for » , option shift \
for « , option \
In 2008 someone asked how to create French quotation marks on a Mac keyboard, which is what I was searching for this morning. The answer given did not work for me (or the person from 2008), but it got me experimenting and I found the correct combination.
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.7
Hijadelrey wrote:
experimenting and I found the correct combination.
If anything else like that comes up, you can always see what all the key combos produce with Keyboard Viewer
Use the Keyboard Viewer on Mac - Apple Support
Hijadelrey wrote:
experimenting and I found the correct combination.
If anything else like that comes up, you can always see what all the key combos produce with Keyboard Viewer
Use the Keyboard Viewer on Mac - Apple Support
Another approach is to use either an Automator or Shortcuts Quick Action that allows one to just select the text to receive the French Guillemet and the action automatically replaces that text with the Guillemet enclosing it. This can be shortened to a single keyboard shortcut.
Example (For macOS Monterey or later):
The link to this Shortcut is here.
»«
Thanks! :)
Thanks. You can of course tell your keyboard to morph into a French AZERTY configuration, in which case the quotation mark switches from « to <<, but your solution is much easier.
French Quotation Marks keyboard shortcut
