Accents on letters

[SupaKrupa]

Hi. Just a quick question. Why is it that on this website, I can't make an accented letter on this website, but on others I can? The problem is, when I try to type an "e" with an accent using alt+0233, I get sent back to a previous page as if "alt+02" was a code to go to the previous page. It works on all other websites except this. Any ideas?

[garçoncanadien]

i asked brad in a email

and he did not even know

[atra201]

you should ask those who created the forums
jelsoft

[brad]

i had this problem for about 1 week a while back. then it went away all by itself. i have no idea what causes it, are you using firefox? if you are does it do the same thing when you use IE?

[RadioactiveMan]

I had this problem with vBulletin boards until the last time Firefox upgraded.

[Cooney]

There was one website where I had that happen, but I've never had it do it here, I don't think. I use ALT130 to make my é, but I use plenty of ALT02XX codes for other letters without an issue (ç, è, É, etc).

[OGRE]

There was one website where I had that happen, but I've never had it do it here, I don't think. I use ALT130 to make my é, but I use plenty of ALT02XX codes for other letters without an issue (ç, è, É, etc).

I use ALT 130, and it work fine.

In fact, I remember Alizée as "ALT 130" and Mylène as "ALT 138".

[garçoncanadien]

if you guys open Mozilla Firefox

and you try alt codes on moializee.us

does it still work?

[CFHollister]

Here are some good resources that I use:

3-digit alt codes (http://www.markahurd.screaming.net/french/accentcodes.html)

4-digit alt, mac, and html codes (http://tlt.psu.edu/suggestions/international/bylanguage/french.html)

Most recently I've enabled the Windows international keyboard (which really makes things easier; no codes to remember). Here are some directions for varios OSs. (http://tlt.psu.edu/suggestions/international/keyboards/index.html)

[NANAKI]

Hi. Just a quick question. Why is it that on this website, I can't make an accented letter on this website, but on others I can? The problem is, when I try to type an "e" with an accent using alt+0233, I get sent back to a previous page as if "alt+02" was a code to go to the previous page. It works on all other websites except this. Any ideas?

é=alt+130 just so you know

[atra201]

guys alt+130
doesn't work
but why bother and search if you can copy it from the website's title?
see picture down

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o305/atra201/alizee-1.jpg
this picture could be my new sig. lol

[SupaKrupa]

I've figured out what's happening. Each page on this forum has a code to access it instantly or something.

Alt+1 takes me to the forum homepage.
Alt+2 currently takes me to a search of new posts.
Alt+3 puts the forum in a weird format.
Alt+4 takes me to the advanced search page

Etc.

This only happens on firefox. It's fine with IE but going back to that piece 'O crap isn't an option.

The last time firefox upgraded was only a week or so ago and I've updated it. What I'm currently doing is having a notepad open and copy pasting it from there whenever an é or something like that is needed. Quite frustrating. Anyone know of any solutions? (Other than reverting to IE)

[brad]

i am using firefox, latest version. i don't have the same problem.

é = ALT+130

that is what i use, and it works fine. I bet it is one of your Firefox extensions. try disabling all of them, restart your browser and see if it still does it. if it works, then you know it is one of them.

[brad]

try disabling the google toolbar too if you have it installed.

[Hubba44]

also, for me it HAS to be 130 on the 10 key number pad, not the row above the letters. on my laptop with no 10-key, i have to hit alt-fn-jlm. é

jlm is 130 when fn is depressed.

[chrelion]

It's gotta be an add-on. In the Firefox folder, if you poke around, you'll see Firefox-safemode - open it and see if the problem is there or not. If it is, it's a setting. If it's not, it's an add-on. Then it's a matter of hunting the bugger down.

[I♥Alizée]

No. Most of you are wrong. To use ALT+number, you need 'Num Lock' turned on.

Also, a faster way to get acute-accents on letters (E.G: áéíóú ÁÉÍÓÚ) is to hold Alt Gr (Right-hand side of keyboard, under >. and <,) and press the normal letter on the keyboard (aeiou) :)

Enjoy :)

Also - êëéè can all be found by pressing ALT+0232, 0233, 0234 & 0235.

[SupaKrupa]

No. Most of you are wrong. To use ALT+number, you need 'Num Lock' turned on.

I dunno what you mean. It was obvious to me that numlock had to be on.

Also, a faster way to get acute-accents on letters (E.G: áéíóú ÁÉÍÓÚ) is to hold Alt Gr (Right-hand side of keyboard, under >. and <,) and press the normal letter on the keyboard (aeiou) :)

This doesn't work for me.

Also - êëéè can all be found by pressing ALT+0232, 0233, 0234 & 0235.

This is what I'm using. I can't be bothered going through all that firefox plugins shit so I'm gonna continue with my notepad. Besides, I get better at cutting and pasting :p

[Ernest]

thanks for the info. I will try to disabling my google . . .I don't bothered doing that way . . .