Typing accented characters on Ubuntu isn’t as easy as it is on macOS (or modern smartphone keyboards), where you just have to a key to see available characters appear in a pop-over, and then pick one. Accent Hold is a GNOME Shell extension that adds macOS-style press-and-hold behaviour. Just press and hold a letter key (e, c, etc) and accented variants (é è ê ë, ç ć č, etc) appear in a small pop-up, next to the text cursor. Select a character by pressing the matching number (as on macOS), or use your keyboard arrow keys or mouse. The default […]You're reading An easier way to enter characters with accent marks on Ubuntu, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.