Shortcut only working with english keyboard layout

Hi,

I'm Danish and work in a Danish company, so naturally our keyboard layouts are Danish.

But there's a fantastic shortcut in Illustrator, that only works with the English layout. I'm not sure what it's called, but I'm sure most of you experts know it.

Basically - make a square and place a pattern in it. If you rotate the box using 'R' you rotate the entire box and the pattern. But if you hold the 'button next to 1' (tilde in some parts of the world, console in other parts) and then press 'R' it will only rotate the pattern and not the box.

However, that only works with the english layout... can anyone tell me the name of that function, so I can set up the shortcut manually or change the keys needed for the shortcut?

I hope the above makes sense :-)

BR,

Thomas