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French keyboard

Every key and its layers. Pick a layer, or hold a modifier key on your keyboard.

Tip: hold Shift or Option on your keyboard to see that layer.

Special characters

Character	Name	Key combination
#	Hash sign	`⇧ Shift`+`@`
@	At sign	`@`
[	Left square bracket	`⌥ Option`+`⇧ Shift`+`(`
\	Backslash	`⌥ Option`+`⇧ Shift`+`:`
]	Right square bracket	`⌥ Option`+`⇧ Shift`+`)`
`	Backtick (grave accent)	`then`Space`
{	Left curly brace	`⌥ Option`+`(`
\|	Vertical bar	`⌥ Option`+`⇧ Shift`+`L`
}	Right curly brace	`⌥ Option`+`)`
~	Tilde	`⌥ Option`+`N`then`Space`
©	Copyright sign	`⌥ Option`+`C`
«	Left guillemet	`⌥ Option`+`È`
¬	Not sign	`⌥ Option`+`L`
®	Registered sign	`⌥ Option`+`R`
°	Degree sign	`⇧ Shift`+`)`
±	Plus-minus sign	`⌥ Option`+`⇧ Shift`+`=`
»	Right guillemet	`⌥ Option`+`⇧ Shift`+`È`
À	Capital A with grave	`⇪ Caps Lock`+`À`
Æ	Capital AE ligature	`⌥ Option`+`⇧ Shift`+`A`
Ç	Capital C with cedilla	`⌥ Option`+`Ç`
È	Capital E with grave	`⌥ Option`+`K`
É	Capital E with acute	`⇪ Caps Lock`+`É`
æ	AE ligature	`⌥ Option`+`A`
÷	Division sign	`⌥ Option`+`:`
Œ	Capital OE ligature	`⌥ Option`+`⇧ Shift`+`O`
œ	OE ligature	`⌥ Option`+`O`
π	Pi	`⌥ Option`+`P`
–	En dash	`⌥ Option`+`⇧ Shift`+`-`
—	Em dash	`⌥ Option`+`-`
’	Curly apostrophe	`⌥ Option`+`⇧ Shift`+`'`
•	Bullet	`⌥ Option`+`@`
…	Ellipsis	`⌥ Option`+`;`
‰	Per mille sign	`⌥ Option`+`⇧ Shift`+`Ù`
€	Euro sign	`⌥ Option`+`$`
™	Trademark sign	`⌥ Option`+`⇧ Shift`+`T`
≠	Not equal sign	`⌥ Option`+`=`
≤	Less-than or equal	`⌥ Option`+`<`
≥	Greater-than or equal	`⌥ Option`+`⇧ Shift`+`<`

Dead keys

A dead key types nothing right away: it changes the next letter. Press it, then Space, to get the mark on its own.

Dead key	Key combination	Resulting characters
´	`⇪ Caps Lock`+`⌥ Option`+`⇧ Shift`+`&`	é É í Í ó Ó á Á ú Ú
^	`^`	ê Ê î Î ô Ô â Â û Û
¨	`⇪ Caps Lock`+`⇧ Shift`+`^`	ë Ë ï Ï ö Ö ä Ä ü Ü ÿ Ÿ
`	`	è È ì Ì ò Ò à À ù Ù
~	`⌥ Option`+`N`	ñ Ñ õ Õ ã Ã

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