Special character not working anymore

[Silly John Fatty]

Hi,

Until recently, I was able to type this here: ë

… by just holding the "e" key and then pressing the number 4 to add the two dots on the e. The other numbers such as 1, 2, 3 would add other symbols on top of the e letter, like for example é, è or ê. These are all current in some languages, so I really need them.

But since recently, when I hold the e key, the drop down menu with the numbers and the signs won't appear. Instead it just looks like this when I hold it: eeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Anyone know what happened here and how to revert this back? Thanks

 

[keysofanxiety]

Hi,

Until recently, I was able to type this here: ë

… by just holding the "e" key and then pressing the number 4 to add the two dots on the e. The other numbers such as 1, 2, 3 would add other symbols on top of the e letter, like for example é, è or ê. These are all current in some languages, so I really need them.

But since recently, when I hold the e key, the drop down menu with the numbers and the signs won't appear. Instead it just looks like this when I hold it: eeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Anyone know what happened here and how to revert this back? Thanks

Good morning,

You could try open Terminal and enter the following command: defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true

Please could you advise if this resolves the issue?

 

[Silly John Fatty]

Tëst Tëst !

Yes it seems to work! Didn't think someone would come up with the solution that fast Thank you very much!

Do you have any idea why it changed it the first place?

 

[keysofanxiety]

Tëst Tëst !

Yes it seems to work! Didn't think someone would come up with the solution that fast Thank you very much!

Do you have any idea why it changed it the first place?

Fantastic, pleased to hear it worked!

No idea why it changed in the first place but at least it's sorted