Change way of putting accents on a letter

daan162 wrote:

Is it possible to change this, so I can only use the old situation? I'm using US-International Keyboard lay-out

Go to system preferences > keyboard > input sources and use the minus button to get rid of the US International PC layout. Instead use the layouts called US or ABC.

(US International PC is a special layout for some users who want to make accented characters the way you have described)

There is no disabling the option+e followed by the letter e. That functionality is built into the operating system and even sublime text 4 accepts that input functionality, not just Pages.

The same functionality for placing an acute accent on the letter e has not changed in years. On macOS 12.1 and Pages v11.2, I can enter and hold letter e to get the menu where I select 2 to create é. Additionally, I can press option+e, release those keys and then type the letter e to also get é.

The above works with either U.S. or U.S. International - PC keyboard settings, and assumes that you are using an Apple-branded keyboard.

daan162 wrote:

Thanks so much. Didn't know that was a feature of the international keyboard lay-out. Apparently that was not the setting I was using on my old MB.

Sometimes layouts change for no obvious reason, or sometimes users with an English International keyboard on their machine mistakenly choose the US International layout on setup because of the name similarity.