Combine the Altâ ¥ key with the normal parentheses ().

These are steps to insert the bracket symbol in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. It would help if you posted a photo of the actual layout you are using. Angle brackets key work as ctrl on the keyboard. To type the ｛ using the keyboard you can the Alt code from the shortcode section. You may need to look up which keyboard layout you personally use, but it’s definitely worth the search.

Adjust the indent, vertical scale and space after properties until the desired alignment is achieved. Brackets has MIT License and was first introduced in 2014 by Adobe. I solved this issue by going to Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Keyboard as alvaromateus recommended, but pressing the reset button would automatically set my keyboard mapping scheme to. OS X El Capitan: Use the Keyboard Viewer Make sure you switch on the Num Lock from the keyboard and you type the number from the Numpad and not from the top row of the keyboard.

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