What is this little red "A" that shows up in text boxes. It just appears randomly and I have no idea what it is.
I have seen it is Safari and in Messges and in a few other places.
HWERE did it come from?
SHY is it there? and WHAT if it for? HELP!
iMac 24″, macOS 15.7
John Boyarsky1 wrote:
Tom, Sorry but I do not quite understand this reply. What list at system settings?
If you mean languages I have 2 languages that I use.
I have had this setting for the last 15 years in various MacOS's and never seen it before.
I believe our friend, @Tom Gewecke, was trying to point you in the direction of the keyboard input settings at
System Settings... > Keyboard > Text Input > Edit > All Input Sources.
It is there that you may somehow have more than just the usual single input source listed; ABC, for example.
If so, consider deleting any that you don't use and check the results.
When you change the input, the source makes a brief appearance near the cursor, then usually disappears again.
John Boyarsky1 wrote:
Tom, Sorry but I do not quite understand this reply. What list at system settings?
If you mean languages I have 2 languages that I use.
I have had this setting for the last 15 years in various MacOS's and never seen it before.
I believe our friend, @Tom Gewecke, was trying to point you in the direction of the keyboard input settings at
System Settings... > Keyboard > Text Input > Edit > All Input Sources.
It is there that you may somehow have more than just the usual single input source listed; ABC, for example.
If so, consider deleting any that you don't use and check the results.
When you change the input, the source makes a brief appearance near the cursor, then usually disappears again.
Perhaps it is a variant of the Caps Lock indicator. Try toggling caps lock and see if it appears and disappears.
Do you have more than one item on the list at system settings / keyboard / text input / edit / all input sources ?
I guess "A" or "ABC" keyboard layout on macOS is the default English (U.S.) input source. Just ignore it or press esc key to hide it.
Follow up -
Does a reboot of your Mac have any effect?
Tom, Sorry but I do not quite understand this reply. What list at system settings?
If you mean languages I have 2 languages that I use.
I have had this setting for the last 15 years in various MacOS's and never seen it before.
Nope Not caps lok.
I could just ignore it, but I wanna know WHAT and WHY It is there all of a sudden...
What is this little red "A"?
