How can I type a backtick on an Estonian keyboard?

I am actually using the sweidsh keyboard with an estonian layout, so the backtick key itself produces ' and while holding Shift, it produces –.

Is there maybe a way to create a global keyboard shortcut?

Looking through the keybindings in the Estonian keyboard layout that ships with Mac OS X, it appears (amazingly) that the backtick character (`) cannot be produced with any of the unmodified keys, nor with any combination of option, shift, or control, despite the fact that most of the option-character key combinations are left unmapped on this layout. There are many ways to modify it to produce this key combination.

You could create a modified Estonian layout using Ukelele, you could use a program like Keyboard Remap for Macbook, or even TextExpander.

Sadly, this glaring issue still hasn't been addressed in the last 7+ years.

There is a Ukulele-based keyboard layout bundle available on Github that's straightforward to use:

Caret is mapped to ⌥Ä, as is common on Windows workstations.

Backtick is unironically mapped to ` — the key exists on the physical keyboard, the native layout just doesn't use it that way.

To install it:

• download the keyboard bundle from Github
• sudo mv ~/Downloads/EstonianDev.bundle /Library/Keyboard\ Layouts/
• restart
• change your keyboard layout to "Estonian Dev" from Preferences → Keyboard → Input Sources → +.