I used to be able to add a Frencc accent by holding down letters like e or o or i etc which would give me a menu of accents to add. This feature has stopped working on my MacBook Pro 2021 [Monterey 12.4] now when i hold down the e, i get a series of e’s repeated rather than the menu
MacBook Pro 15″, OS X 10.11
On your MacBook tap the little Apple at the top left of the screen.
Tap System Preferences
Tap Keyboard, then once there, tap Keyboard and turn off Key Repeat
Then see if you get the options you were expecting when you hold the key down. There are other ways to get special characters. See this --> https://9to5mac.com/2021/12/02/how-to-do-special-characters-and-letter-accents-on-mac/
Thanks. Unfortunately, while that stops letters like “e" repeating, it doesn’t bring up a pop-up menu with the various accents to choose from-- which was the shortest most efficient way to get the accents until recently
Since I've never used such a feature, I don't know if its by design or not. I tried my own suggestion and didn't get it either.
Try any of the options listed in the link I provided. It seems option(e) get's the accent.
normanfromvictoria wrote:
I used to be able to add a Frencc accent by holding down letters like e or o or i etc which would give me a menu of accents to add. This feature has stopped working on my MacBook Pro 2021 [Monterey 12.4] now when i hold down the e, i get a series of e’s repeated rather than the menu
This can often be fixed by opening Terminal and typing
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true
return and then restart.
I'm so glad you popped in Tom. If anyone knows keyboards here, it is indeed you!
Worked like a charm; thanks so much!
french accents on macbook pro
