├
Box Drawing 29
- Unicode
- U+251C
- Category
- Dingbats
- HTML Entity
- ├
- CSS
- \251C
The ├ symbol, officially known as "Box Drawing Light Vertical and Right," is a legacy computing character originally used to create graphical layouts in text-only environments like MS-DOS. Today, it remains highly popular in command-line tools and technical documentation to visually represent hierarchical data, such as file directory trees or nested lists. It elegantly connects a continuous vertical line to a branch on the right, making it a staple for developers rendering terminal interfaces and ASCII art.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+195 or Alt+9500
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search 'box drawing light vertical and right'
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then 251C
- HTML
- ├ or ├
In Programming
Extensively used in command-line interface (CLI) output, such as the `tree` command, to visually structure directory hierarchies, nested dependencies, and terminal menus.
Tags
ASCII table
CLI tree
MS-DOS
T-junction
TUI
border
box drawing
dingbat
directory tree
file tree
left
monospace layout
table
terminal tree
tree command
unicode line drawing