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 <alex@holupirek.de> 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