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In order to type special characters, I long press the standard char and then I get a menu to pick exactly the one I need by pressing its number. For example, if I want to type á I need to long press a, then a menu like the following is displayed, and then I need to hit 2 in order to finally type á. However, if I want to type ó, the number is 4 instead of 2.

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I want to know whether it's possible to change the sorting of these characters, so that á, é, í, ó, ú, ñ are all on number 1.

  • Might depend on what language your keyboard is set to - but how about opt/` then the vowel? [that's a backtick, often but not on all languages, next to z] for me that gives me à è ì ò ù in just 2 keystrokes each time. – Tetsujin Jul 25 '18 at 09:37
  • oops, wrong accent... opt/e gives acute, sorry - á é í ó ú – Tetsujin Jul 25 '18 at 09:38
  • @Tetsujin didn't know that :) still I find less error-prone that menu, so I keep the question open to know whether it's possible to sort it. –  Jul 25 '18 at 09:42
  • If you check System Prefs > Keyboard > Keyboard > "Show Keyboard & Emoji viewer in menu bar" then open the Keyboard viewer from the menu bar & hold opt, you can see all the 'dead keys' you can use to generate accents in the same way -they highlight in orange. This used to be the only method, before the pop-up version was added a few years ago. If you're happy with that method I can add it as an answer... – Tetsujin Jul 25 '18 at 09:47
  • @Tetsujin I'd rather the other way, but it's ok, add the answer –  Jul 25 '18 at 12:12

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You may be able to do this by customizing the Accent Menu/Character Picker as described in this earlier answer here:

Tom Gewecke
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