# Using Ctrl = with german keyboard layout

**URL:** <https://community.wolfram.com/t/using-ctrl-with-german-keyboard-layout/13348>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** mathematica, external-interfaces, ui-ux-and-ide\
**Created:** [November 24, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://community.wolfram.com/t/using-ctrl-with-german-keyboard-layout/13348 "2018-11-24T00:29:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![saschatayefeh](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/wolfram/user_avatar/community.wolfram.com/saschatayefeh/32/496_2.png) [@saschatayefeh](https://community.wolfram.com/u/saschatayefeh)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://community.wolfram.com/t/using-ctrl-with-german-keyboard-layout/13348/1 "2018-11-24T00:29:51Z")

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Hi there

Ctrl = “Berlin” works just fine when using English keyboard layout. However, the German keyboard layout requires to use the combination Shift 0 to get the = character, thus, the equivalent key combination would be Ctrl Shift 0 “Berlin”. This does not work for me. Any suggestions?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![jotabeta1973](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jotabeta1973](https://community.wolfram.com/u/jotabeta1973)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.wolfram.com/t/using-ctrl-with-german-keyboard-layout/13348/2 "2018-11-26T17:03:53Z")

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I have this problem too. I solved it by editing the “MenuSetup.tr”-File and change “CTRL=” to “F8”. Path, File and the chanched text is marked with the yellow color. This solution was posted from an other user years ago, but I cant find this thread anymore.

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