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Cannot write accents with dead keys - markdown editor

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Describe the bug

While writing non-English content with accents, my keyboard requires combining 2 keystrokes (accent - then letter. Spanish has áéíóúü). The accented letter is erased in the markdown editor.

To Reproduce

Just write with dead keys accents in markdown editor.

Expected behavior

Normal writing.

Screenshots

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/973709/116125493-75c7f300-a6bd-11eb-8a7a-45e580d25653.mp4

Applicable Versions:

  • Netlify CMS version: netlify-cms-app 2.14.46, netlify-cms-core 2.39.6, netlify-cms 2.10.117
  • Git provider: Gitlab
  • OS: Fedora 33 Silverblue
  • Browser version Firefox 87.0

CMS configuration

https://www.recallstack.icu/admin/config.yml

Additional context

It seems to work fine on Chromium.

Issue Analytics

  • State:open
  • Created 2 years ago
  • Reactions:4
  • Comments:5

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1reaction
yajocommented, Jan 31, 2022

Interestingly, today I tested on Firefox on Windows and it works. So, it seems the buggy combination is Firefox + Linux.

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vitorrloureirocommented, Oct 28, 2022

I’m also having this problem in macOS Safari (tested in v16 and v16.1, macOS Monterey and macOS Ventura).

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