# macOS Keyboard Shortcut Localization

DevFeed: [macOS Keyboard Shortcut Localization](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/macos-keyboard-shortcut-localization-13510.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://zed.dev/blog/keyboard-localization>)

Author: Conrad Irwin

Published: 2024-11-08T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Zed Industries - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/zed-industries-blog.md>)

Topics: [Localization (l10n)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/localization.md>), [macOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/macos.md>), [ASCII](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ascii.md>), [Vim](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vim.md>)

Tags: [ascii](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ascii.md>), [japanese](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/japanese.md>), [keyboard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/keyboard.md>), [layout](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/layout.md>), [macos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/macos.md>), [shortcuts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shortcuts.md>), [vim](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vim.md>)

## AI overview

Zed 0.162 changes keyboard shortcut handling so shortcuts work across Cyrillic, Japanese IME-based, and non-US Latin keyboard layouts. The update changes modifier requirements, coordinates shortcut processing with IMEs, and uses macOS Latin-based layouts for non-Latin keyboards.

## Source excerpt

How macOS shortcuts work on different layouts.