Option Key vs Symbol For Backspace
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Property Comparison
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2325 | 2408 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2325 | U+2408 |
| HTML Decimal | ⌥ | ␈ |
| HTML Hex | ⌥ | ␈ |
| CSS | \2325 | \2408 |
| JavaScript | \u{2325} | \u{2408} |
| Python | \u2325 | \u2408 |
| UTF-8 | e2 8c a5 | e2 90 88 |
How to Distinguish
Both Option Key and Symbol For Backspace are in the Technical category but reside in different Unicode blocks. Check the codepoint to tell them apart.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.