Thanks, Alex. That's right, the accented character can be entered, but the quot/apos key itself can't be entered, so I can type ä, but not "ä". Is that the case for you too?
Tim On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 3:05 PM Alexander Holupirek <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, I'm having a small but annoying issue with keyboard input in the > BaseX GUI on a new MacBook (M1 Pro). I tend to use the U.S. International > keyboard layout for ease of typing accented characters: e.g., using the > apostrophe/quotation key as a dead key when typing é or ü. However, with > this keyboard layout, the apos/quot key doesn't register at all in the > BaseX GUI. It works as expected everywhere else. I've tried switching > fonts, but that doesn't seem to help. Any ideas? Thanks in advance! Tim > > > Hi Tim, > > I just tried what you described on a M1. Using 'International - PC' as > keyboard layout and pressing three keys, namely 'SHIFT' + 'QUOT' + 'A' > gives me the following behaviour: > > Terminal-App (and other apps): > > App | Keys | Description > -------------|-----------|----------------------------------------------- > Terminal-App | SHIFT | (nothing happens) > | " | a double quot sign (") in a (yellow) > highlighted square > | a | the german umlaut a (ä) on default background > appears > > > In BaseXGUI: > > App | Keys | Description > -------------|-----------|----------------------------------------------- > BaseXGUI | SHIFT | (nothing happens) > | " | (nothing happens) > | a | the german umlaut a (ä) on default background > appears > > So it seems that the indication / user feedback is missing in BaseXGUI, > but the umlaut character can nevertheless be entered. > > Do you experience the same? > Alex
