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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| 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 |
2.4 is a small release on top of 2.3. Two changes: (1) GNOME 51 is added to shell-version; I run it on GNOME Shell 51.0 (Ubuntu 26.10) and checked that the input method code the extension hooks (process_key_event_async in js/misc/inputMethod.js) is unchanged. (2) In holdMachine.js, Enter now picks the highlighted variant directly; before, it only did so after arrow navigation. The 'navigated' flag is removed, nothing else changes. README and French translation updated accordingly.
Accent Hold