Holding in a key, not getting multiple letters

[MathiasLa]

When I hold in lets say my a key, i dont get aaaaaaa but instead i get to choose between different a's. Is that in lion in particular or on the newer macbook pros? Can this be changed?

 

[shootist]

Yeah that is a NEW FEATURE with Lion.

Do a Google search and there is a terminal command to turn that feature off and give you back Key Repeat.

 

[Mal]

It's a Lion feature. I'm not aware of any way to change it, but someone else may have a solution.

jW

 

[Trentolol]

http://www.belchak.com/2011/07/23/re-enabling-key-repeat-in-osx-lion/

 

[Trentolol]

I know this is extremely late, but I found the terminal command to disable press-and-hold. I'm sure you weren't the only person looking for this:

# Disable press-and-hold for keys in favor of key repeat
defaults write NSGlobalDomain ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

 

[old-wiz]

thanks for the info! this was bothering me too, but not enough to go searching.

 

[rafael.souza]

i've noticed this when i switched to lion, but i forgot to try changing this hahaha.

Thanks for posting this, i'll try it later.