Vorlage:Key press/doc

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Description[Quelltext bearbeiten]

This is the {{key press}} template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.


Parameters[Quelltext bearbeiten]

Illustrates keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard. Keys can include: Ctrl, Alt, Del, Opt, Menu, Left etc. console keys: ex, circle, triangle, square, and left right and center analog sticks: l-down, c-left, r-ne. The names are case insensitive.

Vorlagenparameter

ParameterBeschreibungTypStatus
First key1

First key

Zeileerforderlich
Second key2

Optional key press in combination as the first.

Zeileoptional
Third key3

Optional key press in combination as the first.

Zeileoptional
Fourth key4

Optional key press in combination as the first.

Zeileoptional
Fifth key5

Optional key press in combination as the first.

Zeileoptional
Sixth key6

Optional key press in combination as the first.

Zeileoptional
Seventh key7

Optional key press in combination as the first.

Zeileoptional
Eighth key8

Optional key press in combination as the first.

Zeileoptional
Ninth key9

Optional key press in combination as the first.

Zeileoptional
Tenth key10

Optional key press in combination as the first.

Zeileoptional
Chaining characterchain

Character between chained key presses

Standard
+
Zeileoptional
Chaining characterchain first

Character between first and second key to press

Standard
+
Zeileoptional
Chaining characterchain second

Character between second and third key to press

Standard
+
Zeileoptional
Chaining characterchain third

Character between third and fourth key to press

Standard
+
Zeileoptional
Chaining characterchain fourth

Character between fourth and fifth key to press

Standard
+
Zeileoptional

Usage[Quelltext bearbeiten]

{{key press|A}}A

Keystroke combinations[Quelltext bearbeiten]

To illustrate keystroke combinations, just use extra parameters:

{{key press|Alt|P}}Alt+P
{{key press|Ctrl|Alt|Del}}Ctrl+Alt+Del

This template currently handles up to 10 key name parameters, which should be more than enough to accommodate for any possible combination of simultaneous keystrokes. If it gets too many key name parameters it reports the page into Category:Pages with template call that needs fixing. This means we can easily find those pages and fix them, or we can discover if we need to make this template take more parameters.

When you feed several key names to this template, it adds a "+" (or whatever the contents of the optional chain parameter) with no spaces around. This means it won't line wrap. But when you show key combinations for instance in a table then that might cause too wide items. Then instead manually build the key combination with spaces around the "+" so it can line wrap:

{{key press|Ctrl}} + {{key press|Alt}} + {{key press|Del}}Ctrl + Alt + Del
{{key press|Ctrl|Alt|Del|chain= + }}Ctrl + Alt + Del

On the other hand, to illustrate Windows Alt codes you might want to use separate templates with no intervening punctuation or space. In most Windows systems in North America and Western Europe, for example, the plus-minus sign (±) can be entered by holding down the Alt key while typing 0177 (with the numeric keypad):

{{key press|Alt|0}}{{key press|1}}{{key press|7}}{{key press|7}}Alt+0177

An example of a use case where more than 5 might be used is explaining usage of a macro (keyboard shortcut) created by a third-party application:

{{Key press|Ctrl|Alt|Shift|Win|Menu|fn|L}}Ctrl+Alt+⇧ Shift+⊞ Win+≣ Menu+fn+L

Wiki markup characters[Quelltext bearbeiten]

Some wiki markup characters, like the pipe symbol, the semicolon and the equals sign, need to be entered using the {{!}} and {{}} templates or as an HTML entity |, &#59;, = respectively:

  • {{key press|{{!}}}}|
  • {{key press||}}|
  • {{key press|&#59;}};
  • {{key press|{{=}}}}=
  • {{key press|=}}=

Most markup characters also have aliases:

  • {{key press|pipe}}|
  • {{key press|semicolon}};
  • {{key press|equals}}=
  • {{key press|colon}}:
  • {{key press|asterisk}}*
  • {{key press|hash}}#

Key symbols[Quelltext bearbeiten]

Some key names have a fitting Unicode character. This template automatically adds such "icons" to the following key names among others.

  • {{key press|Shift}}⇧ Shift
  • {{key press|Tab}}Tab ↹
  • {{key press|Enter}}↵ Enter
  • {{key press|Option}}⌥ Option
  • {{key press|Opt}}⌥ Opt
  • {{key press|Command}}⌘ Command
  • {{key press|Cmd}}⌘ Cmd
  • {{key press|Caps Lock}}⇪ Caps Lock
  • {{key press|Scroll Lock}}Scroll Lock
  • {{key press|Up}}
  • {{key press|Down}}
  • {{key press|Left}}
  • {{key press|Right}}

There are no characters for the Windows key and Menu key. So this template shows approximate characters for them, namely the 'SQUARED PLUS' and 'STRICTLY EQUIVALENT TO' from the Mathematical Operators block:

  • {{key press|Win}}⊞ Win
  • {{key press|Menu}}≣ Menu

Video games[Quelltext bearbeiten]

Video game controllers often have specialized input labels that do not map easily. The following are mappings for various game consoles and input features.

Directional input[Quelltext bearbeiten]

The following should only be used when the input sequence uses something other than the primary input or mixes input between directional devices.

  • {{key press|l-down}}L↓
  • {{key press|c-left}}C←
  • {{key press|r-up}}R↑

Stick specific diagonals are also supported:

  • {{key press|l-nw}}L↖
  • {{key press|c-se}}C↘
  • {{key press|r-ne}}R↗
PlayStation[Quelltext bearbeiten]
  • {{key press|ex}}×
  • {{key press|circle}}
  • {{key press|triangle}}
  • {{key press|square}}

Technical details[Quelltext bearbeiten]

This template calls {{key press/core}}, which holds the code that otherwise would be repeated several times in {{key press}}, thus simplifying the code.

See also[Quelltext bearbeiten]

  • {{!}}
  • {{=}}


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