How do I stop character popup when typing?

[robgendreau]

I've got this little character popup that keeps showing up to display accented characters, and slows down typing. I can't seem to find a way to make it go away, and I'm not even sure of it's source (system or added software). I've tried different keyboard layouts (US, Canadian, PC) to no effect, as well as setting relating to the Character Viewer (the big one in System Preferences). The only other utility I could think of was Typinator, but it's not in there either. Seems to occur mostly in Safari when writing in forums like this.

Here's the little devil below.

Oops. Found it; turns out it is the ApplePressAndHoldEnabled preference. See this page:
http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/04/enable-key-repeat-mac-os-x-lion/

I have no idea how I enabled it, but now it's off. You can use Terminal or, as I did, MacPilot or similar utility.

 

[guitarman777]

I seem to remember fixing this within System Prefs, lemme take a peek...

Then again, I believe you're right! MacPilot is where I fixed that. TinkerTool also has that option under General > Keyboard.

 

[robgendreau]

Kind of odd that a useful addition like this would be so hidden.

 

[50548]

Just type this in Terminal and then log out/back in again:

defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false