Keyboard issue on MacBook (Apple M1 Pro)

> 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

> On 7. Mar 2022, at 21:27, Tim Thompson <timathom at gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 at 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

On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 3:05 PM Alexander Holupirek <alex at 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

On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 4:04 PM Alexander Holupirek <alex at holupirek.de> wrote: > You're right, Tim, I can not enter the quot/apos as well. > I think we can file a bug report for this. > > Meanwhile it may be an option for you to use "ABC - Extended" as keyboard > layout. > It uses the combinations, eg. "OPTION + U + A" for ä and "OPTION + E + E" > for é. > Double and single quote works in BaseXGUI as well. > > Alex > > > On 7. Mar 2022, at 21:27, Tim Thompson <timathom at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 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 at 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 > >