Command key keyboard of the NeXT Computer that key was marked in green. The menus were not marked with a symbol denoting the command key. Besides being used as a modifier key for keyboard shortcuts it was also used to alter the function of some keys. toggles alpha lock, sends Enter and toggles Mute. The functions were printed in green on the front side of the modified keys. This was also done on the Z, X, C and V keys (Undo, Cut, Copy and Paste). On the NeXT ADB keyboard, the Command keys were replaced by keys labeled and the Command key
Dvorak Simplified Keyboard layouts for English such as Colemak, but also for other languages such as the German Neo and the French BÉPO. Over the decades, symbol keys were shifted around the keyboard resulting in variations of the Dvorak design. During 1982, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) implemented a standard for the Dvorak layout known as ANSI X4.22-1983. This standard gave the Dvorak pattern official recognition as an alternative to the QWERTY keyboard. The pattern standardized by the ANSI differs from the original or "classic" pattern devised and promulgated by Dvorak. Indeed, the pattern promulgated publicly by Dvorak differed slightly from the