Editing Region-specific layouts (section)

===UK (United Kingdom)===
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KB United Kingdom.svg                               | United Kingdom and Ireland (except Mac) layout
KB United Kingdom Mac - Apple Keyboard (MC184B).svg | United Kingdom version of Apple keyboard
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The UK PC and Macintosh layouts are different. In particular, The UK PC layout swaps " and @ relative to the US layout, while the UK Macintosh layout does not. \ is placed next to return and above right shift on a UK Macintosh keyboard, while on a UK PC keyboard it is placed next to left shift. On both Mac and PC layouts, £ is placed above 3; the PC layout moves # next to the enter key (where Macs position \), while the Macintosh keyboard omits # entirely, requiring [[option key|option]]+3 to enter it. As the option layer is not printed on Apple keyboards, it appears to the user that # cannot be typed. The [[Matias Tactile Pro]] series of keyboards for Mac do depict the option and shift+option layers on the keycaps.

On the modern PC layout, Alt Gr is used sparingly. The key to the left of 1 has three legends: ` (unshifted), ¬ (shifted) and ¦ (with Alt Gr), and Alt Gr+4 gives €. Alt Gr also adds an acute accent to the five vowels, for loanwords and for the Irish fada. Grave accents used in Scottish Gaelic cannot be entered. Welsh has its own keyboard layout.

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File:IBM Model M 1391406 -- top.jpg            | UK [[IBM Enhanced Keyboard|IBM Model M]], PC layout
File:AppleDesign Keyboard (Alps,WO) -- top.jpg | UK [[AppleDesign Keyboard]], Mac layout
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