Re: Option key or Alternate key
Re: Option key or Alternate key
- Subject: Re: Option key or Alternate key
- From: Andy Lee <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 11:29:16 -0500
I suspect the name NSAlternateKeyMask is a holdover from NextStep, which ran on Wintel-style keyboards. On the Mac it is traditionally called the Option key, and that's how it's labeled on my TiBook keyboard.
I'm surprised your keycap is labeled "alt". Is it that way on all full-sized Apple keyboards? IMO it should be called (and labeled) "Option" everywhere, but go look for consistency in this crazy world. ;)
--Andy
At 8:07 AM -0800 2/27/02, Esteban wrote:
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i don't know if this will help, but when i mask for the alt/option key being pressed I use the constant called NSAlternateKeyMask, so a safe bet is to say that it is called the Alternate Key in general.
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-Esteban
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On Wednesday, February 27, 2002, at 07:44 AM, Norbert Heger wrote:
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>What's the correct name of the Alternate/Option key? The keycap is labeled
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>"alt", but AFAIK Mac users usually call it the "Option key".
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>I searched the "Mac OS X Terminology Guidelines", but only the Apple key /
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>Command key is mentioned:
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> Apple key: Don't use; the key with the cloverleaf and the Apple logo is
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> "the Command key."
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>Best Regards, Norbert
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