Holding keys has iPhone effect

[Arkanok]

Ok so sometimes for whatever reason, I want to hold a key -- for example the "e" key -- to repeat that character a few times, but with Lion I can't do that!

Now every time I hold a key, I get the iPhone effect. What I mean by that is where it shows the different characters related to that particular key rather than just repeating it.

I can't figure out how to turn this off. I've gone into both the keyboard settings and the text and language settings but can't figure out how to turn it off. Can someone help please!

Here's a pic of what I mean.

 

[spincr]

Hm, sorry i can't help you out, but over here its still does eeeeeeeeeeeee.. nothing with special characters.

 

[Arkanok]

So nobody else has seen this or knows how to get rid of it?

 

[spincr]

Well i know (because i read it somewhere) that it is supposed to do whats its doing at your side. However i haven't seen anything on disabling those features, same goes for a ridiculously worthless launchpad where not even half of the options are working (at least on my mbp mid 2010).

So for now, unless someone has the answers i suggest you contact apple via their website.

 

[singhjeet29]

Open terminal which is in the application utilities folder and trype

defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

Then restart the computer and it should be let you repeat.

 

[TheJing]

Just type this in Terminal.

defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

 

[stlblufan]

It's a system-wide "feature" of Lion -- not sure how others aren't seeing it, unless it has something to do with upgrading from previous systems.

Anyway:

→ Open up your terminal
→ Enter the following command (no quotes): "defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false"
→ Restart your computer.

EDIT: see now that others beat me to it...good luck!

 

[gentlefury]

I still want to know why you would ever need to spam a certain key? There is absolutely no purpose and I applaud apple for finally making use of a useless function!

 

[Variant]

I sorta like this features. I just wish that holding the numbers would bring up a short cut for sub and super script numbers!

 

[hollerz]

I still want to know why you would ever need to spam a certain key? There is absolutely no purpose and I applaud apple for finally making use of a useless function!

Agreed!

I sorta like this features. I just wish that holding the numbers would bring up a short cut for sub and super script numbers!

That would be awesome!

 

[InfinitySquared]

Wow, I'm glad I saw this thread! My 10.7 defaulted the the standard spam behavior (and I'm not sure why, I did a clean install), but I much prefer the new behavior. It's a feature I would never have even realized existed!

Needless to say, I meandered on over to my terminal and activated it.

 

[Soliber]

Indeed... If you write in a language with a lot of accents, it's a godsend