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A macron is a diacritic ¯ placed over a vowel originally to indicate that the vowel is long. When editing a Wikipedia page, macron characters appear below the edit box, and can be inserted into the edit box by clicking the appropriate character (in JavaScript-enabled browsers). A macron can also be input directly from the keyboard.
This will work in Panther (10.3), Tiger (10.4), Leopard (10.5), Snow Leopard (10.6), Yosemite (10.10), El Capitan (10.11), Sierra (10.12), and Catalina (10.15). It is unverified in other versions.
Note that not every character can be combined with a macron in this manner. For example, as of Catalina (10.15), ā works, but ¯x does not.
macOS also has a character picker called Character Viewer in which you can search for all Unicode characters. Character Viewer can be accessed via the menu bar (Edit > Emoji & Symbols) or with a keyboard shortcut (Control+⌘ Command+Space). However, Character Viewer may not be available in all applications: for example, as of 2021 Firefox does not support it.
The accent menu is available since Mountain Lion (10.8) and works for basic vowels with macrons. Press and hold the respective vowel key. A popup menu will show various numbered character variants. Press the corresponding number key to select a character variant. Alternatively, use Tab ↹ or the arrow keys to navigate the menu and then confirm by pressing Return or by continuing to type other letters.
Download and install this updated version of Alt-Latin keyboard layout described below. Installation instructions are similar to the steps described below (and can be also found here).
This method uses a Windows port of the U.S. Extended (ABC Extended) keyboard layout described in the macOS section of this article.
Most Latin on-screen keyboards offer variants with macrons after tapping and holding on the respective vowel. You may need to tweak your keyboard or language settings if some vowels with macron are missing.
This is an
information page. It is not one of
Wikipedia's policies or guidelines; rather, its purpose is to explain certain aspects of Wikipedia's norms, customs, technicalities, or practices. It may reflect differing levels of
consensus and
vetting. |
A macron is a diacritic ¯ placed over a vowel originally to indicate that the vowel is long. When editing a Wikipedia page, macron characters appear below the edit box, and can be inserted into the edit box by clicking the appropriate character (in JavaScript-enabled browsers). A macron can also be input directly from the keyboard.
This will work in Panther (10.3), Tiger (10.4), Leopard (10.5), Snow Leopard (10.6), Yosemite (10.10), El Capitan (10.11), Sierra (10.12), and Catalina (10.15). It is unverified in other versions.
Note that not every character can be combined with a macron in this manner. For example, as of Catalina (10.15), ā works, but ¯x does not.
macOS also has a character picker called Character Viewer in which you can search for all Unicode characters. Character Viewer can be accessed via the menu bar (Edit > Emoji & Symbols) or with a keyboard shortcut (Control+⌘ Command+Space). However, Character Viewer may not be available in all applications: for example, as of 2021 Firefox does not support it.
The accent menu is available since Mountain Lion (10.8) and works for basic vowels with macrons. Press and hold the respective vowel key. A popup menu will show various numbered character variants. Press the corresponding number key to select a character variant. Alternatively, use Tab ↹ or the arrow keys to navigate the menu and then confirm by pressing Return or by continuing to type other letters.
Download and install this updated version of Alt-Latin keyboard layout described below. Installation instructions are similar to the steps described below (and can be also found here).
This method uses a Windows port of the U.S. Extended (ABC Extended) keyboard layout described in the macOS section of this article.
Most Latin on-screen keyboards offer variants with macrons after tapping and holding on the respective vowel. You may need to tweak your keyboard or language settings if some vowels with macron are missing.