How to enable the Arabic keyboard on Mac
A quick guide on adding an Arabic keyboard to Mac, how to switch between the keyboards and how to display the virtual Arabic keyboard. This Arabic Keyboard enables you to easily type Arabic online without installing Arabic keyboard. You can use your computer keyboard or mouse to type Arabic letters with this online keyboard. Pressing Esc on the Arabic keyboard layout will toggle the mouse input between virtual QWERTY keyboard and virtual Arabic keyboard. The key will also turn.
All OS X versions are able to display Arabic perfectly fine. However, if you wish to type in Arabic you must enable an Arabic keyboard layout.
Doing so is simple:
- Go to
System Preferences..
from the Apple menu in the top left corner. Then:- If using OS X >= 10.9: click on
Keyboard
- If using OS X < 10.9: click on
Language & Text
- If using OS X >= 10.9: click on
- Click on the
Input Sources
tab. - In the left sidebar, locate the 'Arabic' entry and select it. Or for OS X >= 10.9, click on the
+
icon, locate the 'Arabic' entry and add it.
Now, whenever you need to type Arabic, you'll be able to select the Arabic keyboard from the menu bar. English is denoted by either the U.S flag or similar. Arabic is denoted by the green crescent or isolated ع depending on your OS X version.
Use a shortcut to switch between languages:
- In OS X >= 10.9: go to
System Preferences
>Keyboard
>Shortcuts
. On the left sidebar, click onInput Source
. - In OS X < 10.9: go to
System Preferences
>Language & Text
>Input Sources
. Click on theKeyboard Shortcuts..
button.
Here you can define a shortcut for switching to the previous/next input source language. We like to use the default
⌘Space
for this purpose.![Mac keyboard symbols list Mac keyboard symbols list](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0810/3669/products/arabic-mac-keyboard-stickers.jpg?v=1539439288)
Enabling
Automatically switch to a document's input source
will allow you to maintain an input language per document. So you can for example open 2 documents, write one in English and the other in Arabic, and OS X will remember the keyboard association for each.Automatic Arabic Transliteration
How To Install Arabic Keyboard
Katib has a built-in feature that allows automatic transliteration of the 'Arabish' way of transcribing Arabic. What this simply means is that, for example, typing 'Ahlan' will automatically replace it with أهلًا in the document and so on.
To enable automatic transliteration, hit
⌘Y
or go to Script
> Automatic Arabish Transliteration
. While this feature is active the cursor will be a reddish color.This feature constantly adapts to your spelling style and does not require an internet connection.
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Using the Keyboard Viewer
If your physical Mac keyboard doesn't contain Arabic symbols, you can purchasestickersonline and lay them on top of your keyboard.
Genetec video player for mac. Alternatively, you can use Keyboard Viewer, which will you show a virtual keyboard for the currently selected input language.
An Arabic keyboard
The Arabic keyboard (Arabic: لوحة المفاتيح العربية, lawḥat al-mafātīḥ al-`Arabīyyah) is the Arabic keyboard layout used for the Arabic language. All computer Arabic keyboards contain both Arabic letters and Latin letters, the latter being necessary for URLs and e-mail addresses. Since Arabic is written from right to left, when one types with an Arabic keyboard, the letters will start appearing from the right side of the screen.
Layouts[edit]
Arabic typewriter[edit]
The first Arabic layout for typewriters was invented by Selim Shibli Haddad, a Syrian artist and inventor, in 1899.[1]
Sakhr/MSX Arabic Keyboard[edit]
IBM PC Arabic Keyboard[edit]
Mac Arabic Keyboard[edit]
Linux (Ubuntu) Arabic Keyboard[edit]
Mac Arabic Keyboard Layout
References[edit]
- ^Messenger, Robert (17 October 2014). 'The Arabic Typewriter Keyboard and the Syrian Artist'. oz.Typewriter.
Arabic Keyboard For Mac Laptop
See also[edit]
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