Finally had to replace my 8 year old one with a new one, Samsung Galaxy S24+ ( Android ). It’s a keyboard issue, and despite diddling with all my settings and internet searches, the solution seems to elude me.
On my old S8, to allow accented letters, I could long press a letter, a box of choices would pop up and I could just type a selection from it and it would display. I’ve tried the Samsung keyboard, and the Google smart keyboard and the issue is the same: Long pressing a letter key brings up a pop-up of choices, but upon tapping one of the choices, nothing happens.
You can also enable alternate characters on the primary keyboard (each character shows an alternate that can be selected by a long press). The process on an S23FE:
Settings → General management → Samsung Keyboard settings → Layout → Alternative characters
Getting the duration of the long press right may be a bit of a challenge, but for me it’s easier than swiping.
I installed Swiftkey and adjusted the options, and now the accent pop-ups work just fine…and…I just have to tap to get the accented character rather than drag. Not only that, I downloaded an Italian language pack that works great in conjunction with it.
I shall save that for future reference. Thanks for the advice, and thank you all very much for your assistance. Much appreciated.
Damm, I’m francophone in Canada, and accented letters are common in french but I never knew how to type them on my Samsung S21,so I simply ignored the accents.
