The shortcut shown in the Apple menu for the Force Quit menu item is ⌥⌘⎋. (The last character is the Unicode Broken circle with northwest arrow character.)
What keys should I use as shortcut of that menu item?
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To be concise: the symbol you're asking about, the circle with the arrow escaping from it (that's the way I remember what it means), is the Apple way of saying 'The ESC Key'.
So the menu item ⌥⌘⎋ is option+command+esc pressed simultaneously.
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Wow.. What a cool way to say "a circle with the arrow escaping from it." Jul 4, 2021 at 7:37
The Escape key.
I don't know why Apple use this non-standard symbol, but they always have...
Here is a full list of all of the symbols that Apple use.
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3For a full list of Apple key symbols, see here: docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/…– dan8394Aug 14, 2011 at 3:10
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3"The key is indicated as a circle with an arrow through it (U+238B, ⎋) as defined in ISO 9995." (wikipedia) Sounds pretty standard to me. Aug 15, 2011 at 11:18
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2I've never seen that symbol in use on a non-Mac system, but maybe I haven't been paying attention...– dan8394Aug 15, 2011 at 12:06
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1My current MBP (early 2011) uses no symbol and reads "esc" on the Escape Key. If it was a standards, I guess Apple is abandoning it now for a wider the-facto standard. Aug 15, 2011 at 18:44
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5It's a reasonably logical symbol for Escape, but for some reason I always think it means the power button. :-)– DavidAug 18, 2011 at 18:08
As an extension to Ian's answer, here's a list of all the keys:
As correctly pointed out by Ian, the ⎋ is the Escape key located on the upper left side of your keyboard.
answered Feb 19, 2011 at 16:44
You can find a list of all the keyboard icons, terminology, and HTML entities over here on Meta . That icon ⎋ is the Escape key. You can find it in the very top left-hand corner of your keyboard.
answered Jan 28, 2012 at 17:23
It is the escape key (esc) it is on the top right or left corner of the keyboard
