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I disabled the character picker by reading this other question, but I want to remove that change and restore the picker.
When I type -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true into Terminal, it does not work.
How can I re-enable the Press & Hold character picker after disabling it?
The characters included in the popovers are defined in property lists inside the /System/Library/Input\ Methods/PressAndHold.app/ bundle.
I was able to change à to y by editing /System/Library/Input\ Methods/PressAndHold.app/Contents/Resources/Keyboard-en.plist and logging out and back in.
(note the escape in "Input Method" if you're copy pasting)
<key>Roman-Accent-a</key>
<dict>
<key>Direction</key>
<string>right</string>
<key>Keycaps</key>
<string>a y á â ä æ ã å ā</string>
<key>Strings</key>
<string>a y á â ä æ ã å ā</string>
</dict>
I don't think you can do this with press and hold, but you can press: option + "u" then "a" to get "ä". I find it quicker than pressing and holding the key.
Best Answer
The command to enable the Press & Hold character picker is as follows:
Note the addition of
defaults writewhich was missing from your command.If it does not work in certain apps after performing this, restart/reload those apps (e.g.
killall -HUP Finder). Alternatively, log out of your user or just reboot your computer.