How to put the triangle arrow

Question

I am looking for this symbol:

▷

I have seen it in the tutorials and manuals in menu Help. I think it's the code:

\lyxarrow{}

But in the example it isn't code; I can see:

• Open a new file with File ▷ New

Edit: I know i can put the triangle writing $\triangleright$ but I'm looking for how to write using the menu. I want to see the triangle in the text directly, without input ERT.

You should use the techniques described in How to look up a symbol? — Werner, Apr 06 '13 at 17:21
Detexify yields \triangleright in math mode (so surround it by $...$). — Werner, Apr 06 '13 at 17:24
Also see Create a command for 'menu sequences' and Command with variable number of arguments to format menu sequences. — Werner, Apr 06 '13 at 17:25
I know i can put the triangle writing $\triangleright$ but I'm looking for how to write using the menu. I want to see the triangle in the text directly, without input ERT. Thnx! — norbux, Apr 06 '13 at 18:59
@norbux Okay. I'm updating my answer... (I did not get informed about your last comment, just found it while checking back. In the case, you want to notify me directly, please use @e-birk in your comment, or comment on my answer.) — e-birk, Apr 06 '13 at 19:31

e-birk · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-06T19:34:21.610

Using "View > View Source" you already correctly discovered that LyX uses \lyxarrow. But what is the definition of that?

Looking at the beginning of the LaTeX code preview (choose "Complete Source" or "Preamble Only" under "View Source") you will find

\DeclareRobustCommand*{\lyxarrow}{%
\@ifstar
{\leavevmode\,$\triangleleft$\,\allowbreak}
{\leavevmode\,$\triangleright$\,\allowbreak}}

Hence, it is \triangleright in this case.

Update: In LyX, you can insert this symbol using "Insert > Special Character > Menu Separator".

How to put the triangle arrow

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