After typing "`" (backtick) followed by "i" i get this weird character: "ì".

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After typing "`" (backtick) followed by "i" i get this weird character: "ì".

Hello,

on my MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) i can't type the combination of these two characters: "`i" in the "normal" order (after typing "`" (backtick) followed by "i" i get this weird character: "ì".). The workaround which i'm currently using is to type the "i" frist and then move my cursor infront of "i" to type "`". But this is a bit annoying...

Any ideas why? How can i fix this?

Best regards

MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS Sierra (10.12), 13-inch, Early 2015

Posted on Oct 13, 2016 12:21 AM

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Njofrekk

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Oct 13, 2016 2:02 AM in response to jedat

While typing, when you press Option + that key, you get the "`". When you type it, it appears marked with yellow tint, right? And if you continue to type "i" it changes to "ì". Well, when you type `, right afterwards press SPACE key and then letter "i". Space cancels the ` yellow tint and it won't change the letter "i" you type afterwards. Try it out.

Cheers.

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jedat Author

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Oct 13, 2016 2:12 AM in response to Njofrekk

That's better then my previous workaround. But is it possible to disable/turn off that yellow background feature all together?

Thanks @Njofrekk

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Njofrekk

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Oct 13, 2016 2:28 AM in response to jedat

Glad I helped.

I wasn't able to find a way to disable it since I can't figure out which feature is causing it in the first place. It's probably a built-in function that can't be turned off.

Cheerio!

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jedat Author

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Oct 13, 2016 2:42 AM in response to Njofrekk

@Njofrekk thank you. Maybe someone from Apple will know it? But i don't know if they moderate these forms or if the discussions are purely driven by the community. We will have to wait and see i guess. 🙂

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Tom Gewecke

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Oct 13, 2016 6:23 AM in response to jedat

jedat wrote:

(after typing "`" (backtick) followed by "i" i get this weird character: "ì".).

Go to system preferences/keyboard/input sources and get rid of the one called US International PC. Instead use US or ABC or British or whatever your language is.

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jedat Author

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Oct 13, 2016 7:48 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

@Tom Gewecke i have only one (Slovenian) and this still happens.

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Tom Gewecke

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Oct 13, 2016 8:37 AM in response to jedat

The Slovenian keyboard layout includes the standard Mac shortcut for creating the grave accents used in various European languages, option backtick followed by the base letter. To get just backtick you have to type the backtick and then space, as mentioned earlier. You will find similar behavior for option e,u,i,h,k,n. This can seen via Keyboard Viewer.

If you would like to change that behavior, you can make a custom layout pretty easily with

http://scripts.sil.org/ukelele

Another app some use for such things is Karabiner.

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