<![CDATA[change in response to pressed-and-held key]]>I recently updated to the latest version of Opera for my MacBook Pro. Now I am no longer able to use a useful Mac feature.

Before: when I press a key on the keyboard and held it, the alt-versions for the character (with diacritics, accents, alternate versions) popped up above the letter.
Now: when I press/hold a key, that character just repeats until I release the key.

Is there someway to go back to the earlier response to a held key?

Thanks.

Ryssssssss (should be Ryś)

Using Opera 42.0.2393.94
with Mac OS X 10.10.5

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/18744/change-in-response-to-pressed-and-held-keyRSS for NodeThu, 12 Mar 2026 02:59:20 GMTThu, 05 Jan 2017 23:49:35 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to change in response to pressed-and-held key on Sun, 12 Feb 2017 18:48:19 GMT]]>Now fixed (or at least back to the way it was) with 43.0.2442.52. Thanks Opera!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/114927https://forums.opera.com/post/114927Sun, 12 Feb 2017 18:48:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to change in response to pressed-and-held key on Thu, 02 Feb 2017 18:52:48 GMT]]>I have this exact same problem. Sometimes I have to reply in Spanish and I need accents...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/114331https://forums.opera.com/post/114331Thu, 02 Feb 2017 18:52:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to change in response to pressed-and-held key on Wed, 25 Jan 2017 17:24:10 GMT]]>Thank you for your help, valentinogarosi. The Beta does work on this issue on my Mac! I hope for a regular fix soon, as I would like to return to Opera ad my stanadar browser. Ryś

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/113958https://forums.opera.com/post/113958Wed, 25 Jan 2017 17:24:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to change in response to pressed-and-held key on Mon, 23 Jan 2017 11:43:23 GMT]]>I solved the problem downloading the Beta version. Hopefully they will fix the issue in the future!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/113877https://forums.opera.com/post/113877Mon, 23 Jan 2017 11:43:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to change in response to pressed-and-held key on Sun, 22 Jan 2017 07:09:39 GMT]]>The latest version of Opera does not fix the issue (or seem to offer me a work-around). So I am, with regrets, going to switch to Firefox, at least to read and send email. I say "with regrets", because I have been a steady user of Opera for a long time and it has been the browser of choice that I recommended to others. But without an easy way of selecting alternate characters (I need Polish and French in some replies), this change in Opera is a real deficit.

Ryssssssss

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/113824https://forums.opera.com/post/113824Sun, 22 Jan 2017 07:09:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to change in response to pressed-and-held key on Sun, 08 Jan 2017 16:51:55 GMT]]>Yes, it continues to work the way it did in non-Opera applications. I am replying to your comment this time through Firefox, and it works. And it worked the way I prefer in Opera before I updated.

Ryś (see?)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/113173https://forums.opera.com/post/113173Sun, 08 Jan 2017 16:51:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to change in response to pressed-and-held key on Fri, 06 Jan 2017 09:00:44 GMT]]>Hi Ryś (see what I did there? :)), the only thing I can think of right now is the keyboard setting. I get this option when my keyboard is set to ABC - Extended, and like you I use it as well, since I don't know how to spell Wrocław without it.

Does it work in other applications (not Opera)?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/113055https://forums.opera.com/post/113055Fri, 06 Jan 2017 09:00:44 GMT