Keyboard Shortcuts for Number Sign # [Hash]

You may find the number sign on every conventional keyboard layout. Alongside the number 3 key on the US standard keyboard layout, it is displayed. To type the number sign #, just press the “Shift” and “number 3” keys. It might be visible as a distinct key closer to the shift key on some European keyboards. Use the keyboard shortcuts to insert as a backup if your key isn’t working properly.

Number Sign # Shortcuts Summary

Shortcuts for number sign to type in different applications:

Typing # on Windows

• On Windows based PC  press the alt key and type 0035 to type the # symbol.
• As an alternative, you can type the hex code 0023 into a Word document and then press the alt and x keys to change it to the # sign.
• Use Windows search to open the Character Map tool and locate the # sign to add to your papers.

Typing # on Windows

• On Mac, press the option key and then 0023 to type the # symbol. To use alt codes on a Mac, you must switch the language input to Unicode Hex Input.
• In most programs, use the “Edit > Emojis & Symbols” menu or press the “Control + Command + Spacebar” keys. This launches Character Viewer, allowing you to search and add symbols. The Character Viewer’s “Punctuation” section offers the # sign.

Typing # on Web Documents

The # symbol has escape codes and an HTML entity name. On your webpages, you can use the entity name directly or, like in the example below, use hex or decimal code.

<span>&num;</span>
<span>&#35;</span> 

<span>&#x0023;</span>

Other Names for Number Sign

Number sign # has many other names.

Use of a Number Sign # Example

The number sign is widely used for a variety of reasons. The most common use is to denote a number: The numeral 5 is indicated by #5.

# on Twitter

Hashtags are used on social media sites like Twitter to organize related tweets on the same subject. Use the hashtag and the tag when posting a message. Twitter will construct a timeline by grouping together all of the same hashtags. The hashtag can be used by anyone to read and obtain all pertinent information.

# in coding

# is used to represent hexadecimal code, such as #FFFFFF. In hexadecimal, you can also write #000000 for black when indicating color code.

HTML escape entities in decimal and hexadecimal utilize the # symbol.

An element’s name can be defined in CSS using the notation #, as in <div id=”#myid”></div>.

You can link to an element or section directly from the URL once you have established its element id in CSS.

The majority of scripting and programming languages use # for various purposes. Using the # symbol, as seen below, you can declare single line comments in PHP.

< ?php 

echo “Hello World 456!”; 

# This is a comment will not produce any effect. 

echo “Hello World 123!”; 

?>

Other Unicode Number # Symbols

You can type using alt code shortcuts.