"Alt + E" results in strange bug

[baryon]

I pressed [ Alt + e ] to make "é", but instead, I got this weird stripe at the bottom of the screen, behind the dock, with the accent I wanted to put on the "e" appearing in the box. There was even a red close button to close the weird stripe, as if it was some kind of "language bar" or whatever.

Here's the screenshot:



This never happened before in Snow Leopard, and even in Lion this is the first time it happens. This was in Facebook's comment thingy.

 

[godzilla1200]

It is a bug I think. I got that bar once too, but hasn't happened again (and hopefully won't).

There are a LOT of bugs in Lion. I don't know why Apple didn't delay the release until at least for August.

 

[kyle1320]

I don't know, Lion is just buggy. I hope you wished that person a happy birthday though.

 

[317342]

Sorry, I couldn't replicate it.

 

[mrapplegate]

Sorry, I couldn't replicate it.

I could not either, but have seen it in the earlier preview builds. I have not seen it in the GM build.

 

[QuarterSwede]

I couldn't replicate this on Lion, Safari and Facebook either. You do know you can hold down the "e" key to get an iOS like accent popup now right? That is, unless you turned autorepeat on.

 

[rmbrown09]

This part is very important:

 

[LostJohn]

I pressed [ Alt + e ] to make "é", but instead, I got this weird stripe at the bottom of the screen, behind the dock, with the accent I wanted to put on the "e" appearing in the box. There was even a red close button to close the weird stripe, as if it was some kind of "language bar" or whatever.

Here's the screenshot:

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This never happened before in Snow Leopard, and even in Lion this is the first time it happens. This was in Facebook's comment thingy.

This isn't really a bug, per se. You simply press "e" again and it will insert the correct é symbol.

In other words, type 'alt+e' and then type 'e' again.

 

[redsteven]

This isn't really a bug, per se. You simply press "e" again and it will insert the correct é symbol.

In other words, type 'alt+e' and then type 'e' again.

I think you're missing the point. Read the rest of the post (after the first sentence or two)

 

[robgendreau]

I couldn't replicate it either. In Lion. Using alt-e-e or any other alt e combo.

Do you have any software that might intprepret that key combo as a command?

I noticed that on one keyboard I own (a Logitech) the option and command keys got switched after moving to Lion.

Does this occur in textedit?

Rob