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"Why is it that only the command key (⌘) actually has the symbol printed on the key itself?"

Hmm? What keyboard is he using? Has there been a change recently? For the old "Pro" keyboards and the chiclet keyboard I've got he alt/option key has the switch symbol on it, the shift keys have the arrows. The only odd man out is the control-key.



On my MacBook Pro, only the command key has a symbol on it. All other modifiers only have text.




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