Accents with press and hold do not function correctly
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Description
Describe the bug
It is impossible to have the accents correctly when writing with the press and hold
Either the accented letter we have chosen is not displayed or it is preceded by the same letter but without accent
To Reproduce
Just write an accented letter with the press and hold
Expected behavior
I have already disabled all extensions outside vim, but nothing has changed. I've been seeing this bug for years and regardless if it's a clean install or not.
ApplePressAndHoldEnabled is enabled on my mac and it's voluntary. I don't want to have a key repeat but the accents when I press
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Environment (please complete the following information):
- Extension (VsCodeVim) version: v1.24.3
- VSCode version: 1.74.3
- OS: macOS 13.1
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the press-and-hold accent behavior on macOS 13.1 with VSCodeVim v1.24.3 and VS Code 1.74.3, using the issue’s linked recording as the reference. Trace the extension’s keyboard input handling; done means the selected accented character appears correctly without an unaccented duplicate while ApplePressAndHoldEnabled remains enabled.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- desktop, devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100