Play Pause Key symbol
Type :play_pause_key: · Tech & keys
Unicode name Black Right-Pointing Triangle With Double Vertical Bar · Miscellaneous Technical block · added in Unicode 6.0, 2010
What ⏯ is for
Play and pause fused into one glyph, which is what a single button that does both is labelled with. Most keyboards with media keys use exactly this character, so it is the honest one to print in documentation.
How to type ⏯
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:play_pause_key: in any text field instead, which
is the same on every platform.
macOS
No direct shortcut. Use Edit → Emoji & Symbols, or switch to the Unicode Hex
Input source and type 23EF with Option
held.
Windows
No Alt code. In Word, type 23EF then press Alt +
X. Elsewhere use the emoji panel with Win + Period, or Character Map.
Shortcodes
:play_pause_key: On the web
HTML ⏯
Unicode U+23EF
JavaScript '\u{23EF}'
CSS "\23EF"
Python '\u23EF'
URL %E2%8F%AF
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