secondlife / secondlife/viewer

macOS accent menu appearing when walking using WASD keys

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Description

macOS has this handy feature, in which you can visually find an accent or special character by holding down a letter on your keyboard. The only issue with this is that this overlay keeps appearing when walking in Second Life using the WASD keys.

https://secondlife.canny.io/admin/board/bug-reports/p/macos-accent-menu-appearing-when-walking-using-wasd-keys

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the accent menu on macOS while walking with the WASD keys, then trace the viewer's keyboard input handling. Done means the macOS accent overlay no longer appears during WASD movement without breaking normal text input.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, macos
Domain
desktop, game-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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