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Normally, long pressing a key on an Apple Keyboard or iOS opens up the special characters options. This isn’t happening on the new Magic Keyboard in its default state. Is there a setting that needs to be switched on?
Drammattex wrote:
But holding e on any other Apple keyboard reveals: ė ę ē ê è é ë
Where’s the option to turn on this feature in the Magic Keyboard?
Hardware keyboards do not have that feature yet in iOS. To ask Apple to add it, go to
In the meantime, this page gives you a catalog of the option key accent shortcuts for US and ABC Extended:
https://sites.psu.edu/symbolcodes/mac/codemac/
If you are using a different language keyboard, let us know and we can provide more info.
Drammattex wrote:
But holding e on any other Apple keyboard reveals: ė ę ē ê è é ë
Where’s the option to turn on this feature in the Magic Keyboard?
Hardware keyboards do not have that feature yet in iOS. To ask Apple to add it, go to
In the meantime, this page gives you a catalog of the option key accent shortcuts for US and ABC Extended:
https://sites.psu.edu/symbolcodes/mac/codemac/
If you are using a different language keyboard, let us know and we can provide more info.
Drammattex wrote:
Normally, long pressing a key on an Apple Keyboard or iOS opens up the special characters options.
Hardware keyboards do not have that feature yet in iOS. Instead you use the standard option key shortcuts. This page gives you a catalog for US and ABC Extended:
QuickPost wrote:
if you wanted to type é you would press ⌥ + E.
I am curious why you think that. It works quite differently for the US keyboard. To type é you type option e and then e. To type á you type option e and then a. Are you using a different keyboard layout?
I am using the US keyboard layout. How does it work differently? I stated that pressing ⌥ (Option) + E would enter the accent mark input selection which then would allow the user to strike the key they would like to add the accent mark to. How is my instructions different than yours?
QuickPost wrote:
I stated that pressing ⌥ (Option) + E would enter the accent mark input selection which then would allow the user to strike the key they would like to add the accent mark to. How is my instructions different than yours?
But that is not actually what you stated. You said " to type é you would press ⌥ + E." When you do that, all you get is ´ and not é. In the future, I suggest you always add the part about then " strike the key they would like to add the accent mark to" to avoid possible misunderstanding.
It’s true that option allows special characters, but option doesn’t reveal what your choices are. For example, option+e gives you é.
But holding e on any other Apple keyboard reveals: ė ę ē ê è é ë
Where’s the option to turn on this feature in the Magic Keyboard?
Hello,
The ⌥ (Option) key will often allow you to access these special characters. For instance, if you wanted to type é you would press ⌥ + E.
Your feedback is noted.
Thanks. I will submit a request.
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