Where is the degree symbol?

[Jennifer Murphy]

I see posts with the degree symbol (°), but I don't see a way to add it to my posts.

What I have done is switch over to Word where I have keyboard shortcuts for symbols I use a lot.

Is there some way to insert the degree symbol within posts here?

 

[blissful]

°
ALT (hold down) press 0176

 

[Jennifer Murphy]

°
ALT (hold down) press 0176

°! Thanks. That works

But on my PC it only works on the numeric keypad and then only if I have NumLock activated. For me, my solution is easier. I'll never remember 0176, but in Word it's Ctrl+Shift+@, space. The @ symbol is kinda like a circle, which makes is easier for my addled brain to remember.

I think it would be helpful to have an "insert symbol" option.

 

[taxlady]

Are you using a Windows computer? If so, you should hava an app called "Character Map". It has all the weird symbols. You can copy and paste them and for stuff like °, it will even tell you what the keystroke is. Yes, it only works on a numeric keypad that has numlock engaged.

I have lots of those keystrokes memorized. I use letters like ø, ö, é, è, å, æ.

 

[Silversage]

I don't waste my time trying to produce those characters. I just type an F or a C after the number. Everyone understands that to mean degrees Fahrenheit or degrees Celsius.

 

[Jennifer Murphy]

Are you using a Windows computer? If so, you should hava an app called "Character Map". It has all the weird symbols. You can copy and paste them and for stuff like °, it will even tell you what the keystroke is. Yes, it only works on a numeric keypad that has numlock engaged.

I have lots of those keystrokes memorized. I use letters like ø, ö, é, è, å, æ.

I just posted a suggestion over on the Xenforo forum to add a symbol tab/button to the editor. Someone over there mentioned charmap, which I wasn't aware of. That will make it much easier.

Thanks

Does Xenforo support symbols, like the degree symbol (°)?

Does Xenforo provide a way to insert special symbols, like the degree symbol (°)?

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A way to insert symbols

I'd like to suggest some sort of "symbol" button be added that would make it easy to insert various symbols, such as the degree symbol (°), without having to rely on the ASCII codes (0176 for degree). Most of the Office apps (Word, Excel, Outlook) have an "Insert" tab which brings up the entire...

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[Andy M.]

On a Mac keyboard it's Alt+0

 

[caseydog]

°
ALT (hold down) press 0176

On a Mac, just press the "option" key + the 0 (zero) key.

CD

 

[caseydog]

On a Mac keyboard it's Alt+0

When did Macs get an Alt key? I've just scanned my MacBook Pro keyboard about five times, and can't find an Alt key.

What's next, a "blue screen of death?"

CD

 

[caseydog]

I don't waste my time trying to produce those characters. I just type an F or a C after the number. Everyone understands that to mean degrees Fahrenheit or degrees Celsius.

Yep... works for me, too.

CD

 

[dragnlaw]

I don't waste my time trying to produce those characters. I just type an F or a C after the number. Everyone understands that to mean degrees Fahrenheit or degrees Celsius.

Absolutely big Ditto here too!

 

[larry_stewart]

Im excited that after all these years, I finally learned how to do it º

 

[Badjak]

°C
Yep
It's on my phone keyboard.
Otherwise I use oC, also pretty clear

 

[Andy M.]

When did Macs get an Alt key? I've just scanned my MacBook Pro keyboard about five times, and can't find an Alt key.

What's next, a "blue screen of death?"

CD

It's the option key but up in the corner of the key it says alt too.

 

[Jennifer Murphy]

It turns out that on my Win11 laptop the Win key (4 squares) plus the period (.) will bring up a dialog that has all kinds of symbols in addition to emojis: ° ℃ ℉ ℃ ℉ △∞↓↑ © .
It can also paste stuff from your clipboard.

 

[blissful]

@jenniferMurphy, my win11 laptop uses WIN and ; (the semicolon).

 

[taxlady]

Thank you for pointing that out.

On my laptop, running Win 10, both of those work. But, the decimal point on the numeric keypad doesn't do it.

 

[blissful]

@taxy, that is helpful thank you! On win11 the decimal point on the numeric keypad doesn't do it whether the keypad is numlocked or not.