Cant create a backslash with a german keyboard

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Things I have tried

I can’t get a backslash inside obsidian on a german keyboard.
Normally this would be ctrl+alt+ the second key left from the backspace key.
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What I’m trying to do

making a backslash \

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Someone had this same problem in the Discord community. They followed up with:

I figured out how to do it with CTRL + WINDOWS + ALT + ß
But it’s kind of annoying to do so

Does that work?

What is your operating system? There might be some other workarounds.

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Thank you! This actually works. Btw the normal way works fine in every other context of obsidian that I tried. Like the search fields.
I am on Windows 11 Home Version 10.0.22000 Build 22000

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This works on my Swedish keyboard as well! While we don’t have the ß key, it works by pressing CTRL+WIN+ALT+ ?/+ key.

Replying this for future reference in case some nordic users encounter the same problem.

Thanks!

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I still have this problem.
I use a selfmade split keyboard with ZMK (corne). So i have to program some keys. I use left-control + left-alt for getting Backslash.

This schuld result in same like alt_gr but in obsidian editor it does not work, as mentioned it works in search and anywhere else.

The mentioned workaournd still works. Herre i use the ZMK- Config command:
&kp LA(LC(LG(MINUS)))
This should also have no impakt to other programms and works fine. But its a little strange to me.