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Q: Where is the U.S. Extended keyboard layout on El Capitan?

I would like to be able to type Esperanto letters (e.g. ŝ, ĝ) but the U.S. International keyboard doesn't allow me to do so. U.S. Extended supposedly would but doesn't appear in the list of options in El Capitan.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks!

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.2)

Posted on Dec 12, 2015 5:48 AM

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Q: Where is the U.S. Extended keyboard layout on El Capitan?

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  • by sterling r,

    sterling r sterling r Dec 13, 2015 1:51 PM in response to sejon
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    Dec 13, 2015 1:51 PM in response to sejon

    Hi there sejon,

     

    It sounds like you want to enter letters with accents above them. You don't need to enable any sort of keyboard settings for that, you can do it natively with the Mac in this way:

     

     

    How to type accents, emoji, and symbols on your Mac

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201586

    Accented characters

    To type an accented or alternate version of a character, hold a key down until its alternate characters are displayed. 

    To choose one of the characters displayed, type the number that appears under the character, or click the character you want to use. If you decide you don't want to type an accented character after holding a key, type another character, or press the escape (Esc) key.

    If no additional characters are available for the key you're holding, the pop-over menu doesn't appear. The menu also isn't displayed when the Key Repeat slider is set to Off in the Keyboard pane of System Preferences.

     

    Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Dec 13, 2015 5:02 PM in response to sterling r
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    Dec 13, 2015 5:02 PM in response to sterling r

    If you try that with the s and g keys, you will see that the ones he wants are not available.  He really does need the US Extended keyboard layout.

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Dec 13, 2015 5:05 PM in response to sejon
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    Dec 13, 2015 5:05 PM in response to sejon

    sejon wrote:

     

    U.S. Extended supposedly would but doesn't appear in the list of options in El Capitan.

     

    Yes, it is there, they just changed the name to ABC Extended.