In most cases, it works similarly to function keys where you're able to toggle the keyboard on and off.

You can purchase a wired or wireless keyboard with a built-in keyboard lock. This can be useful if you're doing something that requires a lot of focus and don't want any accidental keystrokes to disrupt your work. Keyboard lock is a feature on Windows and Mac devices that enables you to disable the keyboard input temporarily. In this article, we'll walk you through the steps for both operating systems so that you can keep your keyboard safe from unwanted input. If you're unfamiliar with the keyboard locking/unlocking process on Windows and Mac, don't worry - it's actually quite simple. The Keyboard Locker icon changes to indicate that the keyboard is locked. For example, the lock feature is useful while you're clearing your mechanical keyboards, or want to prevent disruptions by a keyboard input during a video or movie. Here’s how to use it.On some occasions, you may want to keyboard lock your device in order to prevent unwanted input. Type Degree Symbol on Mac Using Emoji KeyboardĪlternatively, you can also use the Emoji and Symbols keyboard to insert degree temperature symbol on your macOS device. So whether you’re writing an online article (as I am), or editing a document in Word, Libre Office, or any other text editor for Mac, you can use these shortcuts to type degree (°), diacritic (˚) or the masculine ordinal indicator (º).Ģ. These shortcuts work across macOS, regardless of the app you’re typing in. This is the masculine ordinal indicator (º) You can read more about it over here. Option + 0 (zero): This is another mark, which, while similar in appearance to the degree symbol, is actually very different in usage.

Though you can use it to imply degrees in your documents, we would recommend sticking with the option + shift + K shortcut.

Option+K: This is the keyboard shortcut to type the diacritic mark (˚), which looks similar to the degree symbol, but is smaller, and the usage is different.

Option+Shift+8: This is the actual keyboard shortcut for typing the degree symbol on Mac (°).

By far, the easiest way to type the degree symbol in macOS is by using the dedicated keyboard shortcuts.

Apple keyboard shortcuts