Press and Hold Function for Accents

rfogarty67 wrote:

it is not a tool which can be generally applied. Instead, Apple have removed choice; only certain letters can have accents applied to them.

Could you indicate what characters you cannot make using this tool and the ABC Extended keyboard layout?

http://sites.psu.edu/symbolcodes/mac/codemacext/

I think fonts are irrelevant to this issue, unless you need to apply accents to some very unusual stuff.

You can also use the Character Viewer if necessary to manually apply Unicode combining accents to any character.

Sarah, this does not work anymore. Key repeat is not off and, after the last update, accent characters no longer work by long-pressing a key. This is extremely frustrating. I, too, need this ability. I don't think Apple should be changing things on people like that. They can add new features but don't force them to take effect unless the user changes the settings. I tried everything and holding down a key (like U) will just repeat the U. If I turn off key repeat, I just get a single U but still no popup with more choices like the German Umlaut for u.

EDIT: thanks Tom! Your method works (option u, then u to get ü). It's more keystrokes than it used to be but it works 🙂

Thanks again Tom!! I will try that right now. That's a relief to hear. Interestingly, I've done many, many updates and this is the 1st time it happened to me. Well I'll remember this in case it happens again.

Hi there,

I faced the exact same issue after an update.

I sort of fixed the issue by changing the Key Repeat slider to off.

But now it takes longer than before for the accents to show up.

Try Tom's suggested Terminal command. It works for mé.

If you continue to have problems and need to post again, let us know what version of Mac OS you are really using.

This forum is for the ancient 10.7 while most people are on 10.13 now.

I face the very same issues as you. I hope a solution can be found. Thank you.

I have the same problem in high sierra 10.13.4 now. any solutions found? tsk

Have you tried any of the fixes suggested in my post of Jan 4?

I've found a solution: disabling antivirus (I recently installed a new antivirus. the one I had before, gave no problems, this one does)

it's not a "perfect solution" but it works...

tks

andrea

I have the same problem. Key repeat is on. Yesterday it worked - today, out of the blue I do not have the press and hold function - the letter is merely repeated.

I am on version 10.13 - the press and hold function (to type different characters) stopped working out of the blue. I've tried everything, but it is gone now! eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee....

Hi, updated yesterday and lost this resource. I have tried suggested solution, but it did not work.

I have the exact same problem. Just started today.

ursulafromavon wrote:

I have the exact same problem. Just started today.

Have you tried the fixes listed in my post of July 19?