switch window without dialog (next/previous) Alt+Esc /
This did not work for characters not in the Windows Code Page (such as box-drawing characters). The new Alt+0### combination (which prefixes a zero to each Alt code), produces characters from the newer "Windows code pages." [a] For example, Alt+ 0 1 6 3 yields the character £ (symbol for the pound sterling) which is at 163 in CP1252. [2] [b]