# Cannot type "@" in Jupyter notebooks with macOS Swiss German keyboard layout

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-type-in-jupyter-notebooks-with-macos-swiss-german-keyboard-layout/83573>\
**Category:** General Usage\
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**Created:** [June 30, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-type-in-jupyter-notebooks-with-macos-swiss-german-keyboard-layout/83573 "2022-06-30T17:46:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Smsng2\_Xprss](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/smsng2_xprss/32/32217_2.png) [@Smsng2\_Xprss](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Smsng2_Xprss)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-type-in-jupyter-notebooks-with-macos-swiss-german-keyboard-layout/83573/1 "2022-06-30T17:46:59Z")

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When using Julia in Jupyter Notebook, if I want to type “@” in the cell (for example @variables), key kombination alt + G on my mac is somehow reserved for a shortcut " Jump to line…", so I am not able to type a literal @.  
Displaying all shortcuts with “h” is not working. how can I disable that shortcut

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**Author:** ![johnmyleswhite](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/johnmyleswhite/32/31_2.png) [@johnmyleswhite](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnmyleswhite)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-type-in-jupyter-notebooks-with-macos-swiss-german-keyboard-layout/83573/2 "2022-06-30T17:55:14Z")

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Can you share more context? What kind of keyboard do you have? What OS?

On my computer, I type `@` using shift + 2.

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**Author:** ![Smsng2\_Xprss](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/smsng2_xprss/32/32217_2.png) [@Smsng2\_Xprss](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Smsng2_Xprss)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-type-in-jupyter-notebooks-with-macos-swiss-german-keyboard-layout/83573/3 "2022-07-01T17:24:35Z")

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Mac OS, keyboard language Swiss German, I use “alt + G” to type @

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**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-type-in-jupyter-notebooks-with-macos-swiss-german-keyboard-layout/83573/4 "2022-07-01T17:28:05Z")

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This is an open Jupyter issue: [Impossible to type an "@" in a code cell on MacBook with Swiss keyboard layout · Issue #9801 · jupyterlab/jupyterlab · GitHub](https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab/issues/9801)

Apparently [a possible workaround](https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab/issues/7704#issuecomment-1022911680) is by overriding alt-g with a custom keyboard shortcut.