[MC-20440] Mac OS X: can't write accented letters

Since the New Launcher and the new Versions 1.6.1 and 1.6.2, Minecraft can't write:
ä ö ü ^ ´ ß € and other umlauts/keys

Linked issues

duplicates 1

MC-6436 Incomplete support of dead keys on non U.S. QWERTY Keyboard on OS X Resolved

is duplicated by 51

MC-16360 Accented characters not working Resolved

MC-21031 issue with swedish locale Resolved

MC-21473 German Umlauts (like ä, ö, ü, ß) cannot be written on OS X Version Resolved

MC-21484 Unable to type å, ä or ö letters Resolved

MC-21511 Issue with letters in minecraft Resolved

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kumasasa 2013-07-03T18:41:51Z

Confirmation in MC-21473 by [Mod] Anon Ymus

Anon Ymus 2013-07-03T18:43:30Z

For me, it happened in windowed mode.

Björn 2013-07-04T15:56:26Z

Same here on OS X 10.8.4 in both, window mode and fullscreen.

May be related to MC-22033

Noi Kristinsson 2013-07-09T14:55:25Z

I am having the same problem on mac with icelandic keyboard (the letters: í,ó,ú,ý,é,ð,þ,æ),
for me, Minecraft seems to be unable to detect my keyboard correctly and it is like I just have a US keyboard not icelandic
Works in windows

Moritz B 2013-07-10T19:12:14Z

i have the same problem with my mac in window an fullscreen mode (Mac OS 10.8.4)

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Sebastian K 2013-07-13T20:30:19Z

Same problem on OS X 10.7.5 window and fullscreen-mode

Fenhl (Max Dominik Weber) 2013-07-15T00:33:58Z

As mentioned in duplicate MC-21543 (which was reported as MCL-162), this occurs independently of Minecraft version when using the new launcher, and never occurs when using the old launcher, also independently of Minecraft version.

Pixelgraph 2013-07-26T11:04:00Z

Confirmed in Full Screen mode.

Fulleran Bauchstätter 2013-07-26T11:48:03Z

It's independent from window mode; AFAIR there was an error message in the console of the first 1.6 launcher like "unknown keycode: 0" or something like that. Unfortunately there's no way to see the error messages with the current launcher / Minecraft version.

This problem hasn't been in 1.5.2

Another Mac OS X keyboard problem is that Ctrl locks if you push the Cmd key, for example when switching the application with Cmd+Tab (function of Alt+Tab in Windows OS). Unlocks by pressing CMD again.

And if you use Ctrl e.g. for jumping the mouse button locks when jumping/swimming up and pressing a mouse button. - Might need an option whether Ctrl+mouse button should count as right mouse button or not, at least in the options.txt.

Java JRE SE 6 from Apple. 1.6.0_51-b11-457 (see Utilities - Java Preferences; for OS X 10.6, since 10.7 there's a JRE from Oracle)

Torabi 2013-07-26T19:05:49Z

Probably an issue with LWJGL. The old launcher used version 2.4.2, while the new launcher uses 2.9.0.

Björn 2013-07-27T17:55:06Z

Replacing the LWJGL libs didn't work for me.

Torabi 2013-07-28T05:04:10Z

Probably because the new launcher automatically downloads and uses version 2.9.0. You probably have to do more than just replace the files to get it to accept an older version and use it.

Noi Kristinsson 2013-07-29T09:20:35Z

I'm not so sure it's the LWJGL library, I did try to change it like Björn, but it had no effect, but with out changing anything, some special characters like ð, þ and æ still work in version 1.5.2, with the newest launcher although it writes the characters like this: ´í ´ú ´ó ´é , with a comma in front of them.

Luca Schneider 2013-08-11T19:13:18Z

I have the same problem with ä, ü, ö and ß at the desktop view and also at the fullscreen view 😞

Fenhl (Max Dominik Weber) 2013-09-06T11:59:02Z

Still occurs in 13w36a.

Fulleran Bauchstätter 2013-09-06T22:43:19Z

This is really shit that noone of Mojang cares for over two months... Maybe it's the fault of the LWJGL - Keyboard.getEventCharacter() is returning 0 in OS X - but it has to be checked by someone...

It's extremly annoying. Even circumflex => ^ isn't available... The strange part is, that it seems to affect both, the JRE of Apple AND Oracle.

Fenhl (Max Dominik Weber) 2013-09-09T19:01:41Z

Strange, the circumflex actually does work for me.

David Löffler 2013-09-09T19:12:59Z

@Fenhl Well, that's weird... Doesn't work for me too

Fenhl (Max Dominik Weber) 2013-09-10T10:54:57Z

I think it's dependent on the keylayout. I'm using an English/International hardware keyboard with a custom keylayout that puts ä on alt-A, ß on alt-S, etc.

Sondre Risanger 2013-09-10T20:24:48Z

Fenhl, I have a keyboard with Nordic layout. When I play 1.5.2 with the new launcher, I can't write æ, ø, å and so on, but if I use another launcher, like MultiMC, I can write æøå. Unfortunately, I haven't found a way for MMC to work with the newest updates. :/

Fenhl (Max Dominik Weber) 2013-09-12T17:41:12Z

Yes, it's a launcher bug. See [this comment|l#comment-91208].

kumasasa 2013-09-12T19:02:53Z

@Fehnl: Your link leads into the void. What is the ticket number ?

Fulleran Bauchstätter 2013-09-12T19:16:51Z

His link leads to this page; I think he tried to link to a folded comment here. => simply read all, aren't that much anyway.

kumasasa 2013-09-12T19:53:51Z

Thanks, got it: https://mojang.atlassian.net/browse/MC-20440?focusedCommentId=91208&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-91208

Tails 2013-09-12T19:56:51Z

Relevant LWJGL issue: https://github.com/LWJGL/lwjgl/issues/50

Danir Toma 2013-09-28T23:06:49Z

Same problem with OS X 10.8.5 in Windowed AND Fullscreen mode.
Please fix!

Alexander Strelets 2013-09-29T01:13:40Z

It looks like replacing of 2.9.0 with 2.8.5 in version json file is enough to fix the problem. At least on my macbook pro (Max OS X 10.8.5) I've got cyrillic working in chat using this trick.

Is there any reason why do not use lwjgl 2.8.5 on Mac OS X from the box ?

chrstffr 2013-09-29T08:41:36Z

Alexander, do you mind posting instructions on how you did that?
The older version did in fact download, but it seems it's not used and umlaut characters still won't show. Seems like my json-file is overwritten on each launch.

David Löffler 2013-09-29T08:48:07Z

@Alexander Strelets
Wow, thanks, it works! Just replace every "2.9.0" in the json file of a profile with "2.8.5".

chrstffr 2013-09-29T09:57:36Z

@David
What file are you editing?

EDIT. I've tried the /versions/*.json file both the 1.6.4 release and the latest snapshot without any result.

Torabi 2013-09-29T11:03:12Z

".minecraft/launcher_profiles.json", I imagine. That should work. Anything in .minecraft/versions will be verified and redownloaded if it doesn't match what's on the server.

chrstffr 2013-09-29T11:12:24Z

There are no references to lwjgl in my launcher_profiles.json.

Alexander Strelets 2013-09-29T11:35:49Z

@Christoffer Larsson
Ok, here are details.

Go into ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/versions/
Copy folder 1.6.4 into 1.6.4-fixed and go into it
Rename 1.6.4.jar into 1.6.4-fixed.jar and 1.6.4.json into 1.6.4-fixed.json
Edit 1.6.4-fixed.json:
1. Find string with substring "id" and replace there 1.6.4 with 1.6.4-fixed
2. Find all strings with substring lwjgl and replace there 2.9.0 with 2.8.5
Run launcher and edit your profile: select 1.6.4-fixed version instead of 1.6.4.
Save profile and launch the game.

BTW, .minecraft/launcher_profiles.json is left unchanged. Standard versions (like 1.6.4) are redownloaded. So this is a reason to create own one (steps 2,3,4.1).

David Löffler 2013-09-29T13:02:29Z

@Christoffer Larsson
I'm editing the file /User/Application Support/minecraft/versions/1.6.4/1.6.4.json
You can apply the fix to any version of the game, this example is just for 1.6.4.

Unknown 2013-10-14T17:38:32Z

Oh god, thanks to guys that said how to change lwjgl version. I love 'em!

kappa 2013-10-15T13:05:34Z

This issue is fixed with the latest nightly builds of LWJGL, so will be fixed as soon as Minecraft is bundled with the newest version of LWJGL.

Marie 2013-10-29T18:45:43Z

This issue ( for me - OS X Mavericks ) is already solved in 1.7.2. ... Be happy. ;D

kumasasa 2013-10-30T07:01:28Z

@Marie: Came the solution with Mavericks or with 1.7.2 ?

Danir Toma 2013-10-30T11:40:33Z

It's fixed with 1.7.2. In 1.6.2 are no changes.
It has nothing to do with 10.9 Mavericks.

Marie 2013-10-30T14:24:01Z

Jep, same for me. 1.6.4 and still no changes, but 1.7.2. fixed it

Moritz B 2013-10-30T19:08:52Z

Problem is fixed in 1.7.2 and OS X 10.9

Joana Croft 2014-01-02T21:46:31Z

I still have this issue on 1.7.4 (also tried 1.7.2 and 1.6.4 without success) at Mavericks (10.9.1) and with Java 1.6.0. I have a portuguese keyboard.

I followed @Alexander Strelets steps to make a fixed version, but it didn't even appear on my profile.

I did notice a slight difference when upgrading from 1.6.4 to 1.7.4 because on 1.7.4 the letter ç, æ and å work. However I can't write any letters with acute and grave accents ( ´ ` ), circumflex (^) and tilde (~).

There is also something that always occurred with me, even on the old launcher: The command key doesn't work, I usually have to use Ctrl as a substitute. I always found it weird, but as I never had any problems writing accentuated letters I din't thought It was relevant but now it might help you to know what's wrong.

Is anyone experiencing the same problem? Thank you!

mudkip201 2014-01-24T17:50:23Z

@Joana Croft. I have the exact same problem, except i can't even get ç, æ, or å to work. Like you, it doesn't work for me in 1.7.4, 1.7.2, or 1.6.4.
I'm running OS X 10.8.4, if that makes a difference.

Flo Bo 2014-02-18T14:21:33Z

Why is that still not working? I think, this isn't that much hard to put in a command, printing out ~ when alt + n is pressed?
I'm in 1.7.4, OS X Mavericks 10.9.1, German Keyboard.
Please fix this issue! It's very bad for working with commandblock stuff!

Thank you!

Itouch2 2014-02-18T14:36:00Z

Please continue the discussion here: MC-42171

Nicolas Bachschwell 2014-03-05T12:05:22Z

I can't write ~ in Minecraft

Itouch2 2014-03-05T12:14:13Z

Did you read my post?

Nicolas Bachschwell 2014-03-05T13:17:36Z

No, but I voted in MC-42171

Ezekiel 2016-02-24T19:48:58Z

This is an issue in 1.9-pre3

Fenhl (Max Dominik Weber) 2016-02-27T11:25:59Z

Cannot reproduce in 1.9-pre4, with the German keylayout or a custom one. Fixed?

Ezekiel 2016-02-27T15:06:23Z

I still cannot write accented characters on my US keyboard. Exceptions that do work are ß and å

null 2016-04-09T04:59:46Z

Confirmed for 1.9.2 and 16w14a.

Accented characters that require a "combining character" (probably the wrong word) cannot be typed, such as:

Acute accent ´ (Opt-E) - á, é, í, etc.
Grave accent ` (Opt-`) - à, è, ì, etc.
Circumflex accent ˆ (Opt-I) - â, ê, î, etc.
Trema accent ¨ (Opt-U) - ä, ë, ï, etc.

However, characters that can be typed in one keystroke can be successfully inserted, such as the c-cedilla (Ç, ç).

Edit: I can't seem to type them in fullscreen mode or windowed mode (OS X 10.11.4)

null 2016-05-06T00:09:00Z

Confirmed for 1.9.3-pre3.

null 2016-05-11T23:13:46Z

Confirmed for 1.9.4.

null 2016-05-18T22:07:05Z

Confirmed for 16w20a.

null 2016-05-25T23:12:00Z

Confirmed for 16w21a.

null 2016-05-26T23:02:02Z

Confirmed for 16w21b.

null 2016-06-03T01:50:17Z

Confirmed for 1.10-pre1.

null 2016-06-07T23:00:59Z

Confirmed for 1.10-pre2.

null 2016-06-08T21:42:12Z

Confirmed for 1.10.

jonathan2520 2016-06-11T15:39:32Z

I am able to type characters that appear in one go, like option-c for ç. If I set my keyboard to German I can type ü just by hitting that key. However, to type ü using my normal Dutch layout I must hit option-u (which puts an umlaut on the next character) followed by u. In Minecraft the first option-u does nothing and the u just types a u. Likewise, the Unicode hex input (where typing four consecutive hex digits, holding down option for each but not necessarily in between, inserts that code point) doesn't work.

In all of this, fullscreen or windowed doesn't appear to matter in the current version.

null 2016-06-22T17:07:02Z

Confirmed for 1.10.1.

Fenhl (Max Dominik Weber) 2016-06-23T21:48:12Z

Based on recent comments, this sounds like a duplicate of MC-6436.

jonathan2520 2016-06-23T22:09:44Z

MC-6436 is the actual problem I am experiencing. Going by their earlier comments, so is @unknown. We should all head over there. I suspect this bug (MC-20440) as mentioned in the description was fixed a while ago.

Ignacio Pozo 2016-12-19T21:38:42Z

Also in 16w50a