Hold a letter (e, a, c, o, n…) and pick its accented variant (é è ê ë, ç, ñ, ô…) from a popup, with its number, the arrows or the mouse; a quick tap types the letter as usual. Works on any keyboard layout, without a daemon or root, in applications that use the GNOME input method (Wayland: GTK, VTE terminals, Electron with its Wayland backend). A shortcut (Super+E by default) opens the same picker without holding. Preferences: press-and-hold on/off and duration, shortcut, character table, keyboard layouts.
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EGO-A-005 manual_review
extensions should not access the clipboard directly
Direct clipboard access via `St.Clipboard.get_default()` requires reviewer scrutiny.
Accent Hold
accentPicker.js:267
St.Clipboard.get_default()
accentPicker.js:287
St.Clipboard.get_default()
| Version | Status |
|---|---|
| 2.4 (9) | Active |
| 2.3 (8) | Active |
| 2.2 (7) | Rejected |
| 2.1 (6) | Active |
| 2.1 (5) | Rejected |
| 4 | Active |
| 3 | Active |
| 2 | Rejected |
| 1 | Rejected |
Version 2.1 adds press and hold. pressHold.js wraps IBus.InputContext.process_key_event_async/_finish (restored in destroy()) to watch the keys GNOME Shell's input method already forwards. Keys pass through unchanged except digits/arrows/Enter/Esc while the variants popup is shown. No main-loop source outlives disable(). The clipboard use flagged by Shexli is the existing Super+E picker, unchanged and described in the description.
Timeout in `pressHold.js` should be removed on destroy: [EGO Review Guidelines: Timeout](https://gjs.guide/extensions/review-guidelines/review-guidelines.html#remove-main-loop-sources)
* All timeouts in `pressHold.js`