Which Magic Keyboard has this layout on the new Macbook Pro?
I have an external magic keyboard. I picked this model because it has the exact same layout as the keyboard of my current Macbook Pro 15" mid-2015.
I'm now going to upgrade to one of the just released Macbooks, and I want the keyboards (the external and internal keyboards) to have the exact same layout. Including the horizontal shape of the enter button, and the location of the \
right on top of the enter button.
Which keyboard should I pick to get the layout? Is it the english US? does the enter button have the shape I need?
Solution 1:
This is the layout called "US English" in the store, the ANSI [American standard] keyboard. Apple has an excellent explainer for rapidly identifying hardware keyboards:
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201794
The clues are…
The top left key is backtick & tilde ` & ~
The left shift is long & is immediately left of Z
The Return ⏎ key is horizontal.
Contrast this with the layouts called "British English" or "International English" in stores, the ISO [European standard] keyboard…
The key top left is § & ±
The left shift is short, allowing for an additional key, for ` & ~
The Return ⏎ key is vertical & L-shaped. This also moves the | \ key down a row.