Snow Leopard: Shift key only capitalizes first letter, automatically uses lower case

[PhilaRobert]

I'm having the same problem in ALL my typing: when I hold down the shift key for multiple letters, only the first is capitalized; the rest come out lower case. This is not a replacement behavior: I don't see the Uppercase letter get replaced by the lowercase one; only the first is uppercase.

Is there some new text replacement routine? Can this be customized? I can't stand having to release the shift key between letters or to have to shift-lock, shift unlock.

Thanks for any help.

 

[ergdegdeg]

I'm on Snow Leopard and my Mac/keyboard does not do this.

The only advice I can offer is logging into another account and seeing if it happens there as well.

 

[elctropro]

I'm also running Snow Leopard and can confirm that this isn't default behavior. Try making a 2nd account and transferring all files and apps over...should be a quick fix. You could also play around in System Preferences, but I don't remember there being an option for your symptom.

 

[PhilaRobert]

Problem solved

It was enough to know that it isn't a Snow Leopard problem: turns out I added TypeIt4Me at the same time I got SnowLeopard. TypeIt4Me captures all keystrokes and had a preference set to “no double capitals.“

That was easy. Thanks for taking the time to answer!