Windows apps keep switching to accented text
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Somehow I keep hitting a shortcut key (or something similar) that enables the input of accented text. Whenever this accented text mode is enabled, pressing ' doesn't respond immediately; instead, the ' key is remembered, so if I press a vowel after that, I get the vowel with an acute accent mark, and if I press any other key, I immediately get an apostrophe followed by the other key.
I don't want this to happen. It's very annoying. How do I disable this mode?
I've seen this behavior in Firefox, Pidgin, and Outlook. It apparently happens on a per-application basis, and restarting the application fixes it. I checked Windows 7's "Region and Language" control panel and didn't see anything relevant (although I'm not intimately familiar with all of those settings, so I may have overlooked something).
Edit: This is apparently not the same thing as changing keyboard layouts. I removed all non-U.S. keyboards from my keyboard control panel and am still seeing this behavior, and pressing LAlt+Shift (which the keyboard control panel lists as my "between input languages" shortcut) does nothing.
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Somehow I keep hitting a shortcut key (or something similar) that enables the input of accented text. Whenever this accented text mode is enabled, pressing ' doesn't respond immediately; instead, the ' key is remembered, so if I press a vowel after that, I get the vowel with an acute accent mark, and if I press any other key, I immediately get an apostrophe followed by the other key.
I don't want this to happen. It's very annoying. How do I disable this mode?
I've seen this behavior in Firefox, Pidgin, and Outlook. It apparently happens on a per-application basis, and restarting the application fixes it. I checked Windows 7's "Region and Language" control panel and didn't see anything relevant (although I'm not intimately familiar with all of those settings, so I may have overlooked something).
Edit: This is apparently not the same thing as changing keyboard layouts. I removed all non-U.S. keyboards from my keyboard control panel and am still seeing this behavior, and pressing LAlt+Shift (which the keyboard control panel lists as my "between input languages" shortcut) does nothing.
windows keyboard language
edited Mar 27 '16 at 18:39
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asked Apr 19 '10 at 15:43
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As a side note - If you're seeing a user with this problem in Canada, Canadian English also has the Graves enabled by default. If they don't use it, it's simple enough just to remove the language and put US English.
– SITDGNymall
May 25 '15 at 20:47
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Somehow I keep hitting a shortcut key (or something similar) that enables the input of accented text. Whenever this accented text mode is enabled, pressing ' doesn't respond immediately; instead, the ' key is remembered, so if I press a vowel after that, I get the vowel with an acute accent mark, and if I press any other key, I immediately get an apostrophe followed by the other key.
I don't want this to happen. It's very annoying. How do I disable this mode?
I've seen this behavior in Firefox, Pidgin, and Outlook. It apparently happens on a per-application basis, and restarting the application fixes it. I checked Windows 7's "Region and Language" control panel and didn't see anything relevant (although I'm not intimately familiar with all of those settings, so I may have overlooked something).
Edit: This is apparently not the same thing as changing keyboard layouts. I removed all non-U.S. keyboards from my keyboard control panel and am still seeing this behavior, and pressing LAlt+Shift (which the keyboard control panel lists as my "between input languages" shortcut) does nothing.
windows keyboard language
edited Mar 27 '16 at 18:39
fixer1234
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asked Apr 19 '10 at 15:43
Josh Kelley
1,0371122
Somehow I keep hitting a shortcut key (or something similar) that enables the input of accented text. Whenever this accented text mode is enabled, pressing ' doesn't respond immediately; instead, the ' key is remembered, so if I press a vowel after that, I get the vowel with an acute accent mark, and if I press any other key, I immediately get an apostrophe followed by the other key.
I don't want this to happen. It's very annoying. How do I disable this mode?
I've seen this behavior in Firefox, Pidgin, and Outlook. It apparently happens on a per-application basis, and restarting the application fixes it. I checked Windows 7's "Region and Language" control panel and didn't see anything relevant (although I'm not intimately familiar with all of those settings, so I may have overlooked something).
Edit: This is apparently not the same thing as changing keyboard layouts. I removed all non-U.S. keyboards from my keyboard control panel and am still seeing this behavior, and pressing LAlt+Shift (which the keyboard control panel lists as my "between input languages" shortcut) does nothing.
windows keyboard language
windows keyboard language
edited Mar 27 '16 at 18:39
fixer1234
17.3k144281
asked Apr 19 '10 at 15:43
Josh Kelley
1,0371122
edited Mar 27 '16 at 18:39
fixer1234
17.3k144281
asked Apr 19 '10 at 15:43
Josh Kelley
1,0371122
edited Mar 27 '16 at 18:39
fixer1234
17.3k144281
edited Mar 27 '16 at 18:39
fixer1234
17.3k144281
edited Mar 27 '16 at 18:39
fixer1234
17.3k144281
17.3k144281
asked Apr 19 '10 at 15:43
Josh Kelley
1,0371122
asked Apr 19 '10 at 15:43
Josh Kelley
1,0371122
asked Apr 19 '10 at 15:43
Josh Kelley
1,0371122
1,0371122
As a side note - If you're seeing a user with this problem in Canada, Canadian English also has the Graves enabled by default. If they don't use it, it's simple enough just to remove the language and put US English.
– SITDGNymall
May 25 '15 at 20:47
add a comment |
As a side note - If you're seeing a user with this problem in Canada, Canadian English also has the Graves enabled by default. If they don't use it, it's simple enough just to remove the language and put US English.
– SITDGNymall
May 25 '15 at 20:47
As a side note - If you're seeing a user with this problem in Canada, Canadian English also has the Graves enabled by default. If they don't use it, it's simple enough just to remove the language and put US English.
– SITDGNymall
May 25 '15 at 20:47
As a side note - If you're seeing a user with this problem in Canada, Canadian English also has the Graves enabled by default. If they don't use it, it's simple enough just to remove the language and put US English.
– SITDGNymall
May 25 '15 at 20:47
add a comment |
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The shortcut key for switching keyboards is by default LAlt + Shift.
If you have multiple keyboards set up (for example US and United States-International), this will toggle between the two. The first has the "normal", desired behavior. The second is the keyboard with the "sticky apostrophe".
As a Dutch and English writer, I find it useful to be able to toggle between the two using the keyboard shortcut. Bear in mind, however, that Windows remembers the setting per application. If you wish to use multiple languages, I recommend setting up two languages with different keyboards, and displaying the Language Bar's active language in the system tray:
edited Sep 29 '11 at 4:41
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answered Apr 19 '10 at 16:33
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I finally solved this:
I had turned on EnableHexNumpad (as described on fileformat.info) for easier entry of Unicode characters. Apparently having EnableHexNumpad on means that LAlt apparently acts as AltGr and pressing RShift + RCtrl can enter the "sticky apostrophe" mode.
Turning off EnableHexNumpad makes my keyboard act like a regular U.S. keyboard again.
answered Jul 12 '10 at 14:05
Josh Kelley
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Actually, it's important to clarify that Alt + Shift switches between different languages, e.g. English and Dutch, and Ctrl + Shift switches between different keyboards in a language, e.g. toggling between the US and US-International Keyboard. On my computer, it responds to either the left or right Ctrl, Alt, and Shift .
answered Jan 5 '13 at 1:11
Spencer Williams
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What you're seeing is the keyboard switching to "U.S. International". Check the Keyboard control panel and make changes as appropriate.
answered Apr 19 '10 at 15:53
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
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4 Answers
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active
oldest
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4 Answers
4
active
oldest
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active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
7
down vote
The shortcut key for switching keyboards is by default LAlt + Shift.
If you have multiple keyboards set up (for example US and United States-International), this will toggle between the two. The first has the "normal", desired behavior. The second is the keyboard with the "sticky apostrophe".
As a Dutch and English writer, I find it useful to be able to toggle between the two using the keyboard shortcut. Bear in mind, however, that Windows remembers the setting per application. If you wish to use multiple languages, I recommend setting up two languages with different keyboards, and displaying the Language Bar's active language in the system tray:
edited Sep 29 '11 at 4:41
3498DB
15.6k114762
answered Apr 19 '10 at 16:33
Paul Lammertsma
2,92552636
add a comment |
up vote
7
down vote
The shortcut key for switching keyboards is by default LAlt + Shift.
If you have multiple keyboards set up (for example US and United States-International), this will toggle between the two. The first has the "normal", desired behavior. The second is the keyboard with the "sticky apostrophe".
As a Dutch and English writer, I find it useful to be able to toggle between the two using the keyboard shortcut. Bear in mind, however, that Windows remembers the setting per application. If you wish to use multiple languages, I recommend setting up two languages with different keyboards, and displaying the Language Bar's active language in the system tray:
edited Sep 29 '11 at 4:41
3498DB
15.6k114762
answered Apr 19 '10 at 16:33
Paul Lammertsma
2,92552636
add a comment |
up vote
7
down vote
up vote
7
down vote
The shortcut key for switching keyboards is by default LAlt + Shift.
If you have multiple keyboards set up (for example US and United States-International), this will toggle between the two. The first has the "normal", desired behavior. The second is the keyboard with the "sticky apostrophe".
As a Dutch and English writer, I find it useful to be able to toggle between the two using the keyboard shortcut. Bear in mind, however, that Windows remembers the setting per application. If you wish to use multiple languages, I recommend setting up two languages with different keyboards, and displaying the Language Bar's active language in the system tray:
edited Sep 29 '11 at 4:41
3498DB
15.6k114762
answered Apr 19 '10 at 16:33
Paul Lammertsma
2,92552636
The shortcut key for switching keyboards is by default LAlt + Shift.
If you have multiple keyboards set up (for example US and United States-International), this will toggle between the two. The first has the "normal", desired behavior. The second is the keyboard with the "sticky apostrophe".
As a Dutch and English writer, I find it useful to be able to toggle between the two using the keyboard shortcut. Bear in mind, however, that Windows remembers the setting per application. If you wish to use multiple languages, I recommend setting up two languages with different keyboards, and displaying the Language Bar's active language in the system tray:
edited Sep 29 '11 at 4:41
3498DB
15.6k114762
answered Apr 19 '10 at 16:33
Paul Lammertsma
2,92552636
edited Sep 29 '11 at 4:41
3498DB
15.6k114762
edited Sep 29 '11 at 4:41
3498DB
15.6k114762
edited Sep 29 '11 at 4:41
3498DB
15.6k114762
15.6k114762
answered Apr 19 '10 at 16:33
Paul Lammertsma
2,92552636
answered Apr 19 '10 at 16:33
Paul Lammertsma
2,92552636
answered Apr 19 '10 at 16:33
Paul Lammertsma
2,92552636
2,92552636
add a comment |
add a comment |
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
I finally solved this:
I had turned on EnableHexNumpad (as described on fileformat.info) for easier entry of Unicode characters. Apparently having EnableHexNumpad on means that LAlt apparently acts as AltGr and pressing RShift + RCtrl can enter the "sticky apostrophe" mode.
Turning off EnableHexNumpad makes my keyboard act like a regular U.S. keyboard again.
answered Jul 12 '10 at 14:05
Josh Kelley
1,0371122
add a comment |
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
I finally solved this:
I had turned on EnableHexNumpad (as described on fileformat.info) for easier entry of Unicode characters. Apparently having EnableHexNumpad on means that LAlt apparently acts as AltGr and pressing RShift + RCtrl can enter the "sticky apostrophe" mode.
Turning off EnableHexNumpad makes my keyboard act like a regular U.S. keyboard again.
answered Jul 12 '10 at 14:05
Josh Kelley
1,0371122
add a comment |
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
I finally solved this:
I had turned on EnableHexNumpad (as described on fileformat.info) for easier entry of Unicode characters. Apparently having EnableHexNumpad on means that LAlt apparently acts as AltGr and pressing RShift + RCtrl can enter the "sticky apostrophe" mode.
Turning off EnableHexNumpad makes my keyboard act like a regular U.S. keyboard again.
answered Jul 12 '10 at 14:05
Josh Kelley
1,0371122
I finally solved this:
I had turned on EnableHexNumpad (as described on fileformat.info) for easier entry of Unicode characters. Apparently having EnableHexNumpad on means that LAlt apparently acts as AltGr and pressing RShift + RCtrl can enter the "sticky apostrophe" mode.
Turning off EnableHexNumpad makes my keyboard act like a regular U.S. keyboard again.
answered Jul 12 '10 at 14:05
Josh Kelley
1,0371122
answered Jul 12 '10 at 14:05
Josh Kelley
1,0371122
answered Jul 12 '10 at 14:05
Josh Kelley
1,0371122
answered Jul 12 '10 at 14:05
Josh Kelley
1,0371122
1,0371122
add a comment |
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
Actually, it's important to clarify that Alt + Shift switches between different languages, e.g. English and Dutch, and Ctrl + Shift switches between different keyboards in a language, e.g. toggling between the US and US-International Keyboard. On my computer, it responds to either the left or right Ctrl, Alt, and Shift .
answered Jan 5 '13 at 1:11
Spencer Williams
1413
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
Actually, it's important to clarify that Alt + Shift switches between different languages, e.g. English and Dutch, and Ctrl + Shift switches between different keyboards in a language, e.g. toggling between the US and US-International Keyboard. On my computer, it responds to either the left or right Ctrl, Alt, and Shift .
answered Jan 5 '13 at 1:11
Spencer Williams
1413
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
Actually, it's important to clarify that Alt + Shift switches between different languages, e.g. English and Dutch, and Ctrl + Shift switches between different keyboards in a language, e.g. toggling between the US and US-International Keyboard. On my computer, it responds to either the left or right Ctrl, Alt, and Shift .
answered Jan 5 '13 at 1:11
Spencer Williams
1413
Actually, it's important to clarify that Alt + Shift switches between different languages, e.g. English and Dutch, and Ctrl + Shift switches between different keyboards in a language, e.g. toggling between the US and US-International Keyboard. On my computer, it responds to either the left or right Ctrl, Alt, and Shift .
answered Jan 5 '13 at 1:11
Spencer Williams
1413
answered Jan 5 '13 at 1:11
Spencer Williams
1413
answered Jan 5 '13 at 1:11
Spencer Williams
1413
answered Jan 5 '13 at 1:11
Spencer Williams
1413
1413
add a comment |
add a comment |
up vote
0
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What you're seeing is the keyboard switching to "U.S. International". Check the Keyboard control panel and make changes as appropriate.
answered Apr 19 '10 at 15:53
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
95.2k6150208
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
What you're seeing is the keyboard switching to "U.S. International". Check the Keyboard control panel and make changes as appropriate.
answered Apr 19 '10 at 15:53
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
95.2k6150208
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
What you're seeing is the keyboard switching to "U.S. International". Check the Keyboard control panel and make changes as appropriate.
answered Apr 19 '10 at 15:53
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
95.2k6150208
What you're seeing is the keyboard switching to "U.S. International". Check the Keyboard control panel and make changes as appropriate.
answered Apr 19 '10 at 15:53
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
95.2k6150208
answered Apr 19 '10 at 15:53
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
95.2k6150208
answered Apr 19 '10 at 15:53
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
95.2k6150208
answered Apr 19 '10 at 15:53
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
95.2k6150208
95.2k6150208
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As a side note - If you're seeing a user with this problem in Canada, Canadian English also has the Graves enabled by default. If they don't use it, it's simple enough just to remove the language and put US English.
– SITDGNymall
May 25 '15 at 20:47