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Keyboard symbol · An arrow

⇥ Tab key symbol

Our drawing, not Apple’s or Microsoft’s artwork.

⇥ is the Tab key: it moves to the next tab stop in text and to the next field or button in a form. With Shift it goes back.

The symbol
⇥
Name on a Mac
Tab
Name on a Windows PC
Tab
Unicode
U+21E5 RIGHTWARDS ARROW TO BAR
In HTML
⇥
Where the key is
Left edge of the keyboard, at the start of the row with Q.

What Apple says

  • Tab ⇥ Apple Support, Mac keyboard shortcuts, list of modifier-key symbols under Using keyboard shortcuts
  • Command-Tab Switch to the next most recently used app among your open apps. Apple Support, Mac keyboard shortcuts, Command-Tab

On a Windows PC

The character: U+21E5 RIGHTWARDS ARROW TO BAR

To type or paste it anywhere, copy this: ⇥. It is U+21E5 in Unicode, named RIGHTWARDS ARROW TO BAR, shown in the code chart Unicode Consortium, Code chart: Arrows, U+2190 to U+21FF, U+21E5

The Unicode names list annotates this character: rightward tab. Unicode Consortium, NamesList.txt, The Unicode Standard 18.0.0 (character names and annotations), U+21E5

Related characters:

  • ⇤ U+21E4 LEFTWARDS ARROW TO BAR annotated “leftward tab”

Other symbols of the same shape

⇧ ShiftU+21E7⇪ Caps LockU+21EA⏎ ReturnU+23CE⇞ Page UpU+21DE⇟ Page DownU+21DF⇱ HomeU+21F1⇲ EndU+21F2

More keyboard symbols

⌘ CommandU+2318⌥ OptionU+2325⌃ ControlU+2303⎋ EscapeU+238B⌫ Delete (Backspace)U+232B⌦ Forward DeleteU+2326⏏ EjectU+23CF🌐 Fn / GlobeU+1F310

Sources

Each line in quotation marks is copied from the page named, read on the date shown. Unicode names and code points are copied from the Unicode names list and code charts.