Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2015 11:52:57 -0700 Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: <9d2dnRPZhcVVxIjLnZ2dnUU7-budnZ2d@earthlink.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net aYg9nS2Zj9qEeDLRby9ZAwp/iumvJ2Zh8R+uVD9LhxJLx0REFU Cancel-Lock: sha1:FuAXvEqsK4kPAkxXUrN36Vlmmwk= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.36.0.130206 Thread-Topic: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Thread-Index: AdEBMWFsMy2kDbAHM0W8zWjz9nnJyw== Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:32437 comp.sys.mac.system:82306 On 10/7/15, 11:37 AM, in article PbWdnQ2KX4Pv-4jLnZ2dnUU7-QmdnZ2d@earthlink.com, "Ant" wrote: >>>>> When I hold down a key to repeat showing its character (e.g., z for >>>>> zzzzzzzzzz) in Mac OS X v10.10.5, I get a pop-up window showing other >>>>> characters. How can I disabled this and have my stuck key to show all if >>>>> its character I want? I checked my Keyboard settings and couldn't change >>>>> it. The only app that does this correctly is Terminal. Word 2011, >>>>> TextEdit, etc. show this issue. :( >>>>> >>>>> Thank you in advance. :) >>> >>>> >>> >>> Wow, this feature has been around that long and I just noticed this? :/ >>> Thanks. :) > >> That is OK, I knew of the feature and could have sworn there was a check box >> to turn it off. Seems if there ever was it has not been around for a long >> time. > > Annoying that there is no GUI option since I'd like to use it too. > Argh!! The CLI defaults command should be safe - but, sure, you should not have to go to the command line for this. -- * OS X / Linux: What is a file? * Mint MATE Trash, Panel, Menu: * Mint KDE working with folders: * Mint KDE creating files: * Mint KDE help: * Mint KDE general navigation: * Mint KDE bugs or Easter eggs? * Easy on OS X / Hard on Linux: * OS / Word Processor Comparison: