accents

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pjr49 Author

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accents

i used to have accents when I held down the key- then possible accents would be shown

now, no more

tried many options to get this option back, but to no avail

ideas???

MacBook, iOS 6

Posted on Oct 25, 2015 7:48 PM

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Answer 1

CarlAVII

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Oct 27, 2015 7:29 AM in response to pjr49

Hello pjr49,

I understand that you're no longer able to choose accented characters by holding down a key (such as á or ö). If the Key Repeat slider in System Preferences > Keyboard is set to Off, then you won't see these special characters. Adjusting the Key Repeat slider, even just one notch to the right, should restore the aforementioned functionality.

OS X El Capitan: Set how quickly a key repeats

Sincerely

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Randoz2

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Nov 19, 2015 5:18 PM in response to CarlAVII

Any other suggestions? I checked system preferences but this was fine. My text will freeze when I hold down the key. (No accents display at all.) I then close out the file and reopen and try again. (Tried this in a couple of programs.) Same thing happens. I can insert characters by selecting "show emoji & symbols.

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rturner3

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Jan 4, 2016 11:49 PM in response to Randoz2

I have the exact same issue. It's repeatable for me in every application I've tried using so far (Safari, Messages, TextEdit). To get the text entry part of the application responsive again, I have to quit and restart the application. I've also confirmed that the Key Repeat slider in System Preferences is not set to Off.

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