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How do I show the "up" and "down" arrow keyboard key in GitHub markdown?


How do I show the "up" and "down" arrow keyboard keys (←, ↑, → and ↓) in GitHub markdown? So far I am able to show up and down. But how do I show the arrow symbol instead the text "up" and "down"?


Solution

  • As mentioned in "Unicode in Github markdown", you need to use the decimal value of the characters you want.

    In your case, the arrow symbols, as shown here: